Day 6 - 7/15
The Parade of climbers continued on Wednesday. Peter, Jamie and I started off by getting a Wilderness permit and going to Ellery Lake to do a 5.9 there but had to leave early to meet up again with the rest of the gang and new arrivals. We rendezvoused with Cliff and Vina [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2009’
High Sierra / Tuolumne Trip ‘09 - Part 3 Backcountry & Sport Climbs
High Sierra / Tuolumne Trip ‘09 - Part 2
Day 3 &4 - 7/12, 7/13
“Whoa! Hey!”
It was around 4 in the morning but I knew what that yelling meant — a bear.
That’s how Sunday started. With a mighty shake of the truck and a bang of a box (the bear was scared off quickly and didn’t get anything luckily) at a crazy hour in [...]
High Sierra / Tuolumne Trip ‘09 - Part 1 Candlelight Buttress
Despite a stomach sinking prologue to my trip, I was excited to go out to Tuolumne again and this time to add a stop to climb near the Whitney Portal. The Plan was pretty complicated, aside from two nights outside of Tuolumne, Peter and I were in charge of procuring a campsite for a number [...]
Our Trad Rack is Gone - Trip Report Prologue
“I’m sick to my stomach,” K was telling me. Mine wasn’t doing too well either.
It was Thursday, July 9, a day before my departure date for a 9 day climbing trip and I was just getting the news that our trad rack of gear was possibly donated to a local charity who would have then [...]
