Never fit enough to stack them, closest was probably 88 but even then I bet I would have been hard pressed not to pull a ha g on the changing corners pitch. Hope to read your good news about this classic linkup😏
Tried a couple years ago, a party of 3 aiding on the rostrum ended up being our excuse to bail. Did the crux and then walked out from the midway ledge as it was getting dark.
Too much driving imo to be inspiring enough to try again. I guess you could bike. Having trouble thinking of other cool linkups tho.. hmm.....
Iirc peter did it in 83 with a cord on - I recall riding the jugs on the A man as a solid for a friend who had actually trained over the winter plus was a god- given talent.
Those link up and then multiple laps started in 87
Fosburg and I swung leads on this classic link up in the early nineties.
The weather was pretty warm so we started with the Rostrum and waited till Astroman swung into the shade to start up.
One of the best days ever.
I followed Niels Tietze on this link-up in 2013 after doing the West Face of El Cap the same day.
He freed everything easily, I fell on the offwidth of the Rostrum and on two pitches on Astroman. It sort of adds up towards the end.
That was definitely the best day of climbing I've had. I miss Niels.
Tried a couple years ago, a party of 3 aiding on the rostrum ended up being our excuse to bail. Did the crux and then walked out from the midway ledge as it was getting dark.
That was lame. I think we topped out Astroman at 1 30pm with no falls each. In the end we gave those South American guys a ride back to the valley lol. I couldn't believe the two followers were not jumaring but re-aid/french freeing. It was totally weird and super slow. They wanted to do the Salathe....
Let us know!