Smith Rock tops out at about 1000 feet above the Crooked River below. The walls of Smith Rock provide a climbing opportunity of international renown. My hike gave me a sampling of others taking the vertical path up.
In the first shot, two climbers are present. The guy on the left is top roped, allowing him to climb with great protection from a harmful fall. The girl on the right is lead climbing. Her protection comes from her skills, and from the last point where she clipped her rope to the rock wall below her.
It was a pleasure to watch the smoothness with which she moved on the rock.
Part way up the Misery Ridge Trail, I had a nice view of another top roped climber.
Around the point to the left, an impressive wall drew top roped climbers.
On the far side of the rock is a 600' pillar called Monkey Head for the shape of the top of the pillar.
At the base of this formation, a climber is beginning this challenging ascent.
From the east side, the pillar presides over the Crooked River valley below. Can you spot the climbers on the pillar below the head?
Honest - they are there, dangling below the chin.
A spectator gets a closer view than I had. The climbers have now moved behind the chin.
This may help - both with seeing the Monkey Head appearance and with seeing the climbers. No longer on a rope beneath the formation, they are now in the monkey's mouth.
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