Trip Report
the sierra stoke
Tuesday July 26, 2011 7:37pm
getting our groove on at the gong show

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while all the hardmen and women were lining up for the hulk, we lowered the bar a little and had a grand alpine adventure all to ourselves on matterhorn peak.

a beautiful hike in. lots of water coming down out there

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the bivy was so cush it almost felt like cheating

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sizing up the objective in the early morning light

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the lickety-split alpine approach--i'll take a nice hard snowfield any day over scree and talus

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some real mountain climbing on the route

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token shoe shot

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the cool summit ridge traverse

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tuolumne meadows looks awful small down there...

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finishing up the trip with some roadside granite before heading home

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Comments
Gene

climber
  Jul 26, 2011 - 07:47pm PT
YEEHAW!!! That looks fun.
Charlie D.

Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
  Jul 26, 2011 - 08:09pm PT
Great pictures, thanks!
Ezra Ellis

Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
  Jul 26, 2011 - 10:18pm PT
Great pics, love the alpine moderates!!!
jfailing

Trad climber
PDX
  Jul 27, 2011 - 12:11am PT
Thanks for the Sierra Stoke!!
survival

Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
  Jul 27, 2011 - 12:18am PT
Sweet Sweet Sweet.

Looks like a grand time was had by all.

Thanks fer draggin' me along!!
Captain...or Skully

climber
Boise, ID
  Jul 27, 2011 - 12:23am PT
This is the main thing I still hang about these parts for.
TFPU, man. I'm diggin' it.
Love the photos!
10b4me

Social climber
Lida Junction
  Jul 27, 2011 - 01:28am PT
glad to see people are still getting after it
drljefe

climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
  Jul 27, 2011 - 03:04am PT
Stoker fer sher.
LuckyPink

climber
the last bivy
  Jul 27, 2011 - 12:40pm PT
Jay! good times! I tried my damndest to get H to go in to Matterhorn this past week. Would have seen you there! We did Venusian the week prior. Inspirational TR! especially since I'm stoked on going there. I enjoyed your post. Mo
Les

Trad climber
Bahston
  Jul 27, 2011 - 02:03pm PT
gorgeous!!!
msiddens

Trad climber
  Jul 27, 2011 - 03:02pm PT
nice work. Especially appreciate the approach shot over snow. Bliss when compared to scree......
Dirka

Trad climber
Hustle City
  Jul 27, 2011 - 06:42pm PT
Stoke!
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
  Jul 27, 2011 - 07:01pm PT
Glad I read the last pic's caption before writing something stoopid.
Nice pics. That almost looked like it was fun. A little too sunny though.
micronut

Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
  Jul 27, 2011 - 07:50pm PT
Hoorah for "The Horn!"





perswig

climber
  Jul 27, 2011 - 08:27pm PT
Schwingggg!
TFPU.

Dale
phylp

Trad climber
Upland, CA
  Jul 27, 2011 - 08:31pm PT
Perfect white granite - gotta love it!
gonzo chemist

climber
the east coast, for now.
  Jul 27, 2011 - 11:32pm PT
Great TR! The Sierra are awesome. A lifetime of excellent climbing combined with some of the best weather on the planet!
le_bruce

climber
Oakland, CA
  Aug 1, 2011 - 06:47pm PT
High caliber, thanks for posting.

I dig how the two cracks in your first two pictures line up just about perfectly. It's a mondo crack! You planned that, right?
nutjob

Sport climber
Almost to Hollywood, Baby!
  Aug 1, 2011 - 07:22pm PT
Spectacularity rating is high! Thanks!
bluering

Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
  Aug 1, 2011 - 08:32pm PT
Which route is that?

Awesome TR for sure!
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