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Maysho
climber
Soda Springs, CA
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Jun 20, 2011 - 04:00pm PT
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Yes it was very beautiful up there, though, coming from Donner Summit, Nancy and I are sort of over lots of snow, like we are allergic to white right now, as we drove up the pass we spoke of our longing for flowers and green plants...
The Ice on Tenaya Lake cracked while we were climbing South Crack, sorry to not have taken a pic, there was a crack the entire length of the lake!
Nice seeing Ed, Gary, and Linda...
Today (my birthday by the way! 49 years old YIKES!) we are in El Portal, basking in the heat, and over-the-top flowering plants.
Yesterday, Fathers Day, I joined my son to carry a load and and watch him rig a complicated slackline between Arrowhead Spire, and Arrowhead Arete. Wild line, crazy exposure...It took longer than anticipated, he and his buddy are back up there today to walk it some more.
To all the skiers, yes conditions still look fantastic, I am heading back up there on Wednesday to guide 9 teens on a ski mountaineering camp at Tioga Pass for ASI. So I will get my dose of steep June corn, will report...
Peter
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Jun 20, 2011 - 04:13pm PT
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Here are some shots from the summit of False White yesterday. Still plenty of snow:
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Maysho
climber
Soda Springs, CA
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Jun 20, 2011 - 04:24pm PT
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Willoughby!!
Didn't you aim the camera up toward Dana? I am sure it is filled in really well.
Cheers,
Peter
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 20, 2011 - 04:38pm PT
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Happy birthday Peter!
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Jun 20, 2011 - 04:50pm PT
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I was scoping the high country out from Glacier Point on Friday, but plans to be on the Tioga Road with my wife were torpedoed at the last minute. I greatly appreciate the post, Ed, so we (my wife and I) can see what we missed. Next weekend for sure!
John
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Jun 20, 2011 - 04:55pm PT
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Nice early season pics!
Happy Birthday Peter, Slackline Arrowhead Spire to Arrowhead Arete? Doesn't YPB get in the way?
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Jun 20, 2011 - 04:58pm PT
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Happy Birthday, Peter! Here you go, complete with the cabins of sleepy Bennetville:
AND, there were flowers blooming. You just have to look very carefully in the patches between the snow:
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Maysho
climber
Soda Springs, CA
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Jun 20, 2011 - 04:59pm PT
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You are confusing Lost Arrow Spire, with the classic Arrowhead Spire, right next to Arrowhead Arete, FA. David Brower and Dick Leonard 1937. Just an 80ft. gap...
Thanks for the birthday wishes!
Peter
Thanks Willoughby!! Looks fat up on Dana, we are supposed to do the Solstice with the kids, probably climb up from below, stopping before being exposed to the giant cornice...
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Reedly
Social climber
The High Desert, CA
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Jun 20, 2011 - 05:44pm PT
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Tuolumne looks awesome. Thanks for the pictures.
Peter, happy birthday.
~R
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