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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
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{Little Petie is standing in the back of the classroom, raising his hand and jumping up and down}
"I see myself! I see myself!"
What a great photo, Chris! The night of Saturday Sept 27, I had just finished leading the top of the fifth pitch of KAOS, but Kate and I ended up with separate bivis that night. So my headlamp is the one you see top right, immediately below the [barely visible] Nine O'Clock Roof in the Grey Circle. Kate's headlamp is the one two pitches below although appearing slightly to the right.
In fact, she was directly below me, and the offset effect is due to parallax. How do I know this? Because even when I was bivi'd four hundred feet above her, she STILL made me pee into a bottle!
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Otter
Trad climber
Freeland, MI
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My wife an I were just out in Yosemite for our honeymoon. It was awesome! I've been a gym climber in Michigan for quite some time, and the mountaineering school out there was my first outdoor experience. It was awesome!
We tried to get some pix of the headlamps, but to no avail. Thank you so much for this posting, we are able to share with others what we saw. I explain it as some of the stars finding their way onto the rock face.
So, we were wondering what takes place when you're up there and settling in for the night like that? We could hear shouting, was it between teams, or each other in a single group at different pitches? Is it a party atmosphere, or an exhausted, can't wait to eat and sleep feel? How many days are the average climb? Please give some feedback. Thanks!
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
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Well, some of us are shouting at our partners cuz they're moving too slowly. Or getting shouted at. Typically around dark, there is a huge chorus of shouts, whoops and "El Cap monkey calls" that circulates around the cliff, definitely a celebratory atmosphere. On my ten- or twelve-day routes, I like to savour a good bottle of wine in the evening, or at least a few beers. But I am more of a big wall camper than a climber.
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Basilisk
Ice climber
New Hampshire
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Whoa. Don't wanna be a nudge, but any chance of a higher resolution? I'd like a copy of this as big and high quality as possible
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