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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality	Climber
Mon 9th Jul 2012 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Lower Cathedral Rock North Buttress
	5.10c	★ End of the Line	Trad 37m		ben reardon
flash on preplaced gear
	5.10c	★ 76 Degrees in the Shade	Sport 27m		ben reardon
Tue 23rd Aug 2011 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m	★★★ Classic	Rod Smith
Onsighted P1-3 (5.9/5.9/5.8). Awesome cracks - chimney, fingerlocks, roof, offwidths. Ran out of light. Very busy route, many parties.
Sun 26th Sep 2010 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock North Face Apron
	5.10a	★★ Cat Dancing	Unknown	★ Good	Kole
Sun 13th Jun 2010 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Lower Cathedral Rock North Face
	5.10c 5.10d	★★ East Buttress	Trad	★★★ Classic	Kole
Tue 1st Jun 2010 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Lower Cathedral Rock North Buttress
	5.10c	★ End of the Line	Trad 37m	★ Good	Kole
Thu 10th Sep 2009 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress
	5.10c	★★★ East Buttress	Mixed trad 360m, 9	★★★ Classic	Nick Le Baut
What an awesome route! the 5.10c crux is quite short, bolt protected and face climbing. The rest is about 5.9 / 5.10 crack. Mega Classic!
Mon 11th May 2009 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress
	5.10c	★★★ East Buttress	Mixed trad 360m, 9	★★★ Classic	Carlos Caicedo
Sat 9th May 2009 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Higher Cathedral Rock
	5.8	★★ The Braille Book	Trad 190m	★★★ Classic	Carlos Caicedo
Mon 6th Oct 2008 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock North Buttress
	5.10c	★★★ Ho Chi Minh Trail	Trad 600m	★★★ Classic	Gareth Llewellin
with Josh. We got down just at dark
Sun 28th Sep 2008 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Lower Cathedral Rock Unknown
	5.11a	★★ Tidbit	Unknown	★★★ Classic	Kole
Sun 28th Sep 2008 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.9	★★ Kor-Beck	Trad 190m	★★ Very Good	Dario "Mars" Mofardin
Led pitch 3, sustained line
Sun 28th Sep 2008 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Lower Cathedral Rock North Face
	5.10c	★★ Giblet	Mixed trad 5	★★ Very Good	Kole
Tue 23rd Sep 2008 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress
	5.10c	★★★ East Buttress	Mixed trad 360m, 9	★★★ Mega Classic	Dario "Mars" Mofardin
Led pitch 7 & 9, all day adventure
Sun 21st Sep 2008 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m	★★★ Mega Classic	Dario "Mars" Mofardin
Led pitch 2, awesome climbing
Tue 1st Jul 2008 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock North Buttress
	5.10a 5.10a V	★ North Buttress Route	Alpine 600m	★ Good	Kole
Sun 18th May 2008 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Lower Cathedral Rock North Buttress
	5.10c	★★ Sub-Mission	Trad 52m	★★★ Classic	Kole
	5.10c	★ 76 Degrees in the Shade	Sport 27m	★ Good	Kole
Thu 1st May 2008 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Lower Cathedral Rock North Buttress
	5.10c	★★ Unnamed but Beautiful	Sport 27m	★ Good	shaunm
	5.11a	★★ Mac Daddy	Sport 27m	★★ Very Good	shaunm
Sun 18th Nov 2007 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m		ben reardon
first 5 pitches, led 1,3,5
	5.10a	★★ Pee Pee Pillar	Trad		ben reardon
Sun 28th Oct 2007 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Higher Cathedral Spire
	5.9	★★★ Regular (Southwest Face) Route	Trad 130m		ben reardon
Mon 4th Sep 2006 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Higher Cathedral Spire
	5.9	★★★ Regular (Southwest Face) Route	Trad 130m	★★ Very Good	David Walker
I did the 1st and last pitches and my partner did the middle
Mon 1st May 2006 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m	★★ Very Good	Heath McCrossin
Good fun.
	5.10c	★★★ Stoner's Highway	Unknown	★★ Very Good	Heath McCrossin
Thin traverses between cracks for 200 m. Scary as hell!
Sat 1st Oct 2005 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress
	5.10c	★★★ East Buttress	Mixed trad 360m, 9	★ Good	Pippo Pippa
Mon 27th Jun 2005 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m	★★★ Classic	Ascender
Sat 28th May 2005 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress
	5.10c	★★★ East Buttress	Mixed trad 360m, 9	★★★ Classic	Ascender
Sun 1st May 2005 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress
	5.10c	★★★ East Buttress	Mixed trad 360m, 9		Robert James Kuntz
Mon 13th Sep 2004 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m		James Hardy
Mon 12th Jul 2004 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Higher Cathedral Spire
	5.9	★★★ Regular (Southwest Face) Route	Trad 130m	★★ Very Good	sheryl sage
bring camera!
Sat 1st May 2004 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Lower Cathedral Rock North Face
	5.11a	★★ Eye of the Hurricane	Unknown		Steven Martin
	5.11a	★ Rock Monkey Rebellion	Unknown		Steven Martin
Sat 1st May 2004 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.9	★★ Kor-Beck	Trad 190m	★★★ Classic	VLAdimir NIna
Did it two times
2004 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.11b	★★★ Bircheff-Williams	Trad	★★★ Mega Classic	William Carey
	5.10a	★★ Pee Pee Pillar	Trad	★ Good	William Carey
	5.11c	★ Pulsing Pustules	Unknown	★ Good	William Carey
Sat 27th Sep 2003 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Higher Cathedral Spire
	5.9	★★★ Regular (Southwest Face) Route	Trad 130m	★★ Very Good	Gary K
Thu 25th Sep 2003 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m	★★★ Classic	Tyson
Fri 19th Sep 2003 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Higher Cathedral Rock
	5.9	★★★ Northeast Buttress	Trad 280m	★★★ Classic	stephen gomez
Classic Yosemite grovel
Fri 19th Sep 2003 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m	★★★ Mega Classic	Jason Liebgott
Mon 15th Sep 2003 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m	★ Good	Philipp Schmidt-Wellenburg
very nice cracks, with Paddy
Mon 1st Sep 2003 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m	★★★ Mega Classic	Mark Hateley
Amazing route. every pitch rocks.
Mon 1st Sep 2003 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress
	5.10c	★★★ East Buttress	Mixed trad 360m, 9	★★★ Mega Classic	Alan Rushing
Mon 1st Sep 2003 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Higher Cathedral Rock
	5.8	★★ The Braille Book	Trad 190m	Average	Mark Hateley
Not really that good, but maybe my opinion was tempered by the person i climbed it with
Sat 23rd Aug 2003 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m	★★★ Mega Classic	Gary K
Fri 1st Aug 2003 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m	★★★ Classic	Jeff Mekolites
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m	★★ Very Good	Tom
Stays in the shade
Sun 6th Jul 2003 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m	★★★ Mega Classic	Stephen C. Yabut
Tue 1st Jul 2003 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Higher Cathedral Rock
	5.8	★★ The Braille Book	Trad 190m	★★ Very Good	Tim Reddy
Tue 17th Jun 2003 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress
	5.10c	★★★ East Buttress	Mixed trad 360m, 9	★★★ Classic	Kole
aided the bolt ladder.
Sat 14th Jun 2003 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m	★★★ Mega Classic	Kole
Tue 10th Jun 2003 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m	★★★ Mega Classic	steve gale
	5.10a	★★ Pee Pee Pillar	Trad	★★ Very Good	steve gale
Sun 8th Jun 2003 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m	★★★ Classic	Stephen Gale
	5.10a	★★ Pee Pee Pillar	Trad	★ Good	Stephen Gale
Sun 1st Jun 2003 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Higher Cathedral Rock
	5.8	★★ The Braille Book	Trad 190m	★★★ Mega Classic	Kole
Sun 1st Jun 2003 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress
	5.10c	★★★ East Buttress	Mixed trad 360m, 9		Floof
completely kicked my ass
2003 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m	★★★ Mega Classic	VLAdimir NIna
First 5 pitches only
2003 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress
	5.10c	★★★ East Buttress	Mixed trad 360m, 9	★★ Very Good	VLAdimir NIna
Fri 18th Oct 2002 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10c	★★★ Stoner's Highway	Unknown	★★★ Mega Classic	Tony Williams
awesome and a scary
Fri 11th Oct 2002 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Higher Cathedral Rock
	5.9	★★★ Northeast Buttress	Trad 280m	★★★ Mega Classic	Tony Williams
11 hrs car to car
Sat 5th Oct 2002 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Higher Cathedral Spire
	5.9	★★★ Regular (Southwest Face) Route	Trad 130m	★★★ Classic	Tony Williams
Tue 1st Oct 2002 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m	★★★ Classic	Felix Parham
Tue 1st Oct 2002 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Higher Cathedral Spire
	5.9	★★★ Regular (Southwest Face) Route	Trad 130m	★★ Very Good	Felix Parham
Sun 1st Sep 2002 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress
	5.10c	★★★ East Buttress	Mixed trad 360m, 9	★★★ Mega Classic	Emily Hazelton
Thu 1st Aug 2002 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Lower Cathedral Rock North Face
	5.10c 5.10d	★★ East Buttress	Trad		Emily Hazelton
Mon 1st Jul 2002 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Higher Cathedral Spire
	5.9	★★★ Regular (Southwest Face) Route	Trad 130m	★★★ Classic	Emily Hazelton
Mon 1st Jul 2002 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m	★★ Very Good	cxy
Climbed with Bill
Wed 12th Jun 2002 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a	★★ Pee Pee Pillar	Trad	★ Good	steve gale
Mon 10th Jun 2002 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m	★★★ Classic	steve gale
Sat 11th May 2002 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress
	5.10c	★★★ East Buttress	Mixed trad 360m, 9	★★★ Mega Classic	Stuart McElroy
Bloody brilliant
Fri 10th May 2002 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock North Buttress
	5.10b	★★★ Direct North Buttress (aka DNB)	Alpine		Lee Cujes
got frozen off 7 pitches up
Wed 1st May 2002 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress
	5.10c	★★★ East Buttress	Mixed trad 360m, 9	★★ Very Good	Marten Blumen
A long line following cracks.
Wed 1st May 2002 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Lower Cathedral Spire
	5.11a	★ South by Southwest	Unknown	★ Good	@lessismore
	5.11a	★ South by Southwest	Unknown		UR
Mon 1st Oct 2001 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress
	5.10c	★★★ East Buttress	Mixed trad 360m, 9	★★★ Mega Classic	Felix Parham
Fri 10th Aug 2001 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Higher Cathedral Rock
	5.8	★★ The Braille Book	Trad 190m	★★★ Mega Classic	James R. Kesl
At 5.8, this climb is underrated, a common occurence in Jim Bridwell aka the Bird, climbs.
2001 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress
	5.10c	★★★ East Buttress	Mixed trad 360m, 9	★★★ Classic	Lukey G
	5.10c	★★★ East Buttress	Mixed trad 360m, 9	★★★ Classic	Luke Goldston
relaxed
2001 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Higher Cathedral Rock
	5.8	★★ The Braille Book	Trad 190m	★★ Very Good	VLAdimir NIna
Thu 26th Oct 2000 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress
	5.10c	★★★ East Buttress	Mixed trad 360m, 9	★★★ Classic	Tony Williams
Sun 15th Oct 2000 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Higher Cathedral Rock
	5.8	★★ The Braille Book	Trad 190m	★★★ Classic	Tony Williams
awesome route! Had a bit of excitement trying to rap off down the face to the right with one rope! Not recommended!
Mon 9th Oct 2000 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m	★★★ Mega Classic	Tony Williams
5 pitches
Tue 20th Jun 2000 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m		Gareth Llewellin
Thu 15th Jun 2000 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Lower Cathedral Rock North Face
	5.10c 5.10d	★★ East Buttress	Trad	★★ Very Good	Gareth Llewellin
hungover & only took 1L of water!! It was about 35 degressC. I had a swollen tongue from dehydration!!!
Sat 1st Apr 2000 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress
	5.10a	★★★ Fifty Crowded Variation	Mixed trad 30m, 4	★★★ Mega Classic	Gareth Llewellin
runout and great
	5.10c	★★★ East Buttress	Mixed trad 360m, 9	★★★ Mega Classic	Gareth Llewellin
Like april fools we got benighted majorly when someone dropped the giude and we couldn't find the descent. Got back to the car at 3.45 am
Thu 1st Jul 1999 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock North Face Apron
	5.10b	★★★ Freewheelin'	Unknown	★★ Very Good	Patrick Paul
Totally trad!
Tue 1st Jun 1999 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress
	5.10c	★★★ East Buttress	Mixed trad 360m, 9	★★★ Classic	Michael Stanton
1999 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m	★★★ Classic	William Carey
1999 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress
	5.10c	★★★ East Buttress	Mixed trad 360m, 9	★★ Very Good	William Carey
Thu 17th Sep 1998 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress
	5.10c	★★★ East Buttress - with Lisa Flink 1 5.6 120ft Second 2 5.8 40ft Trad 3 5.8 100ft Trad 4 5.7 100ft Trad 5 5.10c 100ft Trad 6 5.8 100ft Trad 7 5.7 120ft Trad 8 5.8 130ft Trad 9 5.7 100ft Trad 10 5.8 140ft Trad 11 5.7 120ft Trad	Mixed trad 360m, 9		Thomas Weber
Just made it down East ledges descent before it got dark
Sat 1st Aug 1998 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Higher Cathedral Rock
	5.9	★★★ Northeast Buttress	Trad 280m		michael conroy
where i learned to love off-width and thrutching
Sun 19th Jul 1998 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Higher Cathedral Rock
	5.8	★★ The Braille Book - with Steve from New Zealand	Trad 190m	★★★ Classic	mark.lutterman
Rescued a climber ahead of us from Seattle who flayed his forehead and got 18 stitches. Assisted him on the last pitch and helped him hike down.
1998 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Higher Cathedral Rock
	5.9	★★★ Northeast Buttress	Trad 280m	★★★ Classic	Steven C Bird
Mon 1st Sep 1997 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Higher Cathedral Rock
	5.9	★★★ Northeast Buttress	Trad 280m	★★★ Mega Classic	leonie seelen
Mon 1st Sep 1997 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face
	5.10a 5.9	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 170m	★★ Very Good	leonie seelen
Mon 1st Sep 1997 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress
	5.10c	★★★ East Buttress	Mixed trad 360m, 9	★★ Very Good	leonie seelen

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