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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Nov 19, 2010 - 12:37pm PT
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Tommy and Beth got divorced.
Check out Becca's great blog and photos of the ascent and the great photos on Tommy's facebook page. His profile pic with her is awesome.
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Nor Cal
Trad climber
San Mateo
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Nov 19, 2010 - 12:42pm PT
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We saw them on the first few pitches last saturday and they were climbing w/o shirts. I bet they are bundles up tight right now.
We are expecting snow on the SF Bay Area hills at 3000' so I bet the valley floor will get snow.
Time to bail.
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The Alpine
Big Wall climber
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Nov 19, 2010 - 12:43pm PT
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I wonder how much money they're able to generate, directly or indirectly, by having practically every minute of their ascent basically covered live via the interwebs.
They're very visible sponsored athletes and I'm sure their sponsors are loving all this time they're spending in peoples minds. Surely, the boys get compensated for that.
Tommy doesn't seem like much of a self promoting dude nor blogger/twitterer/b.s. sprayer - he's smart in that he's gotten Kevin and his wife to do it for him.
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HighTraverse
Social climber
Bay Area
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Nov 19, 2010 - 12:47pm PT
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Jim,
Excellent comment. However do they have the latest information?
The forecasts for this storm have been getting worse over the timespan of this thread.
Here's the 8:53 AM today NOAA forecast specifically for Yosemite Valley.
Gonna be a lot of precipitation, getting colder, snow level falling to below Wino Tower. As much as 2 feet of snow in the Valley. Moderate winds Sat night and Sunday, getting colder after it clears on Monday, really cold Monday & Tuesday nights.
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Today: A slight chance of rain showers after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. South southwest wind between 16 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.
Tonight: Rain and snow showers. Snow level 5400 feet. Low around 29. South southwest wind between 16 and 18 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Saturday: Rain and snow. High near 32. Southwest wind between 11 and 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
Saturday Night: Snow showers. Low around 22. Breezy, with a south southwest wind between 16 and 24 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 7 to 11 inches possible.
Sunday: Snow. High near 26. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 25 to 28 mph decreasing to between 17 and 20 mph. Winds could gust as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 8 to 12 inches possible.
Sunday Night: A 50 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
Monday: A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 32. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Monday Night: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19.
Tuesday: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35.
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 26.
Thanksgiving Day: Sunny, with a high near 45.
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Can anyone say "Sentinel Falls" and "Widow's Tears" for Thanksgiving?
In my humble experience climbing to El Cap Tree after a big snowstorm, the desktop sized summit ice over there falls well behind you into the trees and the climbing was scary but perfectly safe. Can't speak for the Dawn Wall.
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Roger Brown
climber
Oceano, California
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Nov 19, 2010 - 01:37pm PT
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Light rain started about 1/2 hour ago here at the beach. Wet enough now to put the tools away. Not supposed to start till this evening.
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Mick K
climber
Northern Sierra
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Nov 19, 2010 - 01:38pm PT
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I for one hope the boys stick it out (safely of course) through the storm and then complete their FA.
I love the coverage they are providing for the wall and I hope they profit from it handsomely. They deserve it.
I would like to see more posts from the wall, maybe with pictures of the storm.
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karodrinker
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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Nov 19, 2010 - 01:43pm PT
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I too think it will be awesome if they stick it out and then send, just like Warren did. Way better story that way. Miserable, but proud. Good luck guys!
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jack herer
climber
Veneta, Oregon
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Nov 19, 2010 - 01:55pm PT
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Umm thats what you get for trying to spend two weeks on a free route on El Cap in mid Novermber.. shut down!
Strong effort but what the hell where these guys expecting. If they cant climb in the sun in mid November and not in the spring, when the hell can they climb?
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nature
climber
Tuscon Again! India! India! Hawaii! LA?!?!
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Nov 19, 2010 - 02:15pm PT
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time to pop some more popcorn and go on a beer run.
this is going to be a long weekend.
i think I'll turn up the heater too. And booties. Down Booties.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Nov 19, 2010 - 02:25pm PT
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Still climbing.
From KJ's twitter couple minutes ago:
"Tommy sent pitch 12 the other night. I'm headed up now for round 2 on pitch 12 and Tommy is going for pitch 13."
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Slakkey
Big Wall climber
From Back to Big Wall Baby
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Nov 19, 2010 - 02:30pm PT
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^^^^
Yep sent about an hour ago
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Nov 19, 2010 - 02:45pm PT
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From Facebook, Big UP Productions:
http://www.facebook.com/peter.zabrok#!/pages/Big-UP-Productions/59327301280
Big UP Productions "Decided not to go to Wino Tower, but stay here on our camp at pitch 8 to see how bad the storm gets."
14 hours ago via iPhone
So that would have been posted late last night.
Holy frig. Could this be an epic in the making? I would be amazed if they could stick out such a big storm for so long. Are they knott in a very exposed position?
http://climbingnarc.com/wp-content/images/dw_topo.jpg
Have a look at the topo in the photo link above. Pitch 8 is not the place I'd want to be in a storm so severe - there is very little shelter, and it's hugely exposed to icefall.
I predict they will rap off on their fixed lines. Stay safe, lads.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Nov 19, 2010 - 03:15pm PT
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Pete, according to becca's blog they have been checking this thread on their iPhones and since the data network in the valley sucks so bad any pics will really slow down loading it so it would probably be good to pull that photo. It also screws up the formatting on an iPhone.
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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Nov 19, 2010 - 04:26pm PT
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Good luck gentlemen! Sending good warm vibes your way.
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Nov 19, 2010 - 04:26pm PT
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where are these guys, exactly? my old guide shows wino tower at the end of pitch 18 (new dawn route--doesn't show details of original WEML). they're only on pitch 13?
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BASE104
climber
An Oil Field
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Nov 19, 2010 - 04:43pm PT
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Well, in the bailing department, Mike Davis and I made it from the base of the Groove to the Ground over on the Shield in about five hours with two pigs.
Then the sun came out for two months. Always felt like a pussy for that.
If they have ropes to the ground, they are probably going to try to suffer through the weekend and then use the daytime temps to climb starting monday or so. To have to give up this close is evidently worth some righteous suffering. Stay dry guys. Getting wet will be very bad news.
edit: my guess is that the fixed ropes are for the film crew. I doubt the climbers need them.
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Nov 19, 2010 - 04:44pm PT
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so does the film crew get to go down?
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Climbing Narcissist
Boulder climber
Wisconsin
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Nov 19, 2010 - 05:27pm PT
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Corey Rich just got there this morning to help film things so they don't sound in a hurry to get down
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cms
climber
toyota, tacoma
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Nov 19, 2010 - 07:21pm PT
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full on white out conditions on el cap right now
less than a minute ago on twitter.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Nov 19, 2010 - 07:35pm PT
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It is just fog in that spot; the other three webcams show good visibility for miles. Again, this storm is looking like a really moderate one. Satellite/radar on accuweather shows it being "light".
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