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micronut

Trad climber

fresno, ca

Topic Author's Reply - Nov 19, 2008 - 05:47pm PT

We were closer to 17 hrs round trip. Is that near the record? We thought we moved kinda well and didn't dink around much on the approach or the route. We must be really outa shape compared to most climbers.

Jaybro

Social climber

wuz real!

Nov 19, 2008 - 05:51pm PT

I don't know about the record, but I've done it twice during the long days of summer (first time with a party of three) and we were pretty much predawn to post sunset, car to car.
Doing it in 17hrs means you were moving right along!

Thanks!

cleo

Social climber

Berkeley, CA

Nov 19, 2008 - 06:14pm PT

Fun fun! Ya did great - its not a race!

Thanks for the TR!

Barbarian

Trad climber

all bivied up on the ledge

Nov 19, 2008 - 06:29pm PT

Only Snake Dike?
The beauty of this sport is that grade really doesn't matter. We all get to climb at some level and that level changes throughout our lives. After Six to the Free Nose....it is all worthy.
Two friends do a climb they've always wanted to do. They had a great time sharing the experience, the view, the brotherhood. Add in a couple of Wesh bro's for good measure. Man, that was a great TR! I wish I had been there. Thanks for sharing! You guys get it!

shutupandclimb

climber

So. Cal..............d00d

Nov 19, 2008 - 06:33pm PT

Very Nice, A fun read and it sounds like a great trip.

Thanks

rhyang

climber

SJC

Nov 19, 2008 - 06:38pm PT

Sorry micronut .. I am still on drugs for my cold .. I misread your report and thought you did it much faster than our time in '06.

Either way, I am usually quite fried after 17 hours on the move :)

survival

Big Wall climber

A Token of My Extreme

Nov 19, 2008 - 06:41pm PT

Me and a couple buds from the military did Mt. Rainier in 19 hrs car to car when I was 25 yrs old and I could barely move the next day....

nutjob

Stoked OW climber

San Jose, CA

Nov 19, 2008 - 06:44pm PT

Wonderful report. Very heartwarming!

The most awful and drained I've ever felt from physical exertion, was at about 10pm on the day we did Snake Dike. I recall being in fetal position in the back seat of a car...

micronut

Trad climber

fresno, ca

Topic Author's Reply - Nov 19, 2008 - 06:44pm PT

Looks like Snake Dike has been doune a couple times in Four hours and possibly three hours car-to-car. Bummer about the record. Looks like we missed it by bout 14 hours and change. Oh well there's always next season.

Brian Biega climbed Snake Dike and Royal Arches back to back in six and half hours! Here are his splits:
Total Time: 6hrs 30min 4sec
The times in the list below are Section/Total Time

39.58.23/39.58.23 Car-Top of Vernal (Car parked at road closure/day use parking)
1.08.57/1.48.56 Top of Vernal-Base of Climb
56.37.80/2.45.33 Base of Climb-Summit
14.04.87/2.59.38 Summit-Bottom of Stairs (This is where you can go skiiers left to the reg. route or right back to lost lake)
24.22.96/3.24.07 Bottom of Stairs-Lost Lake (I guess this section took much longer than I remember, oh well)
25.42.48/3.49.44 Lost Lake-Top of Vernal
22.23.16/4.12.07 Top of Vernal-Car *CTC 4.12.07 Snake Dike Only

15.50.92/4.27.58 Drive-Rest (15.50.92 time of only resting, drinking & driving, etc. (drink more water, drop pack, change socks, etc.))
50.48.59/5.18.46 Car-Top of Arches (Car/Awahnahee)
1.11.17/6.30.04 Top of Arches-Car *CTC, Drive, CTC 6.30.04 both routes total time

Matt

Trad climber

primordial soup

Nov 19, 2008 - 06:54pm PT

no offense-

but i will never understand this fascination people have with timing their climbs.

as for me, i'm slower than hans, but still faster than some.

rhyang

climber

SJC

Nov 19, 2008 - 08:19pm PT

Mostly I think about timing as a matter of training; in alpine scenarios I tend to believe the adage 'speed is safety'.

I don't compare myself to other people, except to wonder if maybe I can further improve something I am doing. Sometimes I can, and sometimes I can't.

One of the things I like about climbing is that there is never a shortage of new things to learn. YMMV

Zander

Trad climber

Berkeley

Nov 19, 2008 - 09:30pm PT

All right micronut!
Nice report. I would love to do that thing again. We got to the top about noon. It was spring. We were eating lunch, enjoying the views, when a 12 year old kid comes strolling up. He was the first one up the cables, which were still lying down. Cool kid! By the time we got over there there were people everywhere. It was wild to go from the quiet of the summit to the madhouse of the cables with people crying and carrying on!
Thanks for your report
Climb on!
Zander

Hoots

climber

Tacoma, Toyota

Nov 19, 2008 - 09:35pm PT

Great writing, and some really cool pictures taken. I liked the line "my shadows were hiking faster than I was so started folling them for a while..." Classic!

Brunosafari

Boulder climber

Redmond, OR

Nov 19, 2008 - 10:37pm PT

Thanks Micronut and congrats on ascending one of the world's purest and most gorgeous.

nick d

Trad climber

Nov 19, 2008 - 11:06pm PT

Thanks for the great TR! Really enjoyable read!

It sounds to me like you had 14 hours more fun than that guy who did it on the rocketsled. He got ripped off!

Lynne Leichtfuss

Social climber

valley center, ca

Nov 20, 2008 - 12:00am PT

Beautiful Rock, Crazy guys, Super Trip and Pics. Lynne

Inner City

Trad climber

East Bay

Nov 20, 2008 - 12:38am PT

Micro you hit this one a mile.
I loved your TR and it reminded me of how great a long day out can be. I did Snake Dike as my first rock climb 20 years ago and I was hooked. It took us around 14 hours I recall, but we were with a veteran hard guy who made it all easier. The route is grand but the WHOLE DAY is so great...the Welsh couple are an amazing aspect. We used to always run down the last few miles as a matter of course--once I saw Galen Rowell running up the mist trail at 5 AM carrying a tripod for a Half Dome summit sunrise as I was heading up to do snake dike. Time and speed seem less relevant to some things. Not sunrise photography, but...Thanks again!