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The Wolf
Trad climber
Martinez, CA
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Sep 23, 2009 - 10:56am PT
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Rounding Olmstead Point with the first view of Tenaya and Stately Pleasure it seems prehistoric in it's solitude. Rounding Pothole with the first view of Lembert, it feels like home.
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davidji
Social climber
CA
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From last Saturday.
I love Tuolumne 3rd class to 5.low climbing. Climber is on the ridge to the left:
First signature of the year in this register. We only saw one signature there for all of 2009 (and it might have read "2003"):
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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6/24/10
Hey Tradster, nice to see a photo from The Wind Tunnel!
Here’s another one:
The rap from the anchors on Eddie Muenster (5.7), The Wind Tunnel, with Wade Icey, 6/24/10
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Srbphoto
climber
Kennewick wa
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Aug 27, 2010 - 01:13pm PT
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bump for another summer gone by
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Oct 18, 2010 - 09:19pm PT
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West Farthing Wall, late Saturday afternoon (10/16)
Things are not looking good for more climbing days in the Meadows this year. I drove up to the pass today, thinking that I might get a hike in, but it was snowing and nasty out. Go away, bad weather!!!!!!!
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snowhazed
Trad climber
Oaksterdam, CA
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Oct 19, 2010 - 12:42am PT
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Oct 19, 2010 - 01:24am PT
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ciebolla
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surfstar
climber
Santa Barbara, CA
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Oct 19, 2010 - 02:49am PT
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Tuolumne will always hold a special place in my heart. Before this summer, I had never done any climbing that involved rock shoes - I had done my share of scrambling up peaks, but no bouldering, no roped climbs or anything like that. I had always wanted to try, but never knew anyone or where to start.
This July I was invited to camp in TM. My sister's friend is up there every summer camping and climbing and I was told to bring shoes and I'd get to try it out.
After a few days of hiking and doing my own thing, I finally found someone willing to take my beginner ass on some routes. With a borrowed harness, grigri and ATC, we headed for DAFF. West Crack had parties on it, so we did the two bolted face routes while waiting. In hindsight, my leader should have showed me a bit more beta on lowering with the grigri, but everything went well and we also did the first pitch of West Crack, then rapped down instead of trailing parties up farther (and the start of the second pitch looked a bit intimidating for a first day climber). One more pitch on Low Profile dome and I was done for the day. A couple days later I was able to latch on and follow in a party of three up Lunar Leap on Lembert Dome.
I was hooked.
Got home and ordered my own harness, chalk bag, 2 lockers and ATC.
Went back up by myself a few weeks later, as there were still friends camping. Highlights of that trip were West Country, Cooke Book and Phoebos! Got home and ordered a proper belay biner, personal anchor, nut tool and a couple more biners.
Made a final trip labor day weekend and drug my g/f along - she liked climbing more than hiking b/c the approaches were much shorter than my all day hikes I would drag her on. She borrowed some shoes and made it up the bunny slopes before we left!
I've now got enough gear to setup top ropes around here (santa barbara) and we're thinking of Jtree for halloween now! TM and Jtree before stepping foot in a gym sounds great to me ;-)
One trip and I'm ruined. New surfboard money has gone into climbing gear for now, but it is something that I see myself doing alongside surfing for the rest of my life.
enough with the words, here's a photo essay:
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Jay Wood
Trad climber
Fairfax, CA
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Dec 31, 2010 - 11:49pm PT
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160 days 'til the road opens.
Happy New Year!
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Captain...or Skully
climber
leading the away team, but not in a red shirt!
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Dec 31, 2010 - 11:57pm PT
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Big fat domes of burning Love. Absofuckintively.
Awesome shots. Desperately awesome. Ho, man.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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didn't seem to climb much this year, but it looks like I got a bit in up in Tuolumne...
...always a good thread to contribute to
opening day 2010:
the Western Fence Lizards were out in force this year...
I didn't know that stink bugs could scream!
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J. Werlin
Social climber
Cedaredge, CO
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Very nice photos Ed. Good to see Brass on the stone.
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Cool Tenaya Lake reflection!
Last two photos are of Dave on p. 2 (5.10c) of British Steel, Razor Back. Sorry we made you go slab climbing, Dave! :)
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Hey Ed, great icy shot of Tenaya Lake! Yeah, I'd even take some stink-buggin right now, jonesin to get out and do SOMETHING! 3.5 more weeks and I can start pulling on easy plastic routes... P.S. I'll be out in San Jose area on Biz Jan 24-26 - how far away are you?
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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My brother scanned a bunch of old family slides from our family camping trips in the early 60s. My dad and uncle made a Cathedral Range traverse supposedly from Cathedral to Unicorn. Here are some of the pictures of the trip, plus a few others. This summer will be the 50-year anniversary of that traverse: 1961 - 2011.
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Fluoride
Trad climber
West Los Angeles, CA
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I've got so much. So I'm sticking with one day for this post. Opening weekend of Tuolumne climbing 2010.
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Great stuff Fluoride and Jesse!
Thanks!
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