Trip Report
mothers day snake dike!
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Monday May 13, 2013 11:20am
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whitemeat
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About the Author
whitemeat is a trad climber from San Luis Obispo, CA. |
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10b4me
Social climber
Lida Junction
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May 13, 2013 - 11:33am PT
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Agree, what a cool trip
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Trad is Rad
Trad climber
San Luis Obispo California
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May 13, 2013 - 11:50am PT
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Nice one meat. Tell Big Marky I know how he felt on that third class slab.
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Phil_B
Social climber
CHC, en zed
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May 13, 2013 - 12:01pm PT
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red on black, friend of Jack
or was it
red on black, kill ya Jack
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Nice TR, thanks for posting
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fat-n-sassy
Social climber
San Francity, CA
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May 13, 2013 - 12:22pm PT
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WORD TO YOUR MOTHER!
Thanks for posting, loved the snake footage.
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orle
climber
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May 13, 2013 - 02:20pm PT
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way bitchen!
dig the fat rattler
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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May 13, 2013 - 02:24pm PT
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Awesome man, what a great idea for Mothers Day. Glad you guys had a memorable time.
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Roxy
Trad climber
CA Central Coast
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May 13, 2013 - 04:11pm PT
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what a mother's day! excellent!!!
tip of the helmet to the great snake footage!
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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May 13, 2013 - 04:56pm PT
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wonderful TR whitemeat...lots of snake sitings this year
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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May 14, 2013 - 04:15pm PT
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Way cool - moms that like to climb are so much fun!
I've done some good climbs with my mom and dad also.
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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May 13, 2013 - 05:22pm PT
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It's good to see the bread that makes up the Whitemeat sandwich! Way to get mom and dad out there on the big old dome! Great report man. Rattlesnake. It's what's fer dinner.
Scott
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
The fake McCoy from nevernever land.
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May 13, 2013 - 05:36pm PT
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nice way to spend mothers day, me thinks. good snake sightings. beauties, both.
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hillrat
climber
f*#kedville
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May 13, 2013 - 05:42pm PT
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Love it. Trip reports like this are great, and inspiring. Almost had my better half talked into this route til she heard how long the runouts are. You guys rock.
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moacman
Trad climber
Montuckyian Via Canada Eh!
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May 13, 2013 - 06:48pm PT
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Really like stories like that..Thanx for sharing.....
Stevo
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Dirka
Trad climber
Hustle City
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May 13, 2013 - 07:07pm PT
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Bump!
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California, living in The Old Pueblo
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May 13, 2013 - 07:34pm PT
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This is soooo great!! My heart swells at how wonderful this is!
Thank you for sharing and posting great photos and content!
~peace!
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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May 14, 2013 - 11:51am PT
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Good one! Last spring I took mom up East Butt of Middle, this time it's Whodunit :) gotta love having a mom that climbs.
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rnevius
Trad climber
The Range of Light
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May 14, 2013 - 12:09pm PT
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I think that photo of Mark sums up how we all feel at that point. Walkin on the moon!
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Inner City
Trad climber
Portland, OR
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May 14, 2013 - 01:27pm PT
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Great report! I saw you all up there with my binoculars (high power) from the Valley. That route is grand.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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May 14, 2013 - 01:51pm PT
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Way to get after it. I hate snakes too, especially of the rattler kind. I almost stepped on a rattler on the hike into Snake Dike last year just after the small stream crossing and just before the small lake on the back side of Half Dome. Scared the poop out of me.
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crøtch
climber
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May 14, 2013 - 02:40pm PT
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There's a mother's day neither of you will ever forget!
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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May 14, 2013 - 04:14pm PT
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Super!
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Karen
Trad climber
Prescott, AZ ~
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May 14, 2013 - 06:43pm PT
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Truly is the best way to celebrate Mother's Day !!!! Cool
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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May 15, 2013 - 11:48am PT
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Looks like fun, your on a roll; meat!!!
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Fletcher
Boulder climber
Institute of Better Bouldering-DirtbagDad Division
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May 17, 2013 - 03:28am PT
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As they say in Boston, wicked keen!!
TPFU!
Eric
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wild willy
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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that snake was a beautiful and rare California mountain king snake. I hope you let it go on its way
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melski
Trad climber
bytheriver
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Jun 11, 2013 - 07:34pm PT
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thanks for sharing,,,the best lonely view ever,,alpine bliss,,
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Snake Dike follows an amazing feature to one of the most incredible summits in Yosemite. Photo: Chris McNamara
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