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Mick Ryan
Trad climber
Kendal, English Lake District
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This page gives more information.
Climbing Access to the Tableland: http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/bishop/bouldering/access_b.html
And as many will tell you, the amount of undocumented bouldering on the Eastern Sierra exceeds that which is documented (advertised); from the White mountains to the Sierra, and all over the valley from south of Lone Pine to north of Mammoth Lakes you can find high quality bouldering.
Solitude and adventure are easy to find (especially with Google Earth!).
However many humans do like to congregate in one spot, especially as many have named and graded problems in their sights to take away as trophies.
Mick
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Mick Ryan
Trad climber
Kendal, English Lake District
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In 1999, the Access Fund generously contributed financial resources to support the campground and its facilities.
In 2001, the Access Fund again stepped up to the plate to support the Bureau and the climbing community by matching the Bureau's costs of campground maintenance and toilet maintenance.
They are also financially supporting cultural resource surveys of the Chalk Bluff area. Kath Pyke of the Access Fund has been a major supporter of BLM's bouldering initiatives and is such a joy to work with. These folks are pretty cool. So please give Access Fund your support!!!
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/bishop/bouldering/camping_b.html
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chainsaw
Trad climber
CA
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Dear Mick, thanks for the info. I will update our CRAGS board of directors about the Access Fund involvement in the Bishop area and get our members on board. If I seem like an asswhole, it is just my way of drawing attention to the issue. Stirring a little controversy gets the dialogue going; and from there, hopefully wisdom can prevail. Ultimately I seek to join in the consensus that appears to be forming around access issues. Perhaps what we lack is central leadership. As an Access fund affiliate, we ironically get little or no information from our comrades in Colorado. Although the grass roots is where our support and strength (and money) comes from, we need central leadership in order to be aware of each others' activities, fostering awareness, cooperation and efficiency. Recently my climbing team hosted and Adopt-A-Crag event that saw 46 participants. We are passionate about community service and seek additional opportunities to contribute our labors. Let us at CRAGS know what we can do to help. And thanks for your continued inspiration and leadership.
P.S. I have been a fan of yours since one of my climbing partners starred in "West Coast Pimp." Where can I find a DVD copy of this classic?
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Chainsaw is right about there being land up there for sale. I haven't yet been up there to check out exactly where, but it is very close to the happies.
At three and a half million, a likely deep well, and off the grid utilities, the property will go to someone with a lot of money.
Too bad, it would make a pretty sweet Bishop climbers ranch (if you could get a zoning change to allow for something like that.)This would likely piss of the one neighbor up there though, and he's a freind of mine.
Tom
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euro-brief-guy
climber
Auburn, ca
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Glad I got the bishop bouldering thing out of my system many years ago. Now I visit to climb in the Gorge during the day and play poker at night.....good fun.
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72hw
Trad climber
Hollyweird, CA
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Decided to avoid the Happies on Saturday and opted to head up to the Druid Stones instead. The approach really cut down the crowds of course, but there were still a ton of other people who decided to make the trek. Counted 5 cars parked halfway up the dirt road, another 6 at the parking area and a handful along the main road further out.
No real crowds to speak of at the Happies yesterday, and only saw one other human at the Sads - guess everyone had to get back home last night...
All in all it was a wonderful weekend at Bishop - glad the people who got bouldering at the Happies out of their systems years ago stayed away, as did the rest of the people who think the area is played out. There were enough of us who have only just begun to discover the magic of the area around to make it a fun weekend!
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