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Mon 11th Mar 2024 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Camp 4 Big Columbia Boulder | |||||||
V9 | ★★ Don't Make Me Kick Your Ass | ★★ Very Good | |||||
Sun 10th Mar 2024 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Camp 4 Big Columbia Boulder | |||||||
V8 | ★★★ Midnight Lightning | 8m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Sun 10th Mar 2024 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Camp 4 Wine Boulders Cocaine Boulder | |||||||
V1 | ★★ Initial Friction | 5m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
V5 | ★★★ Cocaine Corner | 5m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Sun 10th Mar 2024 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Camp 4 Bachar Cracker Boulder | |||||||
V0- | ★★ Largo Lunge | 5m | ★ Good | ||||
Tue 13th Feb 2024 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Washington Column East Face | |||||||
5.11c IV | ★★★ Astroman | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||||
Tue 13th Feb 2024 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Camp 4 Big Columbia Boulder | |||||||
V8 | ★★★ Midnight Lightning | 8m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Thu 1st Feb 2024 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Yosemite Falls Lower Yosemite Falls Swan Slab Bridwell boulder | |||||||
V2 | ★ The sloth Left | ★ Good | |||||
Thu 1st Feb 2024 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Camp 4 Rebirthing Boulder | |||||||
V3 ~V1 | ★★ The Rebirthing | ★★ Very Good | |||||
Tue 16th Jan 2024 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Camp 4 The Glass Pyramid | |||||||
VB | Unnamed Glass Pyramid Slab | Don't Bother | |||||
V0 Easy | The Glass Pyramid Downclimb | Don't Bother | |||||
V3 Hard | The Zschiesche Problem | Average | |||||
Tue 26th Dec 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley El Capitan Southwest Base Area | |||||||
5.7 | ★★ Pine Line - with Casey Nguyen | 21m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Mon 25th Dec 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley El Capitan Southeast Base Area | |||||||
5.4 | ★★ The Footstool, Right - with Casey Nguyen | 36m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
A lot of steep walking for an ok route, nice view from the top chill day, worth it if doing other routes in the area, can also watch the pros projecting Dawn Wall from the ledge
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Sun 24th Dec 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Yosemite Falls Lower Yosemite Falls Five Open Books | |||||||
5.9 |
★★★ Commitment
- with
Casey Nguyen
1
36.58
2
42.67
3
24.38
| 100m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Mega route, sketchy start, committing laybacks on granite slabs (no feet) then beginning 3rd route with a roof traverse crux again no feet, took me a few minutes to commit to the final moves although on good pro was a bit comforting, finished up the right side (not the easier left) and was worth the few moves to the topout.
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Sun 26th Nov 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley North Lower Merced Canyon Five and Dime Cliff | |||||||
5.8 | ★★ Mockery - with conrado | 9 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Pretty fun pitch with amazing views!
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Thu 23rd Nov 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Camp 4 Little Columbia Boulder | |||||||
V0 | ★ Unnamed Arete on Little Columbia — 2 attempts | ★★ Very Good | |||||
Thu 23rd Nov 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Camp 4 The Glass Pyramid | |||||||
VB | Unnamed Glass Pyramid Slab | Average | |||||
Mon 13th Nov 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley El Capitan Southwest Face | |||||||
5.13b | ★★★ El Corazón - with Sam | 1000m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Just another route to add to the list of things that might make you a believer. I had the pleasure of jugging/climbing/shenaniganing behind Sam on his glorious 22 hour all free ascent of El Corazon (the El Coraziad).
Brittany, Victoria, and I jugged to Mammoth the night before to try and maximise our sleep then the next morning Adrian and Sam simuled to Mammoth and collected their pre-rigged belayers (Brittany and I (Victoria just came to hang out and talk shit bc she’s a legend)) and Sam and I started romping while Adrian and Brittany chilled on the ledge to give us some time to create a gap so Adrian could start his attempt without us being in the way. Pretty classic scenes on the big stone if you ask me. Highlights included: - Listening to multiple Lorde albums in full - Jugging the Nietzsche chimney and being rewarded with a lie down on Babsi’s portaledge - Taking a whole bunch of fucked up pendulums cleaning Sam’s gear to save time (“should i lower out or just take the fall?” “nah you’ll be fine there’s nothing to hit just take the whip”) - Sam firing every pitch like an absolute machine with only one fall on the Beak Flake - Jugging with two back packs - Down aiding the end of the roof pitch because Sam forgot to back clean his gear and i couldn’t lower out and also did not want to take the 15mpendulum whipper into the Tower - Having a chorus of 10 or so people from different routes cheer Sam on as he sent the roof traverse as the sun finished setting - Arriving at the tower and being handed a cup of tea that had been made by Miska and her partner who sent Golden Gate - Honestly just the whole thing. Supporting your friends to achieve their dreams is the fucking coolest thing ever. I won’t forget this day for a long while. Thanks Sam. |
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Sun 5th Nov 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Yosemite Falls Lower Yosemite Falls Sunnyside Bench | |||||||
5.4 | ★ Regular Route | 120m | |||||
Amazing day I had the route and the waterfall to myself
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Sun 5th Nov 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Camp 4 Falls Trail Boulders | |||||||
V4 | ★★★ Bachar Cracker - with camp four crew | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||||
Fixed last year’s dab.
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Wed 1st Nov 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Three Brothers Lower Brother Absolutely Free Area | |||||||
5.9 | ★★ Absolutely Free, Center Route | 190m | |||||
Tue 31st Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Three Brothers Eagle Creek Area Manure Pile Buttress | |||||||
5.10a | ★ Just Do-Do It | 18m, 2 | |||||
5.8 | ★★ After Seven | 79m | |||||
5.7 | ★★ After Six | 180m | |||||
Tue 31st Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley North Lower Merced Canyon Five and Dime Cliff | |||||||
5.8 | ★★ Holey Gully | 21m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Interesting line. Starts as a full on chimney, then climb on knobs on the side walls, then a normal crack near the top. Gear is consistently good.
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5.8 | ★★ Mockery | 9 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Different than anything else I’ve done in Yosemite. Amazing line but I don’t think the plates at the top are going to be there forever. Note there are now mussy hooks at the anchor (Oct/23).
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Mon 30th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Lower Cathedral Rock North Face | |||||||
5.10c | ★ Mecca Lite - with Adrian, Jesse, Victoria | ★ Good | |||||
5.12a | ★★ Mechanical Advantage - with Adrian, Jesse, Victoria | 21m | ★ Good | ||||
5.11c | ★★ King and I - with Adrian, Jesse, Victoria | ★★ Very Good | |||||
Sun 29th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Camp 4 Kor Boulder | |||||||
V3 | ★★★ Kor Problem - with Victoria | 5m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Sun 29th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley The Royal Arches Church Bowl | |||||||
5.8 | ★★ Church Bowl Lieback | 37m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Sun 29th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Yosemite Falls Lower Yosemite Falls Swan Slab | |||||||
5.9 | ★ Grant's Crack | 24m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Stellar finger locks, super polished feet.
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Fri 27th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Yosemite Falls Lower Yosemite Falls Swan Slab | |||||||
5.7 | ★★ Jesus Loves | 25m, 1 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
5.7 | ★ Claude's Delight | 24m | ★ Good | ||||
5.9 | ★★ Lena's Lieback | 58m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
5.6 | ★ Swan Slab Gully | 98m | ★ Good | ||||
5.6 | ★ Oak Tree Flake | 30m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Thu 26th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Yosemite Falls Lower Yosemite Falls Swan Slab | |||||||
5.8 | ★★ Unnamed Face Variation | 9m | ★ Good | ||||
Hard but fun
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5.7 | ★ Unnamed Face | 9m | ★ Good | ||||
5.6 | ★ Hanging Flake | 9m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Tue 24th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley El Capitan Southwest Face | |||||||
5.13a |
★★★ Freerider
- with
Jesse
1
5.10c
lead by
Jesse
2
5.11b
lead by
Jesse
3
5.10c
lead by
Jesse
4
5.11
lead by
Jesse
10
5.11c
lead by
Jesse
11
5.1
lead by
Jesse
12
5.11d
lead by
Jesse
15
5.10d
lead by
Jesse
16
5.11d
lead by
Jesse
21
5.11c
lead by
Jesse
23
5.11a
lead by
Jesse
24
5.10d
lead by
Jesse
26
5.12b
lead by
Jesse
29
5.11d
lead by
Jesse
31
5.10d
lead by
Jesse
| 880m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Ground up over seven days and then we camped on top and hiked down on the eighth day. We pre-hauled to Hollow Flake Ledge, took two rest days, and then went up the route. Some nice Germans fixed the lines off Heart to above the Hollow Flake for us so we didn’t climb those pitches on our pre-hauling day and preserved our ground up as much as we could. We also didn’t do the Free Blast before our ground up attempt which was cool and definitely added to the experience. I top roped the Monster because I got tired of whipping from the move into it all the way back into the Ear in the dark at 5am and then gave the reigns to Jesse who fired it and then I followed. I top roped the Enduros because we didn’t do them first go and I also took the stance at the no hands ledge on the move off heart. These are my asterisks, do with them what you will.
I will probably write something more when my brain and body decide to work again. Best thing i’ve ever done! |
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Sun 22nd Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley North Lower Merced Canyon Reed's Pinnacle Area | |||||||
5.10c | ★★★ Lunatic Fringe | 43m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Sun 22nd Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Camp 4 Big Columbia Boulder | |||||||
V8 | ★★★ Midnight Lightning | 8m | |||||
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 😕
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Sat 21st Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Three Brothers Eagle Creek Area Manure Pile Buttress | |||||||
5.8 |
★★★ The Nutcracker Suite
1
2
3
4
5
| 180m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Fri 20th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face | |||||||
5.9 |
★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy
1
2
3
4
5
| 170m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Thu 19th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Half Dome Southwest Face | |||||||
5.7 R | ★★★ Snake Dike - with Carleigh Burns | 550m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
The ol Snake Hike. Big day out
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Thu 19th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley The Royal Arches The Royal Arches Center | |||||||
5.7 A0 | ★★★ Royal Arches Route | 430m | ★ Good | ||||
We got off route!!!
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Thu 19th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley El Capitan Southwest Base Area | |||||||
5.10a |
★★★ Moby Dick, Center
1
145ft
2
45ft
| 58m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Tue 17th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley El Capitan Southeast Face | |||||||
5.10b | ★★★ East Buttress | 440m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
For the descent take care, it might not be easy to locate it especially in the dark.
After topping out you follow a trail and a bunch of cairns down. Then you continue walking down on some slabs The rap station is as you walk down facing the valley to the right hand side (Skier's-right) A chain on a ledge with usually some fixed ropes, We did 6 raps (the last 2 were short) Do NOT go left! Do NOT rap from the tat and old rings that are on a very dead looking tree. After the raps follow a long but obvious trail through the trees and back on the road |
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Sun 15th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Camp 4 Wine Boulders Cocaine Boulder | |||||||
V5 | ★★★ Cocaine Corner | 5m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Spooky
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Sun 15th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Camp 4 Big Columbia Boulder | |||||||
V5 Hard | ★★ End of the Day Problem | ★★ Very Good | |||||
The spicy mantle got to me. Struggled to commit for ages!
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Sun 15th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Three Brothers Eagle Creek Area Manure Pile Buttress | |||||||
5.8 | ★★ After Seven - with Carleigh Burns | 79m | ★ Good | ||||
Sun 15th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley El Capitan Southwest Base Area | |||||||
5.10a | ★★★ Moby Dick, Center - with Andrew Banks | 58m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Wanted to get on this since I was last in the Valley in 2018 and it delivered. What a great pitch of climbing.
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5.9 Hard | ★★ La Cosita, Right - with Andrew Banks | 27m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Sat 14th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Three Brothers Eagle Creek Area Manure Pile Buttress | |||||||
5.8 R | ★★ C.S. Concerto | 140m | |||||
5.7 | ★★ After Six | 180m | |||||
Sat 14th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face | |||||||
5.9 | ★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy - with Andrew Banks | 170m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Such a fun route! Got to lead every pitch except the last which Andy did. Between wet rock and crowds it took us 4 attempts to get on this thing however I am glad we persisted as it's worth it.
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Sat 14th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Three Brothers Lower Brother Absolutely Free Area | |||||||
5.9 | ★★ Absolutely Free, Center Route | 190m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Fri 13th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley El Capitan Southwest Base Area | |||||||
5.10a | ★★★ Moby Dick, Center | 58m | |||||
Fri 13th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley South Lower Merced Canyon Turtleback Dome The Rostrum North Face | |||||||
5.12b | ★★★ Alien - with Jesse | 240m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Unbelievable route. I fell off the Alien Roof pitch which is one of the coolest cracks I’ve climbed after a decent onsight effort that got me on to the face after the roof. I also had to take and lower on the offwidth pitch because I left my #5 behind like an idiot and then got too scared to run out the whole top half of the pitch. Otherwise did everything else. What an awesome collection of steep splitters.
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Fri 13th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Higher Cathedral Rock | |||||||
5.10b | ★ Book of Job - with Owen | ||||||
the most in over my head i've been. had (mostly) mentally prepared for the approach, adventurous/old-school style, steepness, offwidth, but not the squeeze chimneys, nor the exposed bottomless #5/#6 crux. led about the first half of p3; was a terrified gumby; Owen was a total champ.
back at cars 2:45am. brought and placed both #5s; a #6 may have been useful if not completely necessary, but neither of us have one anymore for the exact same reason :p |
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Fri 13th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Three Brothers Eagle Creek Area Manure Pile Buttress | |||||||
5.9 | ★★★ Nutcracker Right Start - with Carleigh Burns | 61m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Definitely do this start into Nutcracker. Great day
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5.8 | ★★★ The Nutcracker Suite - with Carleigh Burns | 180m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
5.10a | ★ Just Do-Do It - with Carleigh Burns | 18m, 2 | Average | ||||
Fri 13th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley El Capitan Southeast Face | |||||||
5.10b | ★★★ East Buttress | 440m | |||||
Fri 13th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley El Capitan Southwest Base Area | |||||||
5.7 | ★★ Pine Line | 21m | ★ Good | ||||
5.8 | ★ Little John, Left | 24m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Fri 13th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress | |||||||
5.10c |
★★★ East Buttress
1
5.6
120ft
2
5.8
40ft
3
5.8
100ft
4
5.7
100ft
5
5.10c
100ft
6
5.8
100ft
7
5.7
120ft
8
5.8
130ft
9
5.7
100ft
10
5.8
140ft
11
5.7
120ft
| 360m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Very good Route!
Heaps of chossy rock to look out for though Made me feal a bit that I was climbing in the mountains... We linked 3-4 easy And 7-8 in a mega 70m long pitch I would suggest not linking 1 with 2 The start of 2 can be a bit commiting, Nicer to have the belayer next to you, to stop you for decking We aided the bolted pitch Could have been fun to try climb it, but not fun if we wasted that time and got caught out in the dark for the last couple of pitches Especially when you need to do 12Raps to get out Rumor has it to better Rap that do the walk off.. |
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Thu 12th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley North Lower Merced Canyon Generator Station | |||||||
5.10c | ★★★ Generator Crack - with Brittany and the Broke Boys | 18m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Well it’s certainly something.
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Thu 12th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Half Dome Southwest Face | |||||||
5.7 R | ★★★ Snake Dike - with Jacob Kuchler | 550m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Thu 12th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Three Brothers Eagle Creek Area Manure Pile Buttress | |||||||
5.7 | ★★ After Six - with Carleigh Burns | 180m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Thu 12th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley El Capitan Southwest Base Area | |||||||
5.10a | ★★★ Sacherer Cracker - with Andrew Banks | 46m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Last route of the trip and got suitably smashed by the 6" offwidth at the top. Just couldn't keep it together. Fantastic climb and it feels like a bigger meaner brother to Moby Dick.
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Thu 12th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley El Capitan West Face | |||||||
5.7 C2 VI | ★★★ Lurking Fear - with Andrew Banks | 610m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Bailed at the top of pitch 6. We had hiked in 2 loads and fixed the first pitch in the evening. The next day we jugged and I went to haul however sandbagged myself with the anchor set up and it took almost 2 hours to haul that first pitch! Lessons were learned. We managed to get to the top of the 4th pitch by the end of the first day through a mixture of aid and free climbing, all of which was spectacular. We set up the ledge. I had every intention of leading and fixing pitch 5 at night however after a brew and some food all motivation was lost haha. Pitches 5 & 6 went relatively quickly the next morning though we were still on the slow end of the scale. When I got to the anchor Andy said his back was quite sore. We had 3 options - push on and top out probably Saturday night; set up camp and climb as many pitches as we can before night then descend in the morning, or go down. When Andy mentioned the pain was such that he really had to concentrate not to make a mistake with the rope systems we decided to go down which definitely turned out to be the right call given how he felt the next day. When we descended we met a keen young Brit who was planning on soloing the route in a day. We brewed him a cup of tea and chatted while he waited for a party to descend who were climbing and fixing to pitch 3. We ran into him again the next day as he was hiking back to camp 4 and he had indeed soloed the route in under 18 hours, doing it in 7 monster pitches! And onsight to boot! An absolutely amazing effort. The climbing was definitely not the crux and we both learnt a lot in terms of systems and efficient hauling. Would love to come back and try and do this a bit lighter and quicker. Beta if you want to fix the evening before. Climb the first 3 pitches and haul straight to 3 via the rap route. That first pitch is the worse hauling on the route.
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Thu 12th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Yosemite Falls Lower Yosemite Falls Lower Ampitheater | |||||||
5.8 | ★★ Ranger Crack | 21m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Thu 12th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Camp 4 Big Columbia Boulder | |||||||
V8 | ★★★ Midnight Lightning | 8m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Thu 12th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Camp 4 The Glass Pyramid | |||||||
V2 | ★ Unnamed Glass Pyramid Traverse | ||||||
Thu 12th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Camp 4 Bachar Cracker Boulder | |||||||
V0- | ★★ Largo Lunge | 5m | |||||
V0 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | ||||||
Thu 12th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley South Lower Merced Canyon Turtleback Dome The Rostrum North Face | |||||||
5.11c | ★★★ The Regular North Face Route - with William Wardlaw-Kelly | 280m | |||||
"this route will never be freed, by us, today". Another day yes. Tope of the list for next trip, off to Indian creek then.
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Wed 11th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Leaning Tower FiFi Buttress, West Face | |||||||
5.12c | ★★★ Romulan Warbird - with Jesse | ★★★ Classic | |||||
First proper day in the Valley and we get sandbagged on to this by Adrian. First pitch was a rough warm up and I got pretty scared. I took an exciting fall on to an abysmal flared cam that some how held and that set the tone for the pitch. Pretty amazing though. The rest of the climbing was also hard and rad and scary. We bailed from the base of the crux as Adrian and Vic were back on the ground and we were ready to come down. Worthy.
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Wed 11th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Yosemite Falls Lower Yosemite Falls Lower Ampitheater | |||||||
5.8 | ★★ Ranger Crack - with Carleigh Burns | 21m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Wed 11th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress | |||||||
5.10c | ★★★ East Buttress | 360m, 9 | |||||
Wed 11th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Yosemite Falls Lower Yosemite Falls Five Open Books | |||||||
5.9 |
★★★ Commitment
1
36.58
2
42.67
3
24.38
| 100m | ★ Good | ||||
Wed 11th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face | |||||||
5.9 Hard | ★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy - with Kelsie Wamer | 170m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Fair for the grade in Yosemite, but in squamish this could easily be a 10b/c!
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Wed 11th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Half Dome Southwest Face | |||||||
5.7 R | ★★★ Snake Dike | 550m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
The first two 5.4 pitches are seriously runout, however the last 5.4 has good gear if you step off to the right of the dike.
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Wed 11th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Washington Column South Face | |||||||
5.8 C1 V Hard |
★★★ South Face
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2
3
4
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Ripped a blue totem at the end of the roof traverse. Decked on the slab below then ripped my previous piece out as well.
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| 370m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Fantastic route, made it to the top of P6 before pack of water and a 25' whip made us decided to retreat.
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Yosemite Valley The Royal Arches The Royal Arches Center | |||||||
5.7 A0 | ★★★ Royal Arches Route | 430m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Superb friction! The rap stations were almost as exciting as the route itself!
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Tue 10th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Three Brothers Eagle Creek Area Manure Pile Buttress | |||||||
5.8 | ★★★ The Nutcracker Suite - with Jesse | 180m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Fun romp with Jesse to shake off the driving tiredness. Very very smoky in the Valley which meant there was no one on this. A very different experience compared to bailing off it last year due to thousand other people faffing all over it.
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Tue 10th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley El Capitan Southeast Face | |||||||
5.10b | ★★★ East Buttress | 440m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Tue 10th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Yosemite Falls Lower Yosemite Falls Sunnyside Bench | |||||||
5.9 |
★★ Jamcrack Route P2
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5.10c | ★★ Bummer | 15m | |||||
5.10d | ★★ Lazy Bum | 15m | |||||
5.7 |
★★ Jamcrack Route P1
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5.9 | ★ Lemon | 15m | |||||
5.9 | ★ Lemon | 15m | |||||
Tue 10th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley South Lower Merced Canyon Turtleback Dome The Rostrum North Face | |||||||
5.11 |
★★★ The Regular North Face Route P1-P3
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William Wardlaw-Kelly
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This is what happens when you never rest. We are exhausted. After pitch three we decided we would just bail off the walk off ledge and do the whole thing again tomorrow maybe? Or the day after. Anyway, Yosemite you are sick but I'm getting tired
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Mon 9th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Cathedral Rocks Middle Cathedral Rock Northeast Face | |||||||
5.9 | ★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy | 170m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Mon 9th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley The Royal Arches Church Bowl | |||||||
5.8 | ★★★ Bishop's Terrace | 55m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Linked both pitches. Trying to offwidth the layback was not the smartest move even tho it worked, took forever lol. Something to work on. Nice cracks on the 2nd pitch .
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Mon 9th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park | |||||||
Yosemite Valley Yosemite Falls Lower Yosemite Falls Swan Slab | |||||||
5.9 | ★★ Lena's Lieback - with Neil | 58m | |||||
Must remind myself that 5.9 yosemite layback is not a cruisy warmup climb. Fun climb but was sweating by the top.
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