Day 1 - Hobbit Book
“We’re at about 3,093 meters,” Jeremy said. The numbers didn’t really register, we were on top of Mariuolumne Dome having just finished the multipitch climb, Hobbit Book (5.7R). Jeremy added, “that’s over 10,000 feet, the highest I’ve ever done actual rockclimbing”. This was coming from a guy who was not a [...]
Posts under ‘Tuolumne’
Alpine Climbing - Tuolumne Trip 2010 Part 1
High Sierra / Tuolumne Trip ‘09 - Part 3 Backcountry & Sport Climbs
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 [...]
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 [...]
