Trip Report
Day on the Hog

by tuolumne_tradster
Sunday April 21, 2013 9:40pm
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On Saturday April 20, 2013 Bill McConachie, Frank Baker, & I spent the day on the Hogsback doing It's better with bacon & Hogwild (combined ages of 177 y). I had not done either route but Bill & Frank had done both of these fine routes. It was a warm, spectacular day with a light breeze and we had the place to ourselves. We did It's better with bacon in 5 (short ~ 100 ft) pitches and rapped the route in 3 raps w/two 60 m ropes. Bill donated a 1/2-inch tubular runner for a rap anchor on the tree at the top.

P1 (5.6): 2 thin (20 mm to 1.5 cm) en echelon cracks that take 1 or 2 nano stoppers.

P2 (5.6): bolts on face w/ thin dikes

P3 (5.7): lieback crack and face w/thin dikes

P4 (5.8): diehedral, some face & 1 roof

P5 (5.8): pass a couple of roofs to the top.

Looking up the route from the base.

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Bill on P1

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Me clipping the 1st bolt on P2

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Frank on P2 (Photo Bill McC)

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Frank leading P3

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Bill belaying Frank on P4

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Looking down to Bill from the lip of one of the roofs on P5

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My cohorts on top of the Hogsback with Traveler Buttress in the distance.

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Bill rapping.

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Frank leading Hogwild...one of the finest 5.7 pitches at the Leap. (Photo Bill McC)

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All in all it was a great day on the hog.


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Comments
lars johansen

Trad climber
West Marin, CA
  Apr 21, 2013 - 11:39pm PT
2 great climbs. TFPU

lars
Daphne

Trad climber
Northern California
  Apr 21, 2013 - 11:41pm PT
Thanks! You got me jonesin' for the Leap and I hope to get there soon!
Darwin

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
  Apr 22, 2013 - 12:09am PT
thanks.
sheepdog

Trad climber
just over the hill
  Apr 22, 2013 - 12:46am PT
Great report TT! Next weekend, give us "The Line" blow by blow!
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
  Apr 22, 2013 - 12:56am PT
Ham-let couldn't have said it better.
Wayno

Big Wall climber
Republic, WA
  Apr 22, 2013 - 12:59am PT
Looks like a nice route for old guys.
FBaker

Trad climber
Concord, Ca
  Apr 22, 2013 - 01:13am PT
Always fun climbing with Vic and Bill!! Nice trip report
mucci

Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
  Apr 22, 2013 - 01:18am PT
Nice! Great routes.

Bunch of goodies there.
Mike Bolte

Trad climber
Planet Earth
  Apr 22, 2013 - 01:26am PT
nice report! two excellent climbs. Good to hear the Leap is open.
msiddens

Trad climber
  Apr 22, 2013 - 02:16am PT
Fun Routes and a fun day indeed
BMcC

Trad climber
Livermore
  Apr 22, 2013 - 03:30am PT
Fun times climbing mellow routes at the Leap with friends!

The temp when we arrived at 9 am it was 37 degrees fahrenheit. It's Better with Bacon was in the shade until about 10 am. Chilly to start with and then pretty warm in the sun.

The campground gate was still locked, so there was no camping and no access to parking associated with the campground.

There were a handful of other parties that headed for the East Wall, Corrugation Corner, and other areas. Lots of smiles going around.

Here are a few more pics for your viewing pleasure ...
Bowser

Social climber
Durango CO
  Apr 22, 2013 - 08:33am PT
Way like. Nice climb fellas!
micronut

Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
  Apr 22, 2013 - 11:15am PT
Sooooooooo....weeee!

That's my hog call. Nice work gents!
crankster

Trad climber
No. Tahoe
  Apr 22, 2013 - 12:04pm PT
Well done!
BMcC

Trad climber
Livermore
  Apr 22, 2013 - 12:52pm PT
Doing the last short pitch, rather than bailing from the 4th belay, is worth doing for the views of the Leap from the top.

Getting down is easy. All 5 pitches are conveniently 30m or less in length for rapping with a single 60m rope. There are some decent sized trees on top from which to rap, but bring some web or cord - please don't drape or string your rope directly around a tree. The web I slung around our rap tree was 0.5-inch tubular - rated to about 2,000 lbs - not runner strength, but adequate for our purposes.

Enjoy!
rhyang

climber
SJC
  Apr 22, 2013 - 11:52pm PT
Glad you guys had a nice time ! We'll hafta climb together sometime after Bill returns.
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