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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 25, 2009 - 08:56pm PT
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is Jody Dyslexic?
nothing left to see in the sierras, move along folks the cool sh#t is in Iowa! oops, I let the cat out of the bag....
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Here we have a great thread, with comments even from Brutus, and we are talking politics?
I guess it's better than giving up all our secret routes we haven't done or may never do.
I've always wondered why more people don't spend two months climbing in the sierra, the way that folks head off to the Himalaya to spend half a year on one stinking route.
If you had sherpa/mule support in the Sierra, you could put up tons of new grade IV's and V's. They are there.
Chris- did your buddy get that second on the Cyclorama?
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HighGravity
Trad climber
Southern California
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All kinds of goodness left in Kings Canyon, from bouldering to big wall.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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could be a couple lines here, maybe?
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Once y'all have tapped out the spots which only have "grueling" approaches and sharks it'll be time to get to the good stuff...
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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argh!
avast, prepare to boarded!
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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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Oct 12, 2016 - 03:50pm PT
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This summer my wife and I climbed a ridge traverse that started from upper Darwin Bench up to and across an unnamed ridge north of Darwin Canyon Lakes, to a nice buttress/ridge that lead up to the Lamarck plateau then to the "other" Mt. Lamarck. I'd refer to it as the Darwin Canyon Ridge or full West Ridge of Mt. Lamarck.
Roper mentions the unnamed peaklet on the initial ridge north of the lower Darwin Canyon Lakes that we traversed across.
Nothing outstanding compared to all the awesome sh#t to climb out there, but thought I'd post here to see if anyone knows about it or has done it.
I'm considering writing it up for the AAJ as a "every mans" type sierra ridge climb which you don't see too much of nowadays in the AAJ.
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Oct 12, 2016 - 07:49pm PT
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What's not left to do in the Sierra is the real question.
Kern Point, for instance. That wall that descends down to the confluence of the Kern and the Kern-Kaweah is immense. If it wasn't a two day approach it'd be a world famous climbing destination.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Oct 12, 2016 - 08:16pm PT
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Funny how many of the rocks mentioned on this have been climbed since this thread started, and still soooooooooo much to do!
Maybe Vitaliy used this as a tick list? :)
Split, I'd write it up. If anything they'll probably at least include it online. I didn't submit stuff for a while because I didn't think it was hardcore enough then they included my routes once they found out on their own. I guess they're not too picky!
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Oct 13, 2016 - 09:21am PT
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Gary. Do you know if anybody has been on that Kaweah Peaks Ridge? I wonder what that ridgetop traverse is like.
Gotta say, most of you here, including Limpingcrab, have a higher bar that I as to what is fun.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Oct 13, 2016 - 09:23am PT
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I didn't think it was hardcore enough then they included my routes once they found out on their own
It never ceases to amaze me how many climbs have been done prior to their first ascents.
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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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Oct 13, 2016 - 10:01am PT
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Maybe Vitaliy used this as a tick list? :)
that's what I thought when I found this thread. :)
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chainsaw
Trad climber
CA
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Oct 14, 2016 - 12:16am PT
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chainsaw
Trad climber
CA
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Oct 14, 2016 - 12:17am PT
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chainsaw
Trad climber
CA
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Oct 14, 2016 - 12:19am PT
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chainsaw
Trad climber
CA
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Oct 14, 2016 - 12:20am PT
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chainsaw
Trad climber
CA
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Oct 14, 2016 - 12:27am PT
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Whitecliff peak. Access is 14 mile hike from East Side near Coleville. Follows Silverking Creek to Tamarack Lake Bivy. Then 1.2 mile scramble to whitecliff lake. Topout 10,000 feet. I put up the first pitch (10A) of what would be the Regular Route but our party got drven off by hailstorm that turned to torrential rain. Plan for three days. Look for my bail anchor (a hex and stopper). Rock is Monzonite and very dirty, flaring, shallow off hands..... Most gear placements required gardening. I was emboldened by my partners, a rope gun and an EMT. I wonder if anybodies done it since?
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Oct 14, 2016 - 06:06am PT
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Gary. Do you know if anybody has been on that Kaweah Peaks Ridge? I wonder what that ridgetop traverse is like.
I know people have tried it, someone must have been successful.
Oh, according to summitpost:
Sean O'Rourke completed the traverse from Mount Kaweah to Black Kaweah in 19 hours from Mineral King, taking the easier (5.4) route outlined below. I have been unable to find reports of other attempts, successful or not.
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SuperTopo on the Web
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Santa Cruz Dome (across from The Watchtower in Sequoia NP)
Let us know!