Ascents in Yosemite National Park as Attempt

Climbing to the Mantle everytime now (6) falls there. So close to touching the hold . Was keen to send it but wasn't padded up the last two days 😕

Fantastic route, made it to the top of P6 before pack of water and a 25' whip made us decided to retreat.

first half was type 1 fun! had a few goes at burly/tensiony move with diminishing returns

fell off in second half steep slick section which i'd done clean on second in the spring. pumped out of my mind even after resting at halfway; not helped by not feeling great about the gear and stitching up the first half. still, fun to have a redpoint burn at something harder and measure where i'm at

head was shaky, unsurprising for trying to start the season at my limit (it was the only line free that looked good)

Incredible

was going to TRS after partner for serenity bailed, but ran into some humans who kindly offered a belay. tied in three times, got more efficient, probably within a move or two of getting my butt into the crack. bruised but not unhappy with how that went for a first day

Climbed free up to 11a, aid the rest. We bailed at pitch 9 because of a hand injury.

Gen and I woke up with the intention of doing snake hike and/or dike with the spanish crew but forgot to exchange contacts or formulate a plan the previous day and consequently left ourselves little time for the 32 hour approach and a 84 hour descent. We decided chossohead arete would be a good little replacement mission. Little did we know.. that the climb.. actually doesnt exist! We located the chosshead and began ascending the chwitchbacks to the chockface where we dropped gear and went about locating the start. The next 2 hours was a veritable highlight reel of dangerous gully chraverses and checking the chopo from the book. Gen roped up at one point, put one cam in the wall and magically turned a number 2 crack into a number 4 crack. I decided eventually that we were both pushing our 9 lives and that we should bail down the scree. Gen was incredibly patient throughout this shit show and i was also incredi.. no i wasnt. An uncompromisingly shite day in the hills.

tried to do without the aid to start and couldn't quite get it

A stunning clean finger crack that made it painfully obvious where I was... Yosemite Valley baby! My first climb cos I couldn't wait even a second for Jamcrack. Learnt lots bout 3/4 the way up. Will have to save the send for next time!

ahaha, no, not happening.

Glass is a good descriptor.

Fall didn't look great

Need more pads and spotters to try the top out safely.

Had to pull on gear at the finger crack

Bailed from Sickle Ledge after Rob injured his ankle. Unfinished business. Planning to go back for this one.

Attempted with Alastair. Got 12 pitches up before retreating due to mental exhaustion.

I gave up in the chimney/stem section. I could probably have struggled up to the final mantel -- but not sure it was worth it to thrash through, and wasn't being fun.

Despite a fair bit of effort, I never managed to make it through the opening steep boulder problem to the 1st bolt (at 4m, which I'd stick clipped). Farking steep and powerful bouldering on a rope.

After a nearby accident required my help to assist in the rescue, we were forced to bail before we could really get started. It looks stunning from the start of the climb, hopefully I can get back to it.

Fantastic line, So much fun! little more sustained than I can usually manage!

GOD this thing was rough. We top roped it after I climbed Moby Dick. I could barely move in the offwidth piece.

So awesome.

Set up a top rope. Struggled, bled, and gave up. My partner had better success.

bailed after trying to pull through on gear at offwidth crux

Super fun. Got the idea how to climb it just before got completely tired. The must-do route.