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yosguns
climber
Durham, NC
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 17, 2009 - 07:39pm PT
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I am procrastinating...I've been procrastinating for days. I've been compiling photos from the summer I want to turn into prints and I want to share. We had a great summer and thinking about it has kept me sane these last few weeks as finals approach.
Hungover hike to the Column. Was this the time we hauled the hibachi grill up?
Spring in Boston, visiting Grace and Dr. Watson.
Dirtbags at dusk.
Surviving rainy days in the Valley.
WE were the ones holding you up. Sorry!
Temple Crag in the background.
Venusian Blinds. (AKA Hot sunglasses!)
Cordillera Blanca, Peru
More Peru
More Peru
Summit of Vallunaraju...little glacier at 5686m.
Thanks to you all for providing the forum to share! :)
PS I deleted and reposted with a new and improved, more inclusive title. Judge me as you will; I don't regret it!!!! :)
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yosguns
climber
Durham, NC
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 17, 2009 - 08:13pm PT
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Yes, definitively yes.
EDIT: He was just sleeping...
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Nov 17, 2009 - 08:16pm PT
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OK ---you are a student, but you went to Yosemite and then the Sierras early summer.
Then you went to Peru and climbed something fairly big.
Your female climbing companion is an incredible dish.
How about some tales of adversity: like the story why you had to kill the dog in Peru?
Was it rabid, or were you starving?
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yosguns
climber
Durham, NC
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 17, 2009 - 08:18pm PT
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I am the female climbing companion. How's that for adversity?
EDIT: But the dog was just hanging around camp one night. I liked how mangy he was.
As far as true adversity, things were generally pretty mellow. I can't say the same for law school.
I accidentally threw my sleeping bag off Dinner Ledge one night around 2AM as there was a storm over Glacier Point Apron and I didn't really keep my cool...that was a cold, wet adventure. Does that count?
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Nov 17, 2009 - 08:24pm PT
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Nice! I recognize/resemble some of those dirtbags in the sandlot!
I didn't know/remember you and Victor did The Nose - congrats!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Nov 17, 2009 - 08:49pm PT
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at first I didn't see the haulbag behind Josh and was thinking he got off light!
small breaks between studying. get outside too, fresh air works wonders.
more power to ya on finals
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yosguns
climber
Durham, NC
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 17, 2009 - 09:10pm PT
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Thanks, Munge and Clint. I've really been missing the Yosemite lifeline this past month...hence the photos. I really appreciate you posting up.
Geeze, people warned me that it would be hard, but I had no idea it was an entire lifestyle change! I assumed it would just be an extension of undergrad, which was actually pretty fun. Ha!
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kev
climber
A pile of dirt.
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Nov 17, 2009 - 09:25pm PT
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hahahah, I stashed about 10 beers in Vic's haul bag that day and didn't tell him till the base!
Nice to see the Peru photos!
kev
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drc
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Nov 17, 2009 - 10:56pm PT
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<drunkrant>
What's the point of doing all these cool things if no one really cares?
Huh????? $*!!2$%#3
We spend all this time and money just to impress all you MFs, but we are not foaming at the mouth right-wing gun nuts, and no one sends weird spam to our inboxes from taco accounts, so only one or two nice people actually respond.
Thanks Clint;)
Ok, back to my trailer in North Carolina.
</drunkrant>
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Nov 17, 2009 - 11:03pm PT
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Fun summer! I know some of those dirtbags.
I didn't spend as much time climbing this summer. Went to Hawaii instead (first time). Just the way things worked out...
Jamie (cr4zy1)
Phil_B
Sumi
Rainbow on the Na Pali
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yosguns
climber
Durham, NC
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 17, 2009 - 11:09pm PT
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Looks great! Thanks for posting up! :) Never made it to Hawaii when I lived on the West Coast, and I'm sorry for that. But, there's a few years yet to be lived.
What would you recommend?
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Nov 17, 2009 - 11:11pm PT
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Phil_B again
Na Pali, from the kayak
Yer Gonna Die!!
Lava Tube
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Nov 17, 2009 - 11:15pm PT
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Black Sand (and me)
Swimming with sea turtles, and Kimberly
Olivine Crystals in the Basalt (near the green sand beach)
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Nov 17, 2009 - 11:23pm PT
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Yo crew! It was a good spring eh? I remember hiking to the base of the Column to scream at you guys during the storm, then on the way down thought I had a brand new Bag.
I was like "What fuc&ing idiot's! NOOBS! Free bag! Ha then I hear the story about your spasm and the throw and just had to laugh and give it back.
Hope you guys are good, it's been a while since we had the crew together. Vic, you are needed at Arch rock this winter!
Mucci
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yosguns
climber
Durham, NC
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 17, 2009 - 11:33pm PT
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Yeah Mucci, was I stoked when you had the bag. What can I say...I do the best I can. Storm came in, I wanted to get the heck off Honeymoon Suite and down onto the main ledge. Even at the time, I knew that was ridiculous and there was more likelihood of me dropping something than being struck by lightning. Didn't matter, wandering around that ledge system at night was somehow more comfortable than anywhere else at that point, and downstairs seemed better... Oops!
I looked toward the Column towering above, into the darkness behind me, and yelled to Vic, "Uhhh, you don't even want to know."
It's really hard for two adults to fit into a short bag.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Nov 17, 2009 - 11:34pm PT
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YOSGUNS Re: I am the female climbing companion. How's that for adversity?
BITD, it was tough to be a “total babe, climbing companion.”
I do not see that things have changed all that much.
However, once I got into my 30’s-----I really enjoyed climbing with women: because they were much safer to climb with than college-age guys. (Most of my peers were raising families, and were "retired from climbing")
I burned out on testosterone driven 20 year males: who seemingly were going to kill themselves and me, in the course of proving how macho they were.
Best wishes for your adventures, and I now understand that you are defending your male companion.
It’s OK-------you can tell us: why did he kill that dog? ;)
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yosguns
climber
Durham, NC
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 17, 2009 - 11:46pm PT
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Fritz,
I've been really lucky to have a supportive partner and haven't felt that being female has detracted from my experiences at all. Sometimes, I wish I had been more assertive (in taking leads), but I realize that's just part of the game and something I, personally, have to work on.
I'm really proud of what Vic and I have done together. I am also really proud of him for not being as analytic as I am (I've definitely pushed the "I'm a woman, hear me roar" thing more), and not making things more than they actually are. He likes to climb. I like to climb. Sometimes we climb together.
When we've climbed together, we've been a great team, which is something that stays with us on and off the rock/ice/snow field/what-have-you.
PS I swear that dog is breathing!!! ;-)
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Nov 18, 2009 - 12:01am PT
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hey there yosguns.... say, great summer share... and pictures...
say---i am so glad the dog still has a chance at life...
contrary to "early" reports... ;)
say---cleo... great share, on the hawaii stuf... :)
*say, i HAD heard about the dangers of even just trail-walking in hawaii...
well--at least they got signs to warn and say, "i told you so"...
some folks just don't understand...
and... a good warning never hurts those that do, either... :)
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Nov 18, 2009 - 12:31am PT
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Remember when you had 12 boys on the ledge below watchin you send the Kor in style?
I think this picture was taken, when kev told us he put 10 beers in victors haulbag! Good times!
What you guys missed this summer!
Peace
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yosguns
climber
Durham, NC
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 18, 2009 - 12:45am PT
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Janet Jackson!
EDIT: Inside joke.
EDIT EDIT: It took me three hours to lead through the Kor Roof. I know, I know. That's just plain irresponsible. But, it was the second aid pitch I had ever led, I wanted to do it, and it was dusk when I set off, so interest from the dozen other people on Dinner Ledge that night was minimal (or pretend minimal...I'm not sure which). To encourage me, someone plugged my iPod into speakers, which was very fun.
Once I got through the bolts, placed the blind .4 (I think it was) and pulled myself up over the roof, it was already dark. The 12 men who were watching and partying below, obviously entertained by my struggles and suggestive grunts, became quiet as I turned into no more than a flickering, focused beam of light on the wall above.
I was enjoying myself quite a bit without their commentary, in the calm restricted reality of only that which was illuminated by my headlamp.
Then Janet Jackson came over the speakers. It was a REALLY girlie song, which I like. The chorus is something like, "Hold me, don't ever let me go, say it just one time...say you love me." And from the group below came a few, "What IS this crap???" I guess they thought I couldn't hear them lambasting my music selection...
Poor Janet, with no one there to defend her. At this point, I think a few of the dirtbags, boyfriend included, were a little nervous at how long it was taking me and wondered if I would finish, not kill myself in the darkness, etc. So, when I yelled down that it was Janet Jackson, some were expecting/listening for a cry for help. When they didn't understand what I had said, there were nervous shhhhs and then silence. Mucci shouted back up, "What???" Again I yelled, "JANET JACKSON!" Once they understood, there were quite a few laughs...of relief and the scene itself was pretty amusing: A dozen dirtbag climbers, on Dinner Ledge to party, forced to take a three-hour long course in girlie classics.
Thanks for the photo, Mucci. Classic.
Also, the dog was alive! In the first photo below, taken earlier in the day (you can tell by the shadow of the tent), the dog's front left paw is behind the right one. In the later photo (the shadow approached the dog as the sun set), the left front paw is on top of the right one, proving he had moved (or been moved, but let's not go there...).
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Bill
climber
San Francisco
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Nov 18, 2009 - 01:00am PT
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Glad you had a nice summer, puppy-snuffer.
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Nov 18, 2009 - 01:03am PT
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So the hot chick is your girlfriend?
This might be the best thread ever!
I may have missed it but how did the dog die?
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Nov 18, 2009 - 01:47am PT
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ok, I get it drc. I'll play along...
I played on rocks this summer...
Gomz cruising...
Munge losing it...
other times in the summer...
bouldered in Squamish, and did the dirtiest, cobweb encrusted wide crack I could find...
had a blast at Tahquitz...
pretty good year really
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kev
climber
A pile of dirt.
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Nov 18, 2009 - 03:10am PT
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Ally,
Impressive - exactly how many thrads did you attempt to hijack?
Perhaps a little more climbing and a little less schooling might be in order!
Drc,
Yo I'm off to the valley friday for a week plus...Still bitter about hauling the beers hugh?
love you both
kev
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Nov 18, 2009 - 03:19am PT
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Yos- glad you got a good summer in before the grind. I bookended law school with trips to SA, Patagonia the winter before I started and then Peru when I was done. I actually studied for the bar in Peru; a friend and I went to a town with an awesome left point and surfed all morning and then studied all afternoon. We just brought all of our bar review crap down there with us. I recommend doing something similar, I actually have fond memories of studying for the bar. Well, fond memories of the waves at least.
After the bar my (now) wife and I went back down to Boliva and Peru (one of the airlines was doing SFO-Lima flights for like $300). Such amazing places.
You should do an internship in the USDC for the ED of CA in YNP!
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MH2
climber
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Nov 18, 2009 - 03:23am PT
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That's Janet Jackson!!!
EDIT: Inside joke.
Sounds like it could be an outside joke, too.
Very nice dog in the landscape and other pictures. Now get back to studying. A friend in law at Chicago could always tell you to the day how much time he had left in school.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Nov 18, 2009 - 01:06pm PT
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yos
tellthosepeopletolookcloseratthephoto.Icanseethegrassmovingasthedogbreathes. . . . .
whatsrongwiththem?????
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Nov 18, 2009 - 01:41pm PT
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That inert dog has charisma if not fleas!
Looks like adventures were had. Telling stories would multiply the procrastination power.
But since I'm procrastinating too ... summer sunsets from the left and right coasts:
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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Nov 18, 2009 - 01:52pm PT
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Nov 18, 2009 - 02:58pm PT
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Hawaii and Oahu this summer with the family at a mega resort.
Sequoia High Sierra luxury tent cabins and 5 star meals.
Camping with my family.
Saline Valley in June
More climbing and exploring.
And spending time with the with my wonderful family. Even if it means playing the tourist.
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divad
Trad climber
wmass
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Nov 18, 2009 - 04:13pm PT
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Nkane
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Nov 18, 2009 - 04:46pm PT
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Yosguns,
I hear you about law school finals; I'm gearing up for another go-round right now.
I recommend using the "help! I fell in the gym!" threads on RC.com to study for torts, and the access fund threads to study for property.
At least I get one last hurrah at the Gunks this weekend before crap really hits the fan though...
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drljefe
climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
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Nov 18, 2009 - 05:33pm PT
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General Ripper
climber
GnarthWest
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Nov 18, 2009 - 06:18pm PT
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The worst thing about law school is that when you're done you become a lawyer.
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Quasimodo
Trad climber
CA
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Nov 18, 2009 - 06:29pm PT
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Three weeks ago in JT:
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drljefe
climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
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Nov 18, 2009 - 06:32pm PT
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^^^^^^^^^SICK!!!!!^^^^^^^
up by Rock Candy...
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yosguns
climber
Durham, NC
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 18, 2009 - 06:38pm PT
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drljefe, shouldn't that be a downward facing dog?
Quasimodo, that's beautiful. How did you take/make that? Looks almost alien...
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Nov 18, 2009 - 06:42pm PT
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Yosguns, I recognize a bunch of those dirtbags. Nice to see you had a good summer.
I met you once at one of Kev's parties. Maybe next next year kev will coax you and Vic out to the Shuteye. Nice place.
Climbed with Mucci finally last weekend on some short sandstone stuff. Good time though!
Kev, I always climb with that dude, not as much as he'd like, but I got a kid now. Makes it harder to get into kev-territory.
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Quasimodo
Trad climber
CA
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Nov 18, 2009 - 06:59pm PT
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Yosguns:
Thanks....the rock glow was real...I was lucky to have just rapped down to the ground.
Photo Tech-weenie Photo Notes
1) underexposed by two stops
2) slight contrast increase for glowing rock to bring out rock glow and rock texture
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susu
Trad climber
East Bay, CA
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Nov 19, 2009 - 07:20pm PT
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Hi you guys! Procrastinate away!
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Nov 19, 2009 - 07:26pm PT
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Hahaa!!! John barefoot at the Shuteye.
Classic!
Hey who is that dude sitting next to Kev (grey shirt), camera left? I know that dude! The pic with vic and Yosguns in it.
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susu
Trad climber
East Bay, CA
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Nov 19, 2009 - 08:41pm PT
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Hi Blue! Do you know Sean & Jess?
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Nov 19, 2009 - 08:44pm PT
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I don't think so...
This is the dude I'm thinking of. Night-bouldering at Facelift 2008.
Dude actually caught me when I ripped off a 'dinner plate' and sailed down...
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yosguns
climber
Durham, NC
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 19, 2009 - 08:53pm PT
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Susan, Thanks for posting up! How are you guys? I've still got your email somewhere in the Subaru and have been meaning to drop a line for months. Vic and I will be in Joshua Tree for New Years. Cannot wait to have more adventures! :)
Bluey,
Yes...I remember meeting you, I think. We were just coming back from Kentucky.
Maybe this guy?
EDIT: Not the same guy, I think.
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Nov 19, 2009 - 09:10pm PT
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Cornucopia, Darrington Washington
Hiking the Wonderland Trail, Mt Rainier
Ape Cave Lave Tube, Mt St Helens
Plutonics, Tuolumne
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Nov 19, 2009 - 09:13pm PT
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nice shots, everyone!
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the museum
Trad climber
Rapid City
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Nov 19, 2009 - 11:32pm PT
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