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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 8, 2008 - 11:11pm PT
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In the Yellow Guide a notable 5.10b OW climb, Smoky Pillar (FA Jim Bridwell, George Meyers, Vern Clevenger and Larry Bruce, 1973) appears on the Upper Yosemite Falls Trail. It is also in the 1987 blue guide, but not in my 1994 Chockstone Press guide...
...in fact these climbs on Charlie Brown Apron are also missing:
Diversions 5.10a FA Marshall Ravenscroft and Tim Kemple, 1982
Colonel ?
Dumbo Go Home 5.9 FA John Middendorf and Tucker Tech, 1983
Chain Reaction 5.10c FA Rik Rieder, Mark Chapman, Ed Barry and Rab Carrington 1972
The Peanut 5.10b FA Tom Higgins and Howard Chapman, 1967
No Teats 5.10a FA Susan Lilly and Tucker Tech 1986
The latest guide has at the bottom of page 141:
Note: In an effort to abide by with the Park Service concerns over environmental impacts and hikers' safety, numerous climbs adjacent to Upper Yosemite Falls and its trail system have been omitted from this guide.
What's the story?
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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You are in trouble now!
LOL.
You will know the story soon enough.
Werner, go easy on him.
Thanks for a climbing thread though.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 9, 2008 - 12:54pm PT
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Thanks Mighty for the references, good ones!
Smoky Pillar seems to be obscure...
...ok, keep an eye on future posts of the NPS "Monday Report" for the arrest of a team of a wild bunch of old dad climbers climbing "out of bounds"
The Yellow Book list must be ticked!
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 9, 2008 - 01:23pm PT
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on the list Warbler!
the Yellow Guide is the source of much of my madness... here are the Offwidths (3 1/2" to 8"):
5.9
The Cleft
Peter Pan
Apron Jam
5.10a
Banana Dreams
Cookie, Left
This and That
Nothing Special
Chingando
Reed's Pinnacle, Left
Bong's Away
Hourglass, Right
Gollum, Left
Orange Juice Avenue
Secret Storm
Doggie Do
Geek Towers, Center
Geek Towers, Right
Pink Dreams
Worst Error, Right
Crack of Dispair
Crack of Doom
5.10b
Vendetta
The Slack, Left
Smoky Pillar
Book of Job
Pulpit Pooper
Jam Session
5.10c
Twinkie
The Shaft
Wild Turkey
Edge of Night
Fallout
Mental Block
Barefoot Servants
5.10d
Twilight Zone
Steppin' Out
Plumb Line
5.11a
Cream
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WBraun
climber
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Or Fist-a-bule
Or Extra credit
Or never had a second ascent in almost 20 years "Local motion"
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 9, 2008 - 02:59pm PT
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Wild Turkeys is there, maybe not the rating you expected though!
This is the list in Meyer's yellow guide, ©1982, so anything after that date won't have made the list..
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 10, 2008 - 03:01am PT
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Took this picture on March 30th 2008... anyone with knowledge of the area believe I've drawn the routes in correctly?
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Apr 10, 2008 - 03:23am PT
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Peanut looks about right. I vaguely recall it may not go quite as high as shown. I definitely recall that there isn't a lot of protection, and that there are lots of micro-jogs in the route - typical slab climb.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Apr 10, 2008 - 11:38am PT
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Ed,
I love that picture! Just wear granite camou and keep your voices down, be careful not to knock anything off....
Plumbline is very cool too, only been on the beginning pitch.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Apr 22, 2013 - 05:37am PT
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bumpity bump
The Peanut, great climb, Seaside too
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
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Aug 31, 2013 - 12:37am PT
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Climbs that hit the valley rim, like Diversions appears to, have an undeniable allure.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Aug 31, 2013 - 01:32am PT
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From bolt replacement last summer, I know where the bolts are on the 4 routes on the right in Ed's overlay:
Jumbo Go Away (correct name), Chain Reaction, The Peanut, No Teats.
Joe and I climbed a corner right/above of No Teats and then tensioned left and climbed a corner above/left of No Teats to access the top of Chain Reaction. There was a fixed pin belay in this last corner, well above No Teats.
Can't say I really know the routes, though, since I didn't free climb them.
The above overlay hopefully includes the area where your route in progress goes.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Aug 31, 2013 - 08:37pm PT
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Rule one for this spot is "Climb Fast" and two would be "Tread Softly," in order to prevent rocks falling on "Innocent Bystanders."
Tourons should be more careful where they hike! How dare they keep Ed from his appointed wide rounds!
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
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Sep 10, 2013 - 12:44am PT
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Clint, did you get a chance to suss out whether there's gear placements between those bolts on any of the lines? Those appear to be some serious runs if not.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Sep 10, 2013 - 01:25am PT
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Bruce,
Yes, there are some occasional cracks for placing gear on many of these pitches. For example, the upper part of Chain Reaction is in a corner system. My overlay only shows the fixed gear.
This is one advantage of topos vs. overlays - topos can easily indicate a crack.
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