Ascents in Sentinel Rock Area

Glad to have ticked this. Thanks Blair for the recommendation

Was not prepared for this as the warm up climb. Tried very hard at the bottom

Thin crimp line to a technical top. Who knew Yosemite had great sport lines

Had a great time on the route, thought pitch 11 was phenomenal! And hard for 11a.

Took once on the fifth pitch cause I was spiced at the prospect of not being able to place gear through the crux- guess what- you can. An incredible day out with will

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

on sight hanging the draws for the boys

got all the moves, bummed now that i didnt try for the red point but theres just so much rock here and im greedy to climb all over

on sight hanging draws for the crew

Two burns then you need a full rest day for your fingers to return to normal size. Painful locks with poor feet. Really enjoyed working this one out ! Felt really solid on the top and bottom. But the middle always felt like stabbing between sharp locks. Was keen to stay longer but the rain sucked my motivation. Keen to come back for this.

Steak-salad-day. 'If you cant climb the good-looking 1000m peak, climb its chossier sister'. Id heard about the training methods for this route involving garage door sitting and asphalt parking lot crawling but really henry and i should have put more time into practising going down waterslides at wet and wild without sliding. We got the day started at 5:30 in the carpark to avoid pony-boy's unplanned summit shiver-bivvy scenario. An added incentive was the thunderstorms predicted for the afternoon. But it doesnt rain in yosemite so we werent worried. Got to 'the narrows' at about 2:30, just as the thunderstorm rolled in on schedule. I struggled through with much swearing, henry got the bag stuck on second. I tied him off and rapped back into the chimney to encourage him to ditch the bag! Lucky he had slightly better sense to just take stuff out of the bag till it fit through the chimney. Squeeze struggling while feeling the thunder rattling the rock is a slightly stressful but pretty cool experience. The storm cleared and we went through to the top via an incorrect but very fun series of sporty flake pitches out left, got some photos and then saw another storm inbound. A double header! Tailed it down the gully at 7:15. The rain belted us as we raced down choss, followed by slippery slab waterfalls, henry hurriedly navigating. One particularly sketchy downclimb was bailed off and an impromptu rap down the slabs cost us a couple of slings but we were granted our continued survival in exchange. This journey was being viewed by all our friends through binos in the comfort of camp 4 so were glad we could provide some wet-weather entertainment. After another hour of glissading through broken trees and avoiding unannounced cliffs and waterfalls, we stumbled across a tourist track at 10:15. The car was parked for 16:45. I cant imagine what henry and i will go through on our second climb together. We both deserved the bin pancakes i promised for someone climbing stalathe with me on my facebook ad.

10d slab then slightly grotty 10b crack. bomber RP placements exist if you bring a nut tool to excavate them. between an RP and a #0.15 X4 (the offset isn't necessary, it's just my smallest cam) I wasn't stressed by the pro on the slab

engaging, a bit slick, great pro. one slip down low just before first ledge. will try lead if back here

nice warm up, thoughtful but not strenuous

Post rest day and Felt like shit. So decided to take another rest day

Sweaty warm shoes are key. 2nd shot

Phoah pretty tricky face climbing at this spot. Nice to work the fingies and take some solid wings. Still learning to spot a layback. Accidentally took dylans tcs for a burn up some trad route but he still sent this after in the same shoes. Even though he wears 40.5s and i wear 42s. Must have warmed them up for him. Youre welcome mate.

We backed off due to extreme cold and critical sadness. Stout! We climbed to just before the raps. Even bailing was an adventure.

7 Tries, Most Sandbagged Boulder Everrrrrr

Fun as hell

Way better than Manana in my opinion. But I also love lieback fingers and hate ringlocks

Boo ring locks

A little reachy, but over all fabulous, thought provoking climbing.

Great climbing, powerful cruxes.

Amazing but super hard!! This one would need some time and effort