"To Purgatory and Back," Bouldering in the Middle of Nowhere Desert of Nevada

                                      

Photo: Trekking through the desert in search of good climbs. "Purgatory," Nevada.

Most people I've met in the Tahoe area have heard of Purgatory, but have never climbed there because you might as well drive the extra hour and a half to go to Bishop. Jason Burd invited my girl friend Sasha and I to go along with him for a day trip. We drove a solid 3 hours into the middle of nowhere to get there. It was definitely worth the trip, we just wished we could have stayed a few extra days, there were boulders everywhere.

For more information about Purgatory, check out this website:

Purgatory guide

 

 Photo: Jason Burd on a really cool V3 cave problem we found.

Photo: Rafael Valdes clings to an awesome arete problem we found.

Photo: Rafael Valdes on V3 arete.          

This place has some really nice routes. We barely touched the surface of what was around.                                         

Thanks to Sasha for helping me out with the pole flash. To light these shots I used a Canon 580ex II attached to a extentable monopod held by Sasha. The flash was powered by a Quantom Turbo 2x2 battery. The flash was triggered by a pocket wizard. Images were produced on a Canon 5D Mark II with 16-25mm L lens.

Photo: Sasha Coben working on a V2 crack problem.

 

We will definitely need to come back to Purgatory later this winter. Being so remote, it was one of the quietest places I have ever been.  Check out this link to see the rest of the photos from the day.

Purgatory Photos

Thanks again to everyone that was there for the trip.