Any info about My Favorite Things on Clouds Rest?

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OjaiClimber

Trad climber

Ojai, Ca

Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 22, 2015 - 05:35pm PT

Has anyone climbed My Favorite Things on Clouds Rest in Tuolunme since the rockfall a couple of weeks ago? I had this climb on my to-do list this summer but I'm worried about the state of the hangers and/or rubble on the route since the collapse. Maybe I should go up with a bolt kit to replace hangers in case they've been broken off? I just don't want to go half way up the route just to rappel and retreat.....any info at all?

msiddens

Trad climber

Jul 22, 2015 - 07:53pm PT

So sad- such a great route. Wish I had info for you but good luck. If you do bring the kit- the first bolt right off the belay was horribly bent several seasons back

Larry

Trad climber

Bisbee

Jul 23, 2015 - 03:21pm PT

http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2643933&msg=2653539#msg2653539

http://www.mountainproject.com/v/my-favorite-things/106673057#a_110660559

k-man

Gym climber

SCruz

Jul 23, 2015 - 04:00pm PT

This should help:

http://www.cs.unm.edu/~bill/climbing_guides/tuolumne/My_Favorite_Things.pdf

OjaiClimber

Trad climber

Ojai, Ca

Topic Author's Reply - Jul 23, 2015 - 07:21pm PT

Wow! That PDF is an incredible amount of information!! So stoked to have this now. Thank you!

Larry

Trad climber

Bisbee

Jul 23, 2015 - 08:01pm PT

Have a look at page 3 of the PDF. See the summit way over to the right of the route? See the whitish gully leading down from the summit? That's where the rockfall was. Far to the right of the route.

Other falling things (avalanches among them) may have damaged parts of the route, but damage from the big rockfall was pure speculation.

Of course, it's all speculation until someone goes up there.

Karl Baba

Trad climber

Yosemite, Ca

Jul 25, 2015 - 03:10am PT

Lots of that route is very easy with several ways that could go and simulclimbing not being unthinkable so I think it would take a lot to make it unclimbable (like a huge rockfall right in the business but doesn't sound like that happened)

Peace

Karl

OjaiClimber

Trad climber

Ojai, Ca

Topic Author's Reply - Jul 25, 2015 - 02:37pm PT

Yeah, I was wondering how much could rockfall actually damage a slab climb? Not much in my opinion. However, I was more worried about loose rocks that my rope could dislodge and send towards my belayer. I'm doing a car to car of Venusian Blind tomorrow, Dark Star next weekend and then I'll do My Favorite Things the weekend after and I'll give a trip report about the condition of the route unless someone else climbs it before me. Even if each belay just has 1 hanger AND it's bent, I'll just swag it with a nut, I'm sure it will be fine.

NutAgain!

Trad climber

South Pasadena, CA

Jul 25, 2015 - 06:15pm PT

This should help:

http://www.cs.unm.edu/~bill/climbing_guides/tuolumne/My_Favorite_Things.pdf

Wow! That PDF is an incredible amount of information!! So stoked to have this now. Thank you!

Thanks K-Man for the link and Ojai for the appreciation which made me check it... I already had a rough topo for MFT, but this is the serious beta spraydown.