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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Nov 29, 2011 - 12:31am PT
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Cathedral Pk from Gaylor Lake
Felsic, Dozier Dome
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Nov 29, 2011 - 12:36am PT
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Fantastic photos everyone. My heart lives here. lynne
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 29, 2011 - 02:40am PT
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^^^
Welcome to hell. You picked the perfect thread for an entry. Did I say entry?
Edit- where did Dave go? Don't start deleting stuff. Was that the real Yerian?
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the goat
climber
north central WA
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Nov 29, 2011 - 03:28am PT
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What a thread, brings back some really fine memories. Can't top the superlatives already posted, just gotta say I love this place.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Nov 29, 2011 - 10:55am PT
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for whatever reason, I didn't have much going on in Tuolumne Meadows this year... sad to let a season go by without lots of memories... but my very best effort is shaping up to be an FA I did with Eric around and about that region... a 4 pitch climb with three pitches of 5.10...
Eric had called and asked "what are you up for?" and I replied "anything", he asked me that three more times and I replied the same... I could tell he was psyched for a great project, which we did...
(I'm not supposed to reveal anything about this... but I'm horrible, I know, but don't ask where... I won't tell)
It was the best of the all to brief season for me...
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Greg Barnes
climber
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Nov 29, 2011 - 12:51pm PT
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Anyone climbed on Well Hung wall - the one with the sinuous large roof a little above Dozier? Just one mention of the 5-pitch 5.10 route "Well Hung" in the '82 Alan Nelson guide...
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surfstar
climber
Santa Barbara, CA
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Nov 30, 2011 - 01:15am PT
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I had a great trip this season and saw that Jay Wood posted a few photos from it - I was lucky enough to have him gun for me on some great routes...
Letting him 'use' my rack, hoping to get some of the shine off...
but he barely placed a thing on Piss Easy...
Glad I found a route up there I was comfortable to lead...
Another awesome route to follow this trip...
Such a great place and I'm ever grateful that the friendships I've made up there continue on to other locales all year round!
(edit)I just reviewed my post from last Oct and Jay Wood was the very next poster and someone I would later meet and climb with in Jtree in March of this year and TM in August! The small world of climbers.
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jewedlaw
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Jun 29, 2012 - 01:23pm PT
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Getting psyched for this weekend!!
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Chris Brent
Sport climber
San Francisco
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Jun 29, 2012 - 02:46pm PT
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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A wonderful 5.7, Hobbit Book
Gary coming up the 3rd pitch today
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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SE Buttress Cathedral Peak
Matthes Crest
Tuolumne River cascade
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the goat
climber
north central WA
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Gawd I love this thread. Roy, more photos please...............!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 1, 2012 - 09:31am PT
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Tuolumne_Tradster: love those BIG photos.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Jul 17, 2012 - 11:14am PT
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a true elder...
TM goodness bump
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surfstar
climber
Santa Barbara, CA
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Jul 23, 2012 - 11:19pm PT
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2 long weekends this month and one more coming up! Can't get enough...
...and the climbing was great too - just didn't take any pics of it! From a full-moon 3-man simul of Cathedral (that included J Wood!) to flailing on Do or Fly and leading some slabby runouts - it just feels so awesome being up there...
[edit] An amazing photos in this TR with some awesome TM photos: http://www.supertopo.com/tr/Yosemite-and-Tuolumne-Meadows-July-Climbing-PIC-HEAVY/t11577n.html
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alpinerockfiend
Trad climber
the Magic City
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Jul 24, 2012 - 04:07pm PT
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Wow. It makes me very, very happy to see this thread on the front page again. Gets me all sentimental 'n such...
Roy, I remember looking through your photos on THIS VERY THREAD four years ago, during the last semester of my undergrad at Appalachian State in 2008. The lifestyle, climbs, and characters your photos exposed made me shift my priorities from grad school/career search to calling up the DNC and hunting for a job in the Meadows (great priorities, I know). I couldn't have been more excited when I got called back by the manager of the Tuolumne Meadows Lodge and offered a job up there.
I remember thinking of how I would get the opportunity to join in my own part of the tradition that your photos and stories revealed.
Which is sort of what happened over the course of the next three summers. I worked at the TML, Mono Market, and just dirtbagged it in the Meadows. The relationships I developed, routes I climbed, and all forms of experiences had could fill at least a volume. Someone said earlier on this thread that the Meadows is "heaven on earth" and I couldn't agree more.
My roommate and good friend Eric topping out the Third Pillar, which happened to be his first 5.10 onsight ever. Ironically, an older mentor of mine (Norm Larson from Wilson, WY) had climbed this thing just in front of us and snapped this photo of a relieved Eric just as he topped out.
A stylish Eric on a pre-work ascent of On the Lamb, a pretty regular occurrence:
Obligatory Cottage Dome photo
Rewarded by an incredible sunset after the classic Oz-Gram-Hobbit Book link
Me stoked on Handbook, a pretty underappreciated Meadows classic crack.
Common afternoon occurrence
Behind the TML with some coworkers, witnessing the incredible beauty
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10b4me
Ice climber
dingy room at the Happy boulders hotel
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Jul 24, 2012 - 04:39pm PT
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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8/11/12
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