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Falling on the Nose: A Four Month Journey - Click for details
 Falling on the Nose: A Four Month Journey
Sometime at the end of May, my climbing partner, Zach, and I took our first attempt at climbing El Capitan and started up on the Nose. It did not end well. This trip report ...

by MikeDrake
14,785 Jun 10, 2015 41
Solo on the Muir: via the YOSAR finish - Click for details
 Solo on the Muir: via the YOSAR finish
Time to think is a rarity in the modern world. Busy work schedules and increasing use of technology have worked incessantly to diminish our time for free thought and ...

by POTATO
14,745 Feb 27, 2017 82
Zenyatta Mondatta-Solo, June 2011 - Click for details
 Zenyatta Mondatta-Solo, June 2011
I need to thank John Fine and Mike O. for a bit of proofreading and both suggesting that I work harder and make the story more compelling. My life for the last year has been p...

by Mark Hudon
14,535 Oct 29, 2012 84
 Pursuit of Bluebonnet Tower and the Lost Crystal Cave, Sawtooths, Idaho.
Pursuit of “Bluebonnet Tower.” (and the search for the “Crystal Cave.”) Tom Lopez hosts 3 of my best climbing stories on his website for his fine book “Idaho A ...

by Fritz
14,451 May 17, 2019 59
Dru Couloir Direct : First Ascent 1977, Tobin Sorenson and Rick Accomazzo - Click for details
 Dru Couloir Direct : First Ascent 1977, Tobin Sorenson and Rick Accomazzo
We were ecstatic when we reached the Breche (the snowy saddle between the Grand and Petit Drus), and I made Tobin stop, so I could get the camera out and snap...

by Rick A
14,430 Jun 02, 2016 65
Cheating death on the  Half Dome Death Slabs: an epic tale of n00bery and bromance. - Click for details
 Cheating death on the Half Dome Death Slabs: an epic tale of n00bery and bromance.
This is from Summer of 2013 and is my first ever TR, so go easy on me. We had just left the maintained section of the Half Dome approach trail and started our way up the ...

by tallmark515
14,272 Apr 02, 2014 33
Half Dome NW Face - The Good, The Bad, and The Obsession With Bivying on Big Sandy - Click for details
 Half Dome NW Face - The Good, The Bad, and The Obsession With Bivying on Big Sandy
Big wall lesson number one and meeting some cool people on the NW Face of Half Dome. It was one of those moments when you’re there at the base of a long route and a mount...

by TripleS_in_EBs
14,173 Dec 05, 2014 58
Gold Member II - A Wall of Solid 24 K Granite - Click for details
 Gold Member II - A Wall of Solid 24 K Granite
A week after the South Face of Watkins with Tommy Caldwell, i called up my longest-known climbing partner Mark Melvin. Mark is the guy who first took me up the West Face...

by Chris McNamara
14,144 Jan 26, 2015 31
A casual run-in with Alex Honnold: Zodiac 2008 - Click for details
 A casual run-in with Alex Honnold: Zodiac 2008
So yesterday I googled "christmas climber" images for work and out of the blue at the top of the list I saw a photo of myself and a couple buddies in our portaledge camp on Zo...

by Lambone
14,053 May 10, 2019 40
Losing Our Marbles on Obscure Yosemite Offwidth: The Way Kim and I Survived Basketcase - Click for details
 Losing Our Marbles on Obscure Yosemite Offwidth: The Way Kim and I Survived Basketcase
My best offwidth buddy Kim Groebner and I decided to try to use the short weekend I had to try to seek out an ‘obscure Yosemite multipitch offwidth’. All four of those words ...

by christinafreschl
13,716 Aug 18, 2016 83
Jolly Roger Photo T.R. - Click for details
 Jolly Roger Photo T.R.
Here are some pics of an ascent of Jolly Roger I did with E last month. We started with a third person but he didn't make it 'cause the wheels blew off his bus! This ...

by Levy
13,614 Nov 18, 2016 133
 Climbers save their country! (Yes this is damn on-topic)
Werner is right. You Americans are stupid. So let this be a wakeup call. Climbing isn't just a hobby. It is the real deal. It is more important than online wanking about polit...

by Ghost
13,564 Jul 25, 2017 129
Why You Gotta Hate on Fresno?  A Trip Report From 4 Days in the Life. - Click for details
 Why You Gotta Hate on Fresno? A Trip Report From 4 Days in the Life.
You know, I can't think of the last time I heard somebody from outside Fresno say something good about my hometown. I’m not kidding, people really look down on Fresno. I’m n...

by micronut
13,416 May 12, 2018 100
Half Dome Reggae and El Cap West Face Free In-a-Day - Click for details
 Half Dome Reggae and El Cap West Face Free In-a-Day
What a Long Strange Trip Report It’s Been: Half Dome Regular Northwest Face (the Reggae Route) and El Capitan’s West Face—Both Free in a Day This trip report tell...

by Andy Puhvel
13,264 Apr 29, 2017 79
The First Ascent of the Needle's Eye - Click for details
 The First Ascent of the Needle's Eye
In the spirit of living---or at least not entirely dead---history at SuperT, I offer the following reminiscence of an epic adventure a long time ago. The original post,...

by rgold
13,112 Jul 13, 2018 61
Evolution Traverse, Car-to-Car, Sub 24hrs - Click for details
 Evolution Traverse, Car-to-Car, Sub 24hrs
On June 23rd, I soloed the full Evolution Traverse car-to-car in less than 24 hours. I think I am the first person to do so, though it wouldn't surprise me if someone else al...

by The Dak
13,100 Dec 28, 2017 60
PIXEL-PUSHER GEEKS SCALE EL CAP - Click for details
 PIXEL-PUSHER GEEKS SCALE EL CAP
For the past 10+ years, I’ve lived in New York City as a city slicker. My relatively rugged upbringing in rural Lake Arrowhead, CA, has given way to weekly spa massages and a ...

by stratfordnyc
13,016 Nov 25, 2013 77
Salathe and Nose Link-up in 22 Hours - Click for details
 Salathe and Nose Link-up in 22 Hours
June 2012 Our trip started out after Tim gave an inspiring graduation speech at his high school. He puts in 60-80 hr weeks teaching and managing the Palmdale High School ...

by J Wells
12,998 Jun 05, 2018 69
South Buttress of Pingora and East Ridge of Wolf's Head Linkup - Click for details
 South Buttress of Pingora and East Ridge of Wolf's Head Linkup
If you want a report with pictures, visit my website, since SuperTopo has deprecated displaying photos from off-site. Coming from the Bay Area, the spectacular Cirq...

by PellucidWombat
12,994 Feb 26, 2014 29
The Lama Wrangler, the Cook, the Guidebook Author, Boston, the Luxumberger and his son, Harvard, the Counselor, and the Lizard. - Click for details
 The Lama Wrangler, the Cook, the Guidebook Author, Boston, the Luxumberger and his son, Harvard, the Counselor, and the Lizard.
The Lama Wrangler, the Cook, the Guidebook Author, Boston, the Luxumberger and his son, Harvard, the Counselor, and the Lizard. This is a story about a trip that came to ...

by mike m
12,987 Jul 20, 2018 100
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