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Dave Miller
climber
June Lake, California
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 5, 2015 - 01:58pm PT
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Just got a call from a buddy who is currently at the top of pitch 11 (pitch above the Robbins traverse) of the regular route on Half Dome and he says the ledge there is missing! Anyone heard of recent rock fall on HD? He's done the route before so I kinda trust what he's saying, as outlandish as it sounds.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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A little late for April Fools. Anything to this?
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Dave Miller
climber
June Lake, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 5, 2015 - 04:38pm PT
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Apparently they bailed cause they couldn't reach the anchor which is still there but with no ledge below it. He said there was a big dirt outline where the ledge was supposed to be. He also mentioned the area around the base of HD looked kinda gnarly but he just thought it was from the recent rain storms. Will be interested to find out what's going on up there, that's one of my favorite routes in the world.
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DonC
climber
CA
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wow, I remember that as a pretty big/long ledge with lots of good size rocks on it
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Spooky bump
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Just glad it didn't fall off when we were there!
Must not have been anyone there, or this would be posted already?
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Dave Miller
climber
June Lake, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 5, 2015 - 06:04pm PT
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Sadly it looks to be true. Here is a photo taken looking up from the Robbins traverse. There's a lot that is missing!
And here's a photo of the debris field at the base
Photos were taken by my buddy Drew
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Damn exfoliation.
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WBraun
climber
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YOWZA !!!!!
Rock Armageddon !!!!
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Wow, looks like a new bolt ladder might be needed to reach the corner system?
Besides the p11 bivvy ledge, it looks like the flakes used for the "tunnel through" variation are gone, too.
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mongrel
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Regarding comments above, yes it was a good sized and rather long ledge system. I'm glad it didn't fall off while we were BIVIED on it some 25 or 30 years ago (topping out the next day). That would be a seriously rude awakening. Somebody ought to post this over on Beta, by all rights, the party who discovered it.
Edit to add: a new ladder or some free or aid climbing that's a lot harder than anything else.
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Travis Haussener
Trad climber
Salt Lake City
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Looks like a first ascent variation is in order
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Whoa - big news!
John
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA/Boulder, CO
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I will donate some bolt on holds if someone wants to re-establish the free variation:-)
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BLUEBLOCR
Social climber
joshua tree
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wonder if the rat's had anything to do with it? those mutha's kept us up all night when we slept there:(~~~
definitely has something to do with climate change tho. So it's prolly man's fault;)
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BLUEBLOCR
Social climber
joshua tree
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^^^one post up
what about Serenity or The Nose?
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Should I mention that the free variation bypasses the Robbins Traverse?
First Psyche Flake, then the Undercling Pitch, now the end of the Robbins Traverse. Pretty soon, all of the distinctive sections when I first started climbing will be mere memories. Oh well, someone will be able to say they made the Last Ascent of the Robbins Traverse.
John
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
climber
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The route is compromised, NPS should step in and create a via-ferrata out of it.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, dave and all... glad no one had to through that experience, :O
say, does anyone have before and after pics...
as, i am not knowing how it looked before, but would be interested to learn...
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RP3
Big Wall climber
Twain Harte
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WOW! The route has significantly changed! I bet it will be a while before anyone frees it again...
2 weeks ago:
Now:
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