Trip Report
Hooky Wednesday: Cardinal Pinnacle Sneak.
Wednesday September 10, 2014 10:00pm
We have been bad workers...we take days off mid-week for climbing!

This week we didn't get fired for climbing Cardinal Pinnacle West Face!

Give us a break, would ya - it's a 20-minute drive and a 30-minute hike from our house to this:

http://www.mountainproject.com/v/west-face/105942424

Skip on the choss-hopping 30 minute slog:

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The objective - is there a gorilla in the rock or is it just me?

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Are we there yet? How about now? Meh.

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Holy crap! We're gassed and we haven't even started climbing!

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Start of the second pitch is so fun:

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The start of Pitch 3 is an amazing series of discoveries on a seemingly blank wall of glacial polish - Pipe!

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Skip on the wild first rappel off of the top of pitch 4:

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An amazing adventure for being so close!




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Comments
Ed H

Trad climber
Santa Rosa, CA
  Sep 10, 2014 - 10:10pm PT
4 star, 4 pitch, 10a, 20 min from the house. Living in Bishop has it's perks! TFPU!
skitch

Gym climber
Bend Or
  Sep 10, 2014 - 10:13pm PT
MisterE: I totally saw you and your special lady friend at open mic Friday!
MisterE

Gym climber
Small Town with a Big Back Yard
Author's Reply  Sep 10, 2014 - 10:37pm PT
Cool, Skitch - introduce yourself next week!

Good music that night...
survival

Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
  Sep 11, 2014 - 07:24am PT
Hooky, short approach and good stone on the same day?

Awesomeness has descended upon you!
justthemaid

climber
Jim Henson's Basement
  Sep 11, 2014 - 07:29am PT
I'm totally out of shape and just moved from sea level, so this potentially could have gotten ugly. E still managed to drag my sorry carcass up all 4 pitches and and the talus slope without me passing out from lack of oxygen.
Vitaliy M.

Mountain climber
San Francisco
  Sep 11, 2014 - 08:10am PT
What an awesome formation!!!
johntp

Trad climber
Punter, Little Rock
  Sep 11, 2014 - 09:44am PT
That talus approach is "fun" after a late night drive up from SoCal.

TFPU
guyman

Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
  Sep 11, 2014 - 10:40am PT
Vacation Land USA........

good TR, do more please.
Fat Dad

Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
  Sep 11, 2014 - 12:29pm PT
Heck of a backyard you got there. Nice.
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
  Sep 11, 2014 - 03:51pm PT
Love your lives now you aren't Angelenos?

You represent the Eastside with pride, you two.

Love the "gassed" tourist shot.

Is there an official elevation you reached, or summit register, or what?

I'm so glad you two ain't "sporties!"
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
  Sep 11, 2014 - 04:21pm PT
It's like have a car driven air conditioner....just point her up the hill and watch the temperature plummet.
NutAgain!

Trad climber
https://nutagain.org
  Sep 11, 2014 - 04:42pm PT
Reapin' the rewards of careful planning! Good for you guys :)
tom woods

Gym climber
Bishop, CA
  Sep 11, 2014 - 05:35pm PT
When you rap off the top, you are in the perfect spot to quickly tr that crack in the photo. It's worth doing.
Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
  Sep 11, 2014 - 07:03pm PT
Em and I hiked up there and didn't end up getting on it. Can't remember, why.. Too late a start? Anyway, it looked cool!

Good on youse guys!!
Kalimon

Social climber
Ridgway, CO
  Sep 11, 2014 - 07:09pm PT
Nice images! Beautiful stone, quality send . . . thanks.
Ezra Ellis

Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
  Sep 12, 2014 - 06:41pm PT
Way to go, you are lucky to live there!!!!
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