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Greg Barnes
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 26, 2009 - 12:40pm PT
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rockermike
Mountain climber
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May 26, 2009 - 01:06pm PT
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Hike from Porcupine Flats to North Dome; about a quarter mile of firm snow; the rest of the trail is dry (well, actually some muddy sections too).
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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May 26, 2009 - 01:15pm PT
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Thanks, very helpful
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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May 26, 2009 - 01:33pm PT
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Slightly OT
Ski report
Monday 25 May
Yesterday skied cross country past Bennetville (between Tioga Pass Resort and Saddleback Lake road)
NE slopes still decent, suncups not too bad.
Talked to other parties who skied False White yesterday, it was still pretty good but going fast.
The really high slopes look excellent still (North and East facing).
Except for Ellery Bowl which had a lot of exposed rocks and recent slide activity up high.
TPR restaurant open to usual high standards. YUM. My wife broke her diet first time in 2 months (so did I, but we'd earned it).
A LOT of scattered snow all over east slopes of Cathedral.
Looked as if entire first pitch of "regular" Fairview route was under a snow tongue. Didn't walk in to have a better look.
Everything higher than Cathedral is snow covered on North and East
Really beautiful up there yesterday.
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Simeon
Social climber
Reno
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May 26, 2009 - 07:23pm PT
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What routes did you get on?
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sibylle
Trad climber
On the road again!
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May 26, 2009 - 07:41pm PT
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We climbed on Stately Pleasure Dome, which is almost all dry, and on Pywiack, where the west end is fine. Lembert looks good too. the weather is awesome - cool , perfect temperatures, sunny, and gorgeous.
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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May 26, 2009 - 08:07pm PT
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Went by on Saturday and couldn't believe how empty most of the routes were....a dreamland!
Peace
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shwilly
Trad climber
vegas
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May 26, 2009 - 08:30pm PT
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wait.. is tioga pass open?
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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May 26, 2009 - 08:32pm PT
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ron--
shoulda let us know-- we could've come up saturday. we'll be on the east side next week, btw.
summer's here.
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Greg Barnes
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - May 26, 2009 - 08:56pm PT
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Simeon - we just got on a few routes - came up late Saturday and met friends at Daff for a little cragging:
Then we went to Bishop to visit friends, got a little bike ride in Sunday - got pretty rough at a few spots...can anyone name the location?:
Got up to Tuolumne around 11 on Sunday, and we headed up here:
Skipped this 5.10 that James & Max put up a few years ago, despite how inviting it looked as a green-slime coated waterfall (what the heck is it called James?):
Skipped this 5.11R that Werner put up - Universal Corner:
Skipped this 5.12 roof traverse that Shipoopi put up, Engine in Distress - it still has a couple 1/4" bolts with Leepers as the anchor:
Skipped this newer 5.12 with loads of bolts, Schoen's knob-breaking Mocha Velvet Stout (edited: had the name wrong):
And went right to this lowly "single-digit" route (as Joe calls them) - only 5.9:
Starting up the second pitch:
On the way down:
Someone down on the Dike route:
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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May 26, 2009 - 09:18pm PT
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Man, what cool photo's, I must go to Toulumne soon. The bike route looks like Lower Rock Creek Trail. I rode it two weeks ago, what a blast! Hey that looks like the spot I went over my handlebars and stacked.
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Fluoride
Trad climber
Hollywood, CA
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May 26, 2009 - 09:27pm PT
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I was up there last weekend. How can you NOT go there once the pass opens up? Plenty of routes that don't face north that are open and up for grabs (only one party on all of Stately Pleasure).
Lots of standing snow still near the entrance from the 395 side and water flowing everywhere in the meadows.
TPM/TPG is closed as well as the campground (which appeared flooded at the entrance gate.
I guess I saw Greg's party, as there were actually a healthy number of cars at the Daff pullout later in the day Saturday. Didn't see anyone on WC or CA so figured it was craggin'.
Have plenty of photos, maybe will have time later tonight or tomorrow AM to download. They're still in my cam.
Cheers to Tuolumne '09. Hope everyone has a great season up there!
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James
climber
My twin brother's laundry room
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May 26, 2009 - 09:34pm PT
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That's the Hipster Handbook Greg!
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Greg Barnes
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - May 26, 2009 - 09:41pm PT
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Cool James! That missed the '06 Reid/Falkenstein guide, so if you don't watch out, a future Ed is going to be listing it as an old obscurity only rumored to have been done somewhere between Tenaya Lake and South Whizz Dome...
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sibylle
Trad climber
On the road again!
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May 27, 2009 - 12:00am PT
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I'm trying to post a n image. Bear with me if the image tag won't work -- I'll get it eventually!
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sibylle
Trad climber
On the road again!
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May 27, 2009 - 12:01am PT
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Tenaya Lake
Got the image tag, thanks to Peter Haan's help!
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
North of the Owyhees
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May 27, 2009 - 12:04am PT
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Nice pics, all. Thanks.
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sibylle
Trad climber
On the road again!
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May 27, 2009 - 12:08am PT
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And one from the other side of the Pass ..
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sibylle
Trad climber
On the road again!
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May 27, 2009 - 12:12am PT
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And a bear cub I saw near Crane flat
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rhyang
climber
SJC
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May 27, 2009 - 02:01am PT
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Beautiful pics !! Gotta get up there soon ..
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