Trip Report
Tuolumne Pilgrimage 2011
Saturday September 10, 2011 1:22pm
It doesn't get much better than spending quality time with family and friends in TM...and climbing too!
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Hiked up to 3PD with Paola, Gerry and two of our kids, Sarah and Michael, who came up from the bay. Peered down at Peter C on it, later had lunch with Paola, Karine and Peter at Paola's.
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A couple days after, went up with Yerian and climbed it. Followed Steve and Doug from Vegas and enjoyed chatting at the belays. Good blokes.

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Revisited Superchicken on Medlicott with my neighbor George , 37 years after the first ascent with Jim Wilson. I had forgotten how great the handcrack is, a really fine pitch.
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M Crest with Ed was awesome, parts of it just a very exposed hiking trail, but location, location, location.
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One highlight was getting to climb again with Dick S. on Stately Pleasure Dome.

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The last time we shared a rope was when we did the Salathe in 1978. Tried and failed to keep up when Dick started explaining physics. Some things never change.

Best thing about it was seeing so many friends and acquaintances and being able to engage in unhurried conversations, often over beer or wine at the end of a climbing day. Hashbro, Dr. F, Lynne, TM, Bob B., Mike W. George and Jeana, Bruce M., Ron K are some of the many folks we ran into.

Already planning to be there next summer.

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Rick A
About the Author
Rick A is a climber from Boulder, Colorado.

Comments
Mike Bolte

Trad climber
Planet Earth
  Sep 10, 2011 - 01:26pm PT
nice report Rick! Still getting out there on some great routes.
Roxy

Trad climber
CA Central Coast
  Sep 10, 2011 - 01:40pm PT
bitchin routes and sweet memories!

thanks for posting!
bluering

Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
  Sep 10, 2011 - 01:48pm PT
I love that place...

Nice to see you having fun up there.
BrassNuts

Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
  Sep 10, 2011 - 06:46pm PT
Looks like an eggzellent time at TM! Thanks for the pics and prose...
drljefe

climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
  Sep 10, 2011 - 07:23pm PT
Killer!

Risk

Mountain climber
Marooned, 855 miles from Tuolumne Meadows
  Sep 10, 2011 - 09:15pm PT
Very nice. Thanks!
Charlie D.

Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
  Sep 10, 2011 - 09:59pm PT
Rick, nothing like TM. Perhaps we'll get acquainted next summer given our mutual friend Paola, sorry I missed that weekend's convergence. Indeed such a great place to return season after season, fond memories of adventures and friends for life.

Charlie D.
johntp

Trad climber
Punter, Little Rock
  Sep 10, 2011 - 11:46pm PT
Nice....
micronut

Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
  Sep 11, 2011 - 01:21am PT
Nice work. Thanks for the report and photos. We were up there this wekend too....barely getting off The Reg Route on Fairview in a t-storm.
Dirka

Trad climber
Hustle City
  Sep 11, 2011 - 03:27pm PT
Looks like fun!
SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
  Sep 11, 2011 - 03:33pm PT

Absolutely gorgeous pics, Rick, especially the lichen photo!
Thanks for sharing!
Ghost

climber
A long way from where I started
  Sep 11, 2011 - 03:36pm PT
I've never climbed there, and until now had never understood the attraction. But your photos make me realize what everyone else seems to have known all along.

Thanks.
Captain...or Skully

climber
Boise, ID
  Sep 11, 2011 - 03:54pm PT
Makes me want to do the pilgrimage too(moreso than usual).
Right on, Rick. TFPU!!!
Ezra Ellis

Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
  Sep 11, 2011 - 04:16pm PT
Awesome pics!!!! Thanks!
Patrick Oliver

Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
  Sep 11, 2011 - 05:06pm PT
You didn't take me with you, Rick. What were you thinking?
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
  Sep 11, 2011 - 06:08pm PT
Quite a wonderful trip through memory lane!
hossjulia

Trad climber
Carson City, NV
  Oct 8, 2011 - 04:04pm PT
Really nice to see this TR Ricky, tfpu.
pc

climber
  Oct 8, 2011 - 04:17pm PT
Very nice! Thanks for sharing.
Peter Haan

Trad climber
Wyoming
  Oct 8, 2011 - 04:26pm PT
Ricky, you know damned well you were supposed to ask the group for permission on all this stuff; what WERE you thinking!? We may have to start a separate thread titled, "What was Ricky Thinking?"
Lynne Leichtfuss

Trad climber
Will know soon
  Oct 8, 2011 - 11:46pm PT
Very Sweet Rick A. Super great pics :D All around it was a more than awesome summer for all of us. Really, couldn't get much betta'......Hugs to Geri!
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