> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://blog.novaugust.net/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Lemmon - URL: https://blog.novaugust.net/lemmon/ - Published: 2017-09-06T21:06:26.000Z - Updated: 2017-09-06T21:07:27.000Z - Author: Matt Enlow - Tags: Arizona, @megsmegge, post, Climbing, @mismollz, sunset, Tucson, Lemmon, #Import 2026-06-21 14:43 When Megan needed a ride to Phoenix to catch a flight, I took it as an opportunity to go check out somewhere new: Mt. Lemmon over in Tucson. Hading there, I slept in the desert somewhere between Tucson and Phoenix and woke up early to a pale full moon in a sunrise-pastels sky. ![sunset portrait](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2017/09/P5130062.jpg) ### Broad I hooked in a partner via Mountain Project. As it turned out, Mike Broad had just moved from Flagstaff to attend school (teaching degree) in Tucson. So we actually had a few friends - and lots of climbs - in common. This is Mike. ![broad's tattoo and nose](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2017/09/P5130077.jpg) As a recent transplant, Mike didn't know the area all that much better than me and my guidebook. We got turned around a few times looking for our first few climbs, and then got impressed by how hard things seemed. Sandbagged, or just a different style? Anyhoo. We had a good time working [this very overhung 12a.](https://www.mountainproject.com/v/air-monsters/105832446?ref=blog.novaugust.net) I couldn't figure out how to finish it, and was told some key beta months later when I ran into a Lemmoner at [The Peaks](https://blog.novaugust.net/tag/the-peaks/). ![air monsters?](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2017/09/P5130081.jpg) After a good butt kicking, we had some beers from the fridge, watched tourists, and shot the shit. ![broad on the edge](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2017/09/P5130088.jpg) ![two of us](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2017/09/P5130086.jpg) *Selfie!* I camped up on the mountain that night, and Mike drove back up for one more morning with me. At the end of two days of rock climbing at Mt. Lemmon, I successfully climbed a single 11b, and only after ki-ai'ing three times on it. Stiffff. Mike was a rad partner though. He told me to stop trying 12a and go harder. I took his philosophy to heart when I got back to the Peaks, and surprised myself on a 12b. I've carried his ideas forward all summer now. ### Ambiance The location we went climbing at the first day turned out to be a major scenic turnout for the city-folk. ![drone pilot](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2017/09/P5130105.jpg) *The Drone Pilot* ![the model](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2017/09/P5130110.jpg) *The Fashion Model* ![the couple](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2017/09/P5130116.jpg) *The Engaged* ![the family](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2017/09/P5130124.jpg) *Father and Son* #### Above the Clouds Before the sun set I drove to the top of the mountain in search of camping. Exploring and looking for things to photo, I found the shadow of the mountain stretching over the desert. Four months later I would hike Mt. Humphreys with Molly, who would be disappointed by my non-chalance at seeing the shadow of that peak during sunrise. Thanks, Lemmon, for letting me pretend to coolness. ![the shadow](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2017/09/P5130140.jpg) ![the van](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2017/09/P5130142.jpg) ![the fence](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2017/09/P5130143.jpg) ![the crow](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2017/09/P5130147.jpg)