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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Yo, crotch...after 2.5 weeks we'll be looking forward to all the shots from Facelift....so The Taco should be serving up serious sheeee for awhile. Yah !
If Yo all posted your best one or two pics from summer here we'd have some more serious viewing.
Good pics GDavis et al Lynnie
Great Thread !
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Cowpoke sets up to lunge at the crux of Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp, Cathedral Ledge.
Not knowing that the exciting part was yet to come.
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micronut
Trad climber
fresno, ca
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Hey Yos guns and DrC. How was Captain Obvious. Any beta? I'd love to get on it sometime before the snow comes....or shortly after on skis.
Summer shadows closing in on Tuolumne
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snowey
Trad climber
San Diego
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For now, how about pics from a June recon mission on Conness:
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yosguns
climber
San Francisco, CA
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micronut--
Captain Obvious is a line worth doing. Great featured face climbing (you can probably see from the photo of my partner) with a crux that's a bit committing. When you top out, it's amazing to see all that granite about. I only followed though; would like to repeat on the other end.
The rap can be hard to find, bolts that are right under your feet (off to the left) and that are still easy to miss.
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drc
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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micro
here's a good pic of the entire route. Just goes straight up to the top. Pro is small to medium and slung chicken heads. The only runout section is some grainy slab on the last pitch. Kinda gets in my head, but quite easy. Don't miss the gear anchor on top of p3, there really isn't much afterwards and you DONT have enough rope to link. The rock quality is very good and most importantly, there's no one around.
Finding the rap route is a bitch. DO NOT rap all the way down from the summit you won't find anything. Instead rap 10 ft to the little notch and walk to the main formation for a few hundred yards. Then look towards the big gully on climbers left and ask yourself: If I were to put in rap bolts, where would I put them? Good luck.
You need 4x4 to drive up to the trail, otherwise its between 1 and 3 extra miles of hiking.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Summer seemed to go so fast ... and I still haven't uploaded photos from most of my trips?? Here's a long series of highlights:
Tim latches the jug above the squeeze on the NE Buttress of Higher Cathedral Rock. Did I mention that summer starts in May here?
Bob on a first ascent, secret crag
Joel snags a lap on Elegant Inclinations, Chiquito Dome, after we rebolted it
Bob on the crazy project, Middle Cathedral. I didn't know one guy could carry so many ropes!
Further on the crazy project (North Face Traverse 5.10a). Hey, that looks kinda exposed? In the end, the project was successful - we fixed 6 ropes down Mother Earth so Roger could rebolt it.
Linnea floats South Crack, Tuolumne
West Crack
Fairview Regular Route
It doesn't really feel like summer here without a few Meadows classics....
Lost Arrow Tip - my college climbing partner, John, jets out for a week to bag a few more classics
Exodus, Middle Cathedral North Face Apron. Thank goodness for Roger's fixed line and the miniTraxion!
Chouinard-Herbert
Did I mention we were slow? (But the night was short and fairly warm)
We heard the routes were too runout here, so we made one of our own. Bob on the FA of Fall Guy.
Debbie on p2 of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, High Eagle Dome
Me starting p3
Debbie on the warmup, Shangri La.
We had quite a few pals with us that day:
Jared
Mike
Dan
Roger heading for Coonyard, Glacier Point Apron
Tom "The Mad Bolter" on El Cap
Sharon on the p3 crux of Fall Guy
Slipstream on the Cookie Sheet
Aqua Knobby, Pywiack Dome
Tideline, Olmstead Point
Summer weather continues; now if my body can just hold up for a few more weeks....
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Bob on a first ascent, secret crag
that crag looked familiar!
good for you guys!!
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Ed,
Maybe we will see you and Eric back there this fall?
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hungry man
Trad climber
around
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Awesome!!!!1!!1111111111!!1111!111
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cowpoke
climber
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beautiful pics, everyone! evidence of much fun! I'm mourning the closing moments of this fabulous summer...don't have too many pretty pics, but here are a few electronic memories of summer smiles.
On the left coast with Jeremy to start the summer:
In the middle (rocky mountain states) with family:
And, back home on the right coast with Chiloe to round out the season:
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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I so refuse to post any pics in this thread. Summer ain't even close to being over.
Though, High Eagle looks tasty as does Fall Guy.
Clint, looking svelt there buddy. You must be climbing loads.
cheers,
M
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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And, back home on the right coast with Chiloe to round out the season:
A goofy highlight to the season that was, finding a 5.9 variation through the 5.11 roof!
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drc
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Sep 10, 2008 - 03:50pm PT
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A few more from the Summer 2008 grand finale.
We are going to climb that? Ropegun Brandon said it was hard.
I guess so... not bad so far
Ropegun Brandon was right. Good thing the bolts are so close together
Jess decides to refocus his photographic efforts on the more photogenic and less whiny leader behind us.
Dude... did we really just climb that corner?
I guess the top is somewhere over there.
We made it.
Lets celebrate.
I am sore, what happened yesterday?
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crøtch
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 12, 2008 - 04:34pm PT
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bump for more photos
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Sep 12, 2008 - 04:40pm PT
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Scott_Nelson
Trad climber
San Diego
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Sep 13, 2008 - 03:36pm PT
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Elephant's Perch
Myopia
The top
Cooling off
Devils Tower
El Matador
Mr Clean
Black Hills of South Dakota
Mt Rushmore
The Cleaver
FA West Rib, the Cleaver
Nate leading on the FA of the North Face of Mt Russell
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Sep 13, 2008 - 04:08pm PT
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Great Circle Route, Tmds
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xtrmecat
Trad climber
Kalispell, Montanagonia
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Sep 13, 2008 - 04:27pm PT
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It was quite a summer indeed.
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