Comments by Dave Bircheff via Amanda Bircheff (daughter) posted By Jim Cain.
#25 Dave Hitchcock on southwest face Liberty Cap.
#26 Dave Hitchcock "The Wool King" topped on Liberty Cap.
#27 Dave Bircheff topped on Liberty Cap.
#28 Rick Wheeler on Hulk Macedonian route with hammer, drill, jumars and pulley for hauling bag.
#29 Rick Wheeler Macedonian route eighth lead, bivied on tenth.
#30 Rick Wheeler topped out on Macedonian route. Just beat the clouds.
#31 Will Miller on Arrow Direct on bolt free climb to side.
#32 Rick Wheeler on Hulk, tenth lead.
#33 Will Miller leading Arrow Direct. Sometime in October 197? for two and a half days.
#34 Will Miller on Arrow Direct.
#35 Ron Kauk and Steve Sutton on Calaveras Ledges, March 1977 after the FIRST storm!
#36 Will Miller on Temple Crag 5.7. Somewhere below third lead.
#37 Rick Wheeler onTemple Crag December 1976, loose stuff frozen in.
#38 Dale Bard in slings.
#39 Dale Bard in butt bag, Muir route?
#40 Dave Bircheff March 1977 leading...???...anyone recognize the route?
#41 Sentinal Falls, 1975. Will Miller liked ice climbing. We could hear water running under the ice at the top....really scary. 4 to 5 leads.
#42 Lost Arrow tip to main wall... Tyrolean traverse
#43 Rick Wheeler on Hulk right off belay station surprised by storm.
#44 Will Miller and Rick Wheeler on Temple Crag in "the big bowl"of rock rubble. Wheeler had good brandy at campfire!
#45 Rick Wheeler on Temple Crag with ice axes.
#46 Will Miller reading "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" during Arrow Direct route.
#47 Dave Bircheff at top of Fried Eggs above Water Wheel Falls in "Grand Canyon of Tuolomne".
#48 Phil Bircheff high up on on Lurking Fear, Jim Pettigrew lower right. 1976
Enjoy!
JC