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mike a.

Sport climber
ca
Topic Author's Reply - May 23, 2013 - 10:43am PT
morning, yes super fun route and thanks for the help that let me summit :-), yes it's in great shape, and i logged in it :-, awesome trip!!!have a great holiday weekend, happy climbing mike a.
micronut

Trad climber
May 23, 2013 - 10:48am PT
Awesome! Way to get out there. He Mike...You need to learn how to attach more than one photo in a single post! You always have like ten posts to show ten photos. Just add em below eachother and post a bunch at once. Easier on the eyes for us. Again, way to get out in the high lonely and get after it.

Scott
susu

Trad climber
East Bay, CA
May 23, 2013 - 01:15pm PT
Nice! You make it look easy, but must be a lot of work! Glad you enjoyed!
mucci

Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
May 23, 2013 - 01:42pm PT
Nice MIke!

An adventure to remember.

SO cool.
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
May 23, 2013 - 02:07pm PT
stoke!

The dome to the SE is on my radar!

Well, at least in my daydreams. Having only seen it once, I'm intensely curious to get out there. Maybe not this year though. Got some Yos bc work to attain.

thx for the pics!
mike a.

Sport climber
ca
Topic Author's Reply - May 23, 2013 - 03:27pm PT
thanks, going the way bob took me to balloon dome is for sure faster then going the cassity bridge trail, but way more hard because there is no real trail, but it's a beautiful place, check it out when you can.
Vitaliy M.

Mountain climber
San Francisco
May 23, 2013 - 03:46pm PT
Looks awesome thank you for posting
JEleazarian

Trad climber
Fresno CA
May 23, 2013 - 03:48pm PT
Thanks, Mike. This thread deserves a bump.

John
splitclimber

climber
Sonoma County
May 23, 2013 - 06:04pm PT
nice trip report Mike but no endearing waving to the camera picture while leading. I like those shots. :)
mike a.

Sport climber
ca
Topic Author's Reply - May 23, 2013 - 08:34pm PT
sorry, but for sure be wiving at youall, this weekend at shuteye :-), happy climbing mike a.
limpingcrab

Trad climber
the middle of CA
May 24, 2013 - 01:11am PT
Ohhhhhh, I just saw the areal photo overlay you put on MP and what you said makes more sense now. I start from the Squaw Dome trailhead, not South Fork. I got the names mixed. Your way looks way better.

May way looks like this

mike a.

Sport climber
ca
Topic Author's Reply - May 24, 2013 - 10:04am PT
hi, cool, glad i was helpful, one thing about southern yosemite, unless you go with someone who has been there before, and shows you around, and how to get there, it takes a couple times of you bush wacking and getting lost before you know the lay out of the area, in some ways the spencer book is cool, because it is somewhat vage with not alot of details and just drewing and no real picutes in his book, but for me i love filling in the blanks myself, but holy cow, it took me 20years or so to real know where things are, and the best way to get there, i am super psyched to be heading out to southern yosemite again today, have a fun holiday weekend, cheers and happy climbing mike a.
Banquo

climber
Amerricka
May 24, 2013 - 11:07am PT
A topo and a few photos from the FA With Bob Steed and me.

Day 1 hike in
Day 2 work route to Golden Corner and return to river
Day 3 Summit and back to river
Day 4 hike out

To rap the two 5.7 pitches will require 2 60m ropes. If the 3rd class bypass goes, one rope should do for the raps.

Also, the crux is getting across the river.

mike a.

Sport climber
ca
Topic Author's Reply - May 24, 2013 - 11:20am PT
cool pix, that was a fun day last sat doing buffoon dome, the ants were nothing nice, they kept you moving, the gold corner pitch was super fun, and long about 220' pitch i had to simo climb the start move so sarah could get to the little tree in the corner, thanks for all your work to put it up, i am sure when you two were cutting the bushes, the ants were not too psyched and they let you know all about it :-)lol
Roxy

Trad climber
CA Central Coast
May 5, 2015 - 07:26am PT

bump for any more Balloon Dome glory...it's on my radar.


what about an approach by canoe?
Banquo

climber
Amerricka
May 5, 2015 - 08:27am PT
The approach by water is a rather famous section of class V+ whitewater. I doubt you would survive in a canoe.

http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/detail/id/290/

http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/detail/id/6378/
Roxy

Trad climber
CA Central Coast
May 5, 2015 - 08:35am PT

Thaks for those links, Banquo - yeah that's not the path for a canoe. :)

I guess I was thinking of paddling up from MPR...if there's enough water of course, stopping before the whitewater.

I know there's a campsite couple bends up as I've been to it years ago, not sure of the name at the moment - China Beach(?) - but I'm not sure if that would be an option for approaching BD.

it looks like it might be possible on Google Earth, but then again everything looks different from space.

Roxy

Trad climber
CA Central Coast
May 5, 2015 - 09:43am PT

...maybe Fuller Buttes is the MPR canoe approach I was hoping Balloon Dome would have been. Man, those double domes look BEAUTIFUL!!!

cf. http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2148745&msg=2148837#msg2148837



this just in

climber
Justin Ross from North Fork
May 5, 2015 - 09:46am PT
The Legend has done it JR.

Roxy, Fuller is an easy approach, definitely no canoe. Some of the best fishing is in Hell's Half Acre though if you are crazy enough to carry a canoe down there.
Roxy

Trad climber
CA Central Coast
May 5, 2015 - 10:40am PT
thx, thisJustin
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