Trip Report
SUP Approach across Tenaya Lake to Climb Tenaya Peak
Saturday July 23, 2016 9:48am
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Here's a much more entertaining way to approach Tenaya Peak: start at the west end and SUP across. There is usually a slight tailwind in the morning. We used inflatable SUP's. Then deflate, stash in the trees, and recover later. We did a variation on the descent that took us more west. Trail gets more and more faint and there was a little cross-country right before Tenaya Lake. You end up at the west end of the lake which is much more wind-sheltered in the afternoon for a beer and dunk in the lake.
Here is the track on Strava - http://www.strava.com/activities/646832189
And the track on MotionX - http://gps.motionx.com/maps/5bb9d6c2d92aeea8cbb0a37464b88561
We used inflatable SUPS - here is our Inflatable SUP Review and our SUP Paddle Review
Chris McNamara
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About the Author Climbing Magazine once computed that three percent of Chris McNamara’s life on Earth had been spent on the face of El Capitan – an accomplishment that left friends and family pondering Chris’s sanity. He has climbed El Capitan more than 70 times and holds nine big wall speed climbing records. In 1998 Chris did the first Girdle Traverse of El Capitan, an epic 75-pitch route that begs the question, “Why?”
Outside Magazine called Chris one of “the world’s finest aid climbers.” He is the winner of the 1999 Bates Award from the American Alpine Club and founder of the American Safe Climbing Association, a nonprofit group that has replaced over 5000 dangerous anchor bolts. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley and serves on the board of the ASCA and the Rowell Legacy Committee. He has a rarely updated adventure journal, maintains BASEjumpingmovies.com, and also runs a Lake Tahoe home rental business. |
Comments
Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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Jul 23, 2016 - 11:21am PT
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Looks gorgeous!
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10b4me
Social climber
Lida Junction
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Jul 23, 2016 - 02:14pm PT
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cool idea.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Jul 26, 2016 - 10:01am PT
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Yes! Been to the Meadows a couple of times this summer and every time think about how much fun it would be to SUP on Tenaya. Awesome way to insert a little more fun into an already worthwhile adventure.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Jul 26, 2016 - 10:33am PT
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Looks like fun, Chris. I've taken a descent that actually goes more to the east rather than the west, and hits the ground nearer to Pywiak dome. Although it looks improbable, I didn't consider anything we did harder than Class 2.
John
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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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Jul 26, 2016 - 10:45am PT
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great idea Chris. I dig the inflatable SUPs.
Where else could you do this to access climbing? Hmmm? - Lake George in Mammoth, Convict Lake to access Morrison or Laurel, Sabrina or South Lake for some peak bagging.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Jul 26, 2016 - 01:11pm PT
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Cool idea, but why does the track look like you hiked back to your paddling starting point?
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Jul 26, 2016 - 04:08pm PT
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Really fun idea.
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Jul 27, 2016 - 08:56am PT
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Beautiful summer days!
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tahoemnts2
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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You should have hauled the boards up to the summit.
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