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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 14, 2008 - 04:49pm PT
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not a view you see in images often...
where is it seen from?
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Nov 14, 2008 - 04:53pm PT
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Either lobro, or Ed's crack.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2008 - 04:55pm PT
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not Reed's, it is on a route... which one?
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seamus mcshane
climber
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Nov 14, 2008 - 04:56pm PT
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Nutcracker Suite?
Commish Butt.?
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nutjob
Stoked OW climber
San Jose, CA
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Nov 14, 2008 - 05:01pm PT
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Top of Absolutely Free? Or somewhere on Hawkman's or top of Lower Brother?
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Matt
Trad climber
primordial soup
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Nov 14, 2008 - 05:08pm PT
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it's well east of nutcracker, or at least the perspective is from a point to the north of the top of nutcracker
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Nov 14, 2008 - 05:09pm PT
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"Another Valley Obscurity"
Even I knew that.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2008 - 05:12pm PT
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Michael's Ledge, Lower Brother
Fri Nov 7, 2008 in Camp 4 parking lot I meet cleo and Bob (NPS intern geologist) for a fun adventure to scout out possible area for her rockfall research project.
Up the Michael's Ledge route on the Lower Brother. This is a 4th class scramble until you get to the major rock fall area mid cliff, then it is a very loose 4th class scramble...
...done in the 1920s by Charles Michael, it has been mostly a down climb, as Roper describes: "This route follows the broad, wooded ledge diagonaling up and right across the south face of Lower Brother. Although it affords the easiest way to the summit of Lower Brother, Michael's Ledge is not recommended due to brush, uninteresting class 1 scree slopes, and rotten rock."
It was all those things, and more!
Here is cleo and Bob a bit higher on decomposing granite
At some point it gets rotten, and loose, and a bit scary... cleo cleo off around the corner, there is a lot of air to here right!
One spooky thing about this place is the rather huge rockfall that occurred in the recent past, likely from this face
While I was belaying cleo across I was listening to the rocks whizz by. I got up to her and we contemplated crossing what one friend refers to as "the Ledges of Horror," which are quite doable if you are used to being one of those ducks at the Carnival shooting games... we didn't cross after hearing yet another projectile plunge past.
We did get a bit of work done... and managed to get out before it was too dark, here is alpenlite on Half-Dome taken during our descent.
A fun day to a place I'd never been. What more can you ask for?
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nov 14, 2008 - 05:14pm PT
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From the midpoint on the the Walker Spur.
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Gene
climber
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Nov 14, 2008 - 06:13pm PT
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Ed,
Have you ever done those obscure 1930s-era routes on Lower Bro? I don't have Roper at hand now to give you the correct names, but I remember those routes being very fun, in a mountaineering sense, especially due to the views. The ridge on top of the Lower Bro. is cool.
Has anyone ever done the Banks' route in the corner between Lower and Middle Bro? I keep promising myself to take a look.
Why is it Lower Bro., Middle Bro., and Eagle Peak? I’ve always wondered.
Gene
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Nov 14, 2008 - 06:17pm PT
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'Twas a fun day! Thanks Ed, for coming along Friday, and for Phil (and all the others) on Saturday.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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Nov 14, 2008 - 06:59pm PT
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Be careful out there Mr. Ed - those 'portable' routes invoke high risk behavior ;-)
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Joe Metz
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Nov 14, 2008 - 07:21pm PT
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I went up there years ago just to enjoy the view. You can look straight down onto the meanders on the Merced - very pretty. Didn't go past the point where the trees ended, though. It looked pretty scary out there.
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CF
climber
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Nov 14, 2008 - 07:33pm PT
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I have been there several times, Great place for photos.
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland: what's not to love?
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Nov 14, 2008 - 09:44pm PT
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What a photo, CF! I like that sterling quality to it.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
climber
Last >>
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Nov 15, 2008 - 02:29am PT
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Good on you Ed . . . and yes , the same " Michael " of Michael minaret too . Phil_B's Gigapan trumps all tho . I've been looking for a decent picture of this formation . . . what's it called ?
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Nov 15, 2008 - 02:49am PT
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So many great perspective in the Valley that few people every see except climbers. Awesome. Thanks Ed.
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