Timid TopRope
Social climber
'used to be Paradise, CA
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Hey Cosmic! Here's a B&W of MFM. Hopefully it's photo shop worthy of your talents. Mouse will no doubt be honored to get the Cosmic manip.
For those inquiring minds that want to know. Fattrad and Bluering were no shows.
Delhi Dog was there in spirit(s) again with his raffle donations. He picked up this Whisky in Burma (Myanmar), brought it back to India and I picked it up in Truckee. Most amazing part is I didn't touch it before facelift.
Hopefully nita will let this next photo stay up as it is the only one I have with Hudon in it.
Of course the highlight for me is getting to make music with experts and begginers. Don Reid made it for several jams early on. It had been many years since we had jammed last.
Travis from Vegas helped anchor our first night's jam. Rick and Annie Cashner made the effort for more than one jam.
Lynne had her percussion units for the first 3 nights but was greatly missed for meatfest.
The best guitar player there by far was Murcy, who can play circles around anything I can come up with. Mercy, that Murcy can play.
EDIT; said it up-thread but worth repeating if y'all missed it. BooDawg has a great singing voice and can hold a crowd in rapture A cappella .
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Fumbling towards stone
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jstan wrote:
> The Valley is as clean or cleaner than I have ever before seen it.
> The last two days it seemed every person you saw, was carrying a grabber.
A strong second to that!
Yes, MisterE and Justthemaid have a way with finding trash stashes... heard a few of their techniques and tips in our brief but fun encounter. Was really glad to have you guys!
Eric
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Cosmiccragsman
Trad climber
AKA Dwain, from Apple Valley, Ca. and Vegas!
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I need COLOR pics, Timid!
:)
Mouse;
I was bummed I couldn't go to the Facelift
and get to meet you.
I was Bummed also because I couldn't
get to see some of the GREAT Friends I met there last year.
Timid; Can't wat to meet up next year at FL.
I've been practicing on my Harmonicas so we can JAM next year!!!
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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You know, you'll always find Ed and Jstan where the hardest work is going on.
They're like the energizer bunny, they just keep going, going, going. . .
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Cosmiccragsman
Trad climber
AKA Dwain, from Apple Valley, Ca. and Vegas!
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^^^^^^^
Do they make Energizer CRICKETS, Steve???
:)
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Making camp at Yellow Pines Tuesday afternoon, I took this pic of Matthew:
At the E. Auditorium, who can forget the energy that Tim O'Niell gives to the events?
And of course, without Ken Yager's vision and follow-thru, none of this would have happened:
Wednesday, Lisa and I went down to Cascade Creek and picnic area to do pick-up; she found a lovely half of a silver purse, now in the archeologist's keeping. I found a brick but left in place taking a GPS waypoint for the archeologist. Then we went up to shower at Cascade Fall:
Then the raffle that night: WHAT a GREAT TEAM!
Later, inside, the place was PACKED AND SWELTERING: Mouse, HighTraverse, BooDawg, Lisa:
Sybille and ???
Tim's high energy & enthusiasm kept the crowd always up...
Ben Lepesant WOWED US with his trip to Baffin Island.
Then Mike Schaefer kept up the energy with his climbs and photography closer to home.
Later, Conrad Anker whose story we'd seen the previous night on the Reel Rock Film first offer up the original artwork that went onto the YCA water bottles for auction:
And still later, Conrad was SO CASUAL (AND HUMBLE) telling more about his personal story and philosophy:
The next day was a real treat, one that I and many others here on the Taco had been looking forward to: meeting LilaBiene, the daughter of Bill "Dolt" Feuerer who had only recently discovered who her birth parents were. I wanted to show her some of the Ditch, especially some perspectives on El Cap. 5 or us, Lisa, LilaBiene, Mouse From Merced, Lee Ann, and I decided we'd clean up the Pohono Trail between Sentinel Dome and "Tunnel View," an overly ambitious project as it turned out. Our first stop was "Tunnel View."
Then we made a brief detour to Washburn Point:
Finally, we 5 hit the trail toward Taft and Dewey Points:
Soon we got out to the Fissures at Taft Pt.:
Eventually, we reached Bridalveil Creek where we had lunch before continuing on toward Dewey Pt.:
The view from Dewey Point was quite spectacular, and The Nose stood out in bold profile:
The gals went on to "Tunnel View" while Mouse and I took the Dewey Pt. ski trail to the Glacier Pt. Road:
From there, we hitched a ride back to Yellow Pines, tired but glad to be back to camp.
Next day, I got a shot of Superintendent Neubacher and Mike Gaultier brown-bagging their lunches while observing the Facelift proceedings. So great to feel that the climbing community has ears in the Park Service...
Later, around raffle time, Mastadon showed up with an original Dolt Stoveleg piton, and he shared it with LilaBiene and some others there. The Mad Bolter (Tom Rohrer) generously gave LilaBiene an original Dolt piton to add to her growing collection. She is SO APPRECIATIVE AND OVERWHELMED by people's generosity and caring. Her life continues to open wide!
Later that night, James Lucas gave what had to be the most hilarious slideshow, contrasting himself, a "Lifestyle Climber" with Alex Honnold, a "Professional Climber."
Alex, for his part, followed with some of his own humor ("Shall I take my shirt off?") and a Q & A session backed by some slides of him on various climbs:
The next day, Saturday, Ed and Mighty Hiker took LilaBiene up the right side of the Footstool, a climb that her dad had done the FA of, just east of the beginning of The Nose. They all had a GREAT TIME, but she was told that she'd have to write up the TR; then they would add their pictures and their own comments. So come on LilaBiene!
That night at the raffle:
Back in Yellow Pines at the MeatFest, Sentinel was all aglow as were most of the people there:
A special treat for LilaBiene was the presence of Catherine Baldridge who had known LilaBiene's birth mother since both were members of the UCLA Bruin Mountaineers. I'm fairly certain the the Facelift far surpassed all the hopes that LilaBiene may have had for this event.
For my part, I thank you all for participating in the Facelift and I look forward to seeing you next year.
Thank you Timid, Mouse, and others for your kind words.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Fumbling towards stone
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That was a great post Boodawg. You told a good story and made for an enjoyable morning read. You can't be everywhere and this was a part of Facelift I wanted to see. TPFU!
Eric
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Fish Finder
Social climber
THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART
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One morning I handed out some oranges to all that were in YellowPines
Still cant stop laughing from when Tom (madbolter)whom I have never spoke to before replies..
Donkey Shank
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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One morning I handed out some oranges to all that were in YellowPines
That's so, like, Burning Man bro.
Wish I could have made it to meet so many of you. Next year I guess.
Thanks for sharing pictures from the trenches.
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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Fish Finder those oranges were excellent ! :) Great to see you!
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Here's an unapologetic BUMP for the Event of the Year. Congrats to Ed for winning the portaledge!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Great to see you again Lolli! Thanks for the chocolate! Licorice too!
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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thanks for the caviar Lolli!
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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I went from site D to being in a suit in southern California for the last two days- highly disorienting! Anyway, great seeing / meeting everyone. Also thanks for all the helping hands with my little guys- they had a blast.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Just checking in. Report, photos, and the True Story when I get home next Monday.
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Looks like I missed out on more than I was already bummed about missing (seeing old friends and new ones)
Any reports of Bob Finn at the facelift? Nice to see that Mastadon is so mobile.
Thanks for the pics!
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Lolli, ohhh the salty licorice, I waited since last year, now to wait another year...I can do this.
Mighty Hiker, I'm not even Catholic but still feeling sooooo guilty about you catching Ferretlegger and I sneaking in the back door. Oh dear, you were so cool about it.
Wonderful pics everyone, unfortunately I had the dead battery syndrome. Yeah, I know, excuses, excuses
Susan
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gstock
climber
Yosemite Valley
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Early in the week we collected trash from probably the most far-flung location in the park:
The trash was abandoned research equipment from a study of the Maclure Glacier in the 1970's, mostly wooden and metal stakes that were placed in the ice (since melted away) to measure glacier velocity. Even though it only amounted to about 20 lbs worth of trash, we did hike it out 12 miles! I've been studying the Lyell and Maclure glaciers for several years now, and it feels good to get that stuff out of there.
I also wanted to say how much fun I had giving a talk for the Facelift this year. I knew from Timmy's introduction that it wasn't my usual scientific conference gig, but the thunderous roar at the first shot of the Captain clinched it (plus I've never seen New Belgium sponser a scientific conference). Climbing and geology are one and the same in my mind. Thanks, Ken, for the opportunity.
I live in Yosemite Valley and I can say without question that the Facelift makes a big difference in the look and the feel of the place. Even though the amount of trash may be down this year, the park feels refreshed in a way that goes far beyond the tonnage. Thanks for the huge effort everyone.
Greg
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Nice posts; keep them coming...
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Fumbling towards stone
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Lolli, thanks for the weird licorice. I liked it. Would work well on long slogging approaches (or walk-outs) or extended belays. Thanks too for the eggs and caviar! Awesome.
onetheedges' kids were a real treat. I had a few interesting conversations with them.
And thanks again, Greg! You're talk was truly educating, interesting, and funny. You're a good speaker/teacher.
Cheers,
Eric
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