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Enty

Trad climber

Aug 18, 2014 - 12:27pm PT

Despite what people are saying on this thread - you must stay in Camp 4 at least once.
Everytime I've been I've had a fantastic time, met awesome poeple from around the world, climbed with awesome people etc etc
I'm hoping to be back next year and will probably stay in C4
The best shithole in the world.

E

eagle

Trad climber

new paltz, ny

Aug 18, 2014 - 02:25pm PT

I STAYED IN C 4 SUMMER 76 AND 77 AND 84
THE BATHROOMS ARE DISCUSTING..NO HOT WATER. PEOLE DO NOT CLEAN UP AFTER THEMSELVES. IT IS TRUE WHAT THE GUY SAID A FEW POSTS BACK..EVEN THE DIRT IS DIRTY, THAT IS VERY TRUE. I WAS TAKING #2 ONE TIME IN ONE OF THE STALLS I READ A FUNNY LINE OF GRAFITTE[SP] THAT WAS WRITTEN ON THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR AND IT SAID...WITH 2 ARROWS POINTING DOWN...CAUTION LIMBO DANCERS..THIS MADE ME LOL. COLUMBIA BOULDER USED TO HAVE AN AID RT ON IT MADE FROM WEBBING LOOPS EPOXYED TO THE ROCK. OH BABY..WE GOTTA GO NOW

adikted

Boulder climber

Tahooooeeeee

Aug 18, 2014 - 02:31pm PT

Take vitamin C like a mofo!!! Germs from around the world live there....otherwise have fun

Greg

kiwiflea

Social climber

Wanaka, Otago

Aug 18, 2014 - 03:59pm PT

This was the scene for us around 4am 24th Sep last year. We arrived in the queue at 3am, and already there were four in front of us - have fun :-)

kiwiflea

Social climber

Wanaka, Otago

Aug 18, 2014 - 04:02pm PT

That's not to say it wasn't my favourite place in the whole of our US trip though!

gfdonc

climber

Melbourne Australia

Aug 18, 2014 - 04:33pm PT

5am to be safe. It's a little while ago now, but my experiences in June one year are here:

http://www.chockstone.org/Forum/Forum.asp?Action=Display&ForumID=2&MessageID=6197&Replies=43

We planned a repeat visit last year .. but by the time we got there the Federal shutdown was in force. Sucks, dunnit?
Steve
Melbourne, Australia

johntp

Trad climber

socal

Aug 18, 2014 - 05:14pm PT

Not nearly as bad as Upper Refrigerator which now is the only year round car campground in the Valley. Talk about cold! Why do they keep it open year round when it only gets about 2 hours of sun in the winter? And that's the TOTAL for the winter.

It has been a few minutes and I'm still ROTFLMAO!

donini

Trad climber

Ouray, Colorado

Aug 18, 2014 - 05:45pm PT

You might meet some fascinating folks in Camp 4 but you can't beat the Ahwahnee Hotel for networking.....some great stock tips and the best cougars this side of Aspen.

The plus $400 a night tariff might be a little stiff for some climbers but if you cash in your gym membership, buy a Prius and only drink coffee at home you might be able to pull it off.

Captain...or Skully

climber

in the oil patch...Fricken Bakken, that's where

Aug 18, 2014 - 06:50pm PT

You're a funny guy, Jim. Ahwahnee, indeed. Good luck.

le_bruce

climber

Oakland, CA

Aug 18, 2014 - 06:57pm PT

I love Camp 4 without qualification. My problem is that I've run out of partners who are willing to crash there. Nut Again! was always up for it.

I met and shared a campfire with a crew from Spain who had been derelict at sea for over a week. I thought it was bullshit until they showed me pics.

I also got a free, two-week long master class in climbing from a guy that I met in Camp 4. He'd pulled in that morning from Alaska and was hunting for partners. Man was a gifted bastard and took me up many a line I never could have tackled back then. Just watching him send pitch after pitch taught me a shitload. He also psyched me up for my first 5.10 lead in the Valley, which I wouldn't have sacked up for for another year or so without him. I didn't have any partners or friends like him at that time. Never would have happened without Camp 4.

Another night I listened to two drunk friends try to talk their third drunk friend out of a suicide of sorts for over 45 minutes. That sh#t was gold. His plan, at around midnight in winter, with snow covering the whole valley and sub-freezing temps, was to head out on a vision quest in his A. Iverson jersey so he could come to grips with some sh#t that was going down with his woman. I lay in my sleeping bag and listened rapt for the whole time - quality, quality dialogue. I was climbing the next day but I wasn't even mad to be up...

That line can get pretty long outside of the kiosk, it's true. Bumped into this poor bastard, who had spent a rough night waiting. He wasn't a pussy though.

Warbler, if that's not embellishment about leaving your tent in place for two plus years... that goes down as f*#king *magical* as a depiction of what Camp 4 was like back in the day.

whitemeat

Big Wall climber

San Luis Obispo, CA

Aug 21, 2014 - 08:29am PT

You could battle for a spot in camp 4... Or perhaps you could drive in a out of the valley every night...

Or you could just sleep ANYWHERE 300 feet away from a road and for free...

I like the third option personally!