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 [...]
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High Sierra / Tuolumne Trip ‘09 - Part 3 Backcountry & Sport Climbs
When is a 5.7 Not a 5.7? - Joshua Tree in January Conclusion
“You’ll have too much drag!” Dave shouted up to Luis, who was scouting around a round cap formation near the top of a trad climb on Chimney Rock.
As his belayer, I was standing in a position about 50 feet below and to the left of Luis, unable to see what was going on. I could; [...]
