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Barbarian
Trad climber
all bivied up on the ledge
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Oct 29, 2008 - 05:44pm PT
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Wow! Almost forgot about this one. I did this back in June 1980. It ws kind of chossy. Yvonne (my English partner) thought it was great. Loved the hummock climbing.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 29, 2008 - 05:46pm PT
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nice guido! Gary and I spied that spire on our Circular Staircase jaunt...
to paraphrase some rock climbing advert: "if you aren't getting lost, you aren't having an adventure!"
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Oct 29, 2008 - 07:05pm PT
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Oh yeh, working on one right now.
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Bertrand
Trad climber
SF
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Oct 29, 2008 - 08:46pm PT
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where's DRC?, he's been talking up the hummocks all summer (discretely of course) and trying to get me to do this route. maybe it's time!
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Fuzzywuzzy
climber
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May 31, 2009 - 12:42am PT
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Anybody who has done CB must have experienced the Alligator Lizards? W. Shipley had a great story - "snapping at me". Lets hear yours....
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mucci
Trad climber
sf ca
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May 31, 2009 - 03:12am PT
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Bertrand, let me know when you want to go I'm down. DrC still has some problems with THC, otherwise known as Technical Hummock Climbing. He will most likely be seen at the Alcove Swing with his cheap ass Mammoth Mammory brew 18 pk right along side the "Pony" Tennies.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 31, 2009 - 12:40pm PT
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from the Sentinel Rock/Sentinel Dome notch, a picture in profile from the west...
Sentinel Spire
I, 5.5, Warren Harding and George Whitmore. June 1954. First free ascent unknown. Seen from Camp 4, this is the spectacular spire which appears to rise from the left skyline of Sentinel Rock, fairly near the top. Actually, the pinnacle is situated on a massif separated from Sentinel by an enormous gap. From Sentinel Dome drop onto the Pohono Trail and follow it west until it is possible to walk out toward Sentinel. A few dropoffs can be navigated 3rd class. After reaching the enormous gap, turn east and walk down a sloping ledge which ends in a notch just west of the spire. Climb easy rock for 40 feet, then work up and right around the south side of the rock. The last bit ascends shallow cracks on the east face.
Steve Roper Climber's Guide to Yosemite Valley page 211, 1971
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