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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 19, 2011 - 02:26am PT
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Even though the CalTrans Road Conditions web site said that 120 over Tioga pass was not open when we left in the morning, the highway sign outside of Oakdale, one hour later, indicated that the pass was open.
Gary and I pick up Linda at the Crane Flat gas station and head out to a lovely opening day... planning for a fun romp on Stately Pleasure Dome we find no climbers there when we arrive, and for a long time we have it all to ourselves
at the base of South Crack on which Linda leads the first two pitches as one
then I lead the next two pitches as one and Gary takes us home with the final two pitches as one... three pitches with a 70m rope.
Tenaya Lake is ice bound for the day, and there is a lot of water melting out of the remnant snow pack
On the walk down we don't see any lizards, like last year, but we do run into Maysho out for a quick run up South Crack with his lovely companion.
We go on to climb Dixie Peach and top rope Malletosis... the weather on the Sierra Crest is looking real
we call it a day, go down to snack and then tour the meadows...
a wonderful day as always marking the start of the season up high.
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karodrinker
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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Jun 19, 2011 - 02:28am PT
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Sweet! Ed your on it man, great to see the meadows.
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flakyfoont
Trad climber
carsoncity nv
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Jun 19, 2011 - 02:40am PT
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Ed thanks for the t/r ..was the south crack walk off wet?
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Jun 19, 2011 - 02:41am PT
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Great tradition you are making Ed - Tuolumne on the opening weekend. Thanks for posting.
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Jun 19, 2011 - 02:57am PT
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Excellent. Looks like big snow pack still on Unicorn.
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KitKat
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe
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Jun 19, 2011 - 05:28am PT
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Linda is BADASS
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
wussing off the topout on Roadside Attraction
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Jun 19, 2011 - 07:35am PT
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Delightful. Thanks for the update.
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J. Werlin
Social climber
Cedaredge, CO
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Jun 19, 2011 - 09:17am PT
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Awesome Ed! Thanks for posting up.
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MisterE
Social climber
818 Yo!
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Jun 19, 2011 - 09:48am PT
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Ah yes - the early season quietness...lovely!
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spyork
Social climber
A prison of my own creation
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Jun 19, 2011 - 10:38am PT
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Hey Ed, Gary and Linda! Looks like you folks had a good time!
Kane and I were in Hetch Hetchy. We went to Rancheria Falls. The blast from Wapama Falls was gale force. A guide told me that she has never seen so much water coming off it.
Steve
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 19, 2011 - 10:58am PT
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the walk off on Stately Pleasure Dome was dry but for a small trickle of water that was easily avoided. There was also some small amount of pine needles and a bit of grit that will soon be gone with the climber traffic. The copse of pines at the end of the walk off is currently sitting in a large puddle so you want to avoid ending up there on the walk off, go a bit west.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Jun 19, 2011 - 11:03am PT
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Ed-
Very nice TR! Your choice of South Crack was excellent!
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Jun 19, 2011 - 11:07am PT
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Looks like fun Ed,
Z
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Thomas
Trad climber
The Tilted World
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Jun 19, 2011 - 11:29am PT
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Great post--thanks for sharing!
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Jun 19, 2011 - 11:40am PT
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Thumbs up, friends! Glad you all had a great time. Maybe I'll see if Em is around and scoot over for a look and a visit.
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Joe
Social climber
Santa Cruz
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Jun 19, 2011 - 02:14pm PT
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turning green with envy...
good on ya...
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Dirka
Trad climber
SF
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Jun 19, 2011 - 02:17pm PT
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Awesome ed!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 19, 2011 - 04:22pm PT
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Ed, Linda, Gary, nice!
Rainy but climbable in vedauwoo!
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 19, 2011 - 04:28pm PT
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we missed you Jaybro!
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reddirt
climber
PNW
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Jun 19, 2011 - 06:06pm PT
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most excellent... just seeing he pictures is a big pick-me-up...
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Matt
Trad climber
primordial soup
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Jun 19, 2011 - 06:12pm PT
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nice ed-
just the one day then?
what were the temps like?
gonna be a short season away from the road...
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 19, 2011 - 06:50pm PT
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temps were great... got a sunburn on my neck, that'll teach me not to get a summer-hair-cut!
when the clouds rolled in, it was cool to cold
lots of water, and even for the road only Lembert and Stately Pleasure Domes were really accessible... no parking in the avi danger zone of Pywiak... and many if not most of the turnout are still embanked.
The camp grounds were down right flooded, and the Meadows more like a marsh. The river was running big as were all the creeks.
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Jun 19, 2011 - 07:04pm PT
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Any pics of the meadows? Or anywhere else? haha.. Love the pics. Thank you.
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Jun 19, 2011 - 10:24pm PT
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Way to be on it Ed! I was recovering from a 3 day stint at Shuteye.
Beautiful pics man.
Heading to the Valley tomorrow, might be worth it just to pop up and show the family Tenaya lake with all that ice. Very cool. Makes me miss the place.
I used to do the same thing and then snow shoe in to Unicorn and solo it or Cockscomb. Opening day/week is the best.
man we're lucky to live in California!
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jvSF
Trad climber
San Francisco
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Jun 19, 2011 - 10:56pm PT
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Drove through over to Lee Vining this morning. Here are some photos, mostly drive-bys from inside the car! What a treat. Enjoy.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Jun 19, 2011 - 10:56pm PT
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Ed Hartouni, super nice Thread. Thanks! Wish you had more pictures.
I'm still trying to wrap my brain around the ways to get to TM when 120 from the Valley is closed thru to TM. Did you go Sonora Pass? I still have a pretty big learning curve.
This is my first year to even view the Eastside from last summer to following spring. Pretty incredible. I almost got taken out by snow fall February in Mammoth. Lots to learn; more than healthy respect. :D lynne
Looking forward to being up there in a week or two.....hopefully.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 19, 2011 - 10:58pm PT
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Lynne, the pass is open now, all the way through...
so you can get there from East or West
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klimski
Trad climber
Bridgeport,CA
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Jun 19, 2011 - 11:18pm PT
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Did you here the big crack that went the whole length of the lake a couple right after we saw you at the road. Ben
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JOEY.F
Gym climber
It's not rocket surgery
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Jun 20, 2011 - 12:11am PT
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The Statley Pleasure Dome annual. Ya always beat us to it. (push like button)
:)
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jun 20, 2011 - 12:20am PT
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Great pictures Ed! Makes me want to jump in the car.....
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Gary Carpenter
climber
SF Bay Area
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Jun 20, 2011 - 01:13am PT
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Here are a few more photos from Saturday
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rhyang
climber
SJC
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Jun 20, 2011 - 01:49am PT
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.. and so it begins :) Nice work !
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Jun 20, 2011 - 01:57am PT
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that's down right nice
thx
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Jun 20, 2011 - 01:57pm PT
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Good stuff, Ed and Gary!
Love the Marmot shot too.
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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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Jun 20, 2011 - 02:14pm PT
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ĦBad @ss! I'm headed to Claremont/Idyllwild tomorrow but we should get together in the next few weeks. How'd Boa look?
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micronut
Trad climber
fresno, ca
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Jun 20, 2011 - 02:37pm PT
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Hmmmmm.....Look at those lines on the lake. They seem to be related. The two curves are on the same circle, hinting to a relationship between the two. Alien craft below? Or mere coincidence? Am I the only one seeing this?
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Daphne
Trad climber
Mill Valley, CA
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Jun 20, 2011 - 02:38pm PT
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yahoo! Thanks for posting and the pictures. Can't wait to get up there.
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Jun 20, 2011 - 03:05pm PT
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Didnt realize that was you folks up on stately pleasure sat.
Unreal snow. Gunks wont be in shape for weeks.
Puppy dome boulders surprisingly dry, though. Got to put first chalk of the seasn on all sorts of stuff.
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Jun 20, 2011 - 03:57pm PT
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Looks like a great day, thanks for the write-up/pics. I hope i get back there sometime, so beautiful!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Jun 20, 2011 - 03:59pm PT
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Got to put first chalk of the seasn on all sorts of stuff.
is this like cutting the first tracks thru powder snow on an exposed ridgeline along 395?
:)
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Maysho
climber
Soda Springs, CA
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Jun 20, 2011 - 04:00pm PT
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Yes it was very beautiful up there, though, coming from Donner Summit, Nancy and I are sort of over lots of snow, like we are allergic to white right now, as we drove up the pass we spoke of our longing for flowers and green plants...
The Ice on Tenaya Lake cracked while we were climbing South Crack, sorry to not have taken a pic, there was a crack the entire length of the lake!
Nice seeing Ed, Gary, and Linda...
Today (my birthday by the way! 49 years old YIKES!) we are in El Portal, basking in the heat, and over-the-top flowering plants.
Yesterday, Fathers Day, I joined my son to carry a load and and watch him rig a complicated slackline between Arrowhead Spire, and Arrowhead Arete. Wild line, crazy exposure...It took longer than anticipated, he and his buddy are back up there today to walk it some more.
To all the skiers, yes conditions still look fantastic, I am heading back up there on Wednesday to guide 9 teens on a ski mountaineering camp at Tioga Pass for ASI. So I will get my dose of steep June corn, will report...
Peter
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Jun 20, 2011 - 04:13pm PT
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Here are some shots from the summit of False White yesterday. Still plenty of snow:
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Maysho
climber
Soda Springs, CA
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Jun 20, 2011 - 04:24pm PT
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Willoughby!!
Didn't you aim the camera up toward Dana? I am sure it is filled in really well.
Cheers,
Peter
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 20, 2011 - 04:38pm PT
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Happy birthday Peter!
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Jun 20, 2011 - 04:50pm PT
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I was scoping the high country out from Glacier Point on Friday, but plans to be on the Tioga Road with my wife were torpedoed at the last minute. I greatly appreciate the post, Ed, so we (my wife and I) can see what we missed. Next weekend for sure!
John
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Jun 20, 2011 - 04:55pm PT
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Nice early season pics!
Happy Birthday Peter, Slackline Arrowhead Spire to Arrowhead Arete? Doesn't YPB get in the way?
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Jun 20, 2011 - 04:58pm PT
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Happy Birthday, Peter! Here you go, complete with the cabins of sleepy Bennetville:
AND, there were flowers blooming. You just have to look very carefully in the patches between the snow:
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Maysho
climber
Soda Springs, CA
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Jun 20, 2011 - 04:59pm PT
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You are confusing Lost Arrow Spire, with the classic Arrowhead Spire, right next to Arrowhead Arete, FA. David Brower and Dick Leonard 1937. Just an 80ft. gap...
Thanks for the birthday wishes!
Peter
Thanks Willoughby!! Looks fat up on Dana, we are supposed to do the Solstice with the kids, probably climb up from below, stopping before being exposed to the giant cornice...
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Reedly
Social climber
The High Desert, CA
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Jun 20, 2011 - 05:44pm PT
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Tuolumne looks awesome. Thanks for the pictures.
Peter, happy birthday.
~R
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