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Greg Barnes
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 26, 2009 - 12:40pm PT
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rockermike
Mountain climber
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May 26, 2009 - 01:06pm PT
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Hike from Porcupine Flats to North Dome; about a quarter mile of firm snow; the rest of the trail is dry (well, actually some muddy sections too).
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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May 26, 2009 - 01:15pm PT
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Thanks, very helpful
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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May 26, 2009 - 01:33pm PT
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Slightly OT
Ski report
Monday 25 May
Yesterday skied cross country past Bennetville (between Tioga Pass Resort and Saddleback Lake road)
NE slopes still decent, suncups not too bad.
Talked to other parties who skied False White yesterday, it was still pretty good but going fast.
The really high slopes look excellent still (North and East facing).
Except for Ellery Bowl which had a lot of exposed rocks and recent slide activity up high.
TPR restaurant open to usual high standards. YUM. My wife broke her diet first time in 2 months (so did I, but we'd earned it).
A LOT of scattered snow all over east slopes of Cathedral.
Looked as if entire first pitch of "regular" Fairview route was under a snow tongue. Didn't walk in to have a better look.
Everything higher than Cathedral is snow covered on North and East
Really beautiful up there yesterday.
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Simeon
Social climber
Reno
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May 26, 2009 - 07:23pm PT
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What routes did you get on?
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sibylle
Trad climber
On the road again!
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May 26, 2009 - 07:41pm PT
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We climbed on Stately Pleasure Dome, which is almost all dry, and on Pywiack, where the west end is fine. Lembert looks good too. the weather is awesome - cool , perfect temperatures, sunny, and gorgeous.
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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May 26, 2009 - 08:07pm PT
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Went by on Saturday and couldn't believe how empty most of the routes were....a dreamland!
Peace
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shwilly
Trad climber
vegas
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May 26, 2009 - 08:30pm PT
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wait.. is tioga pass open?
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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May 26, 2009 - 08:32pm PT
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ron--
shoulda let us know-- we could've come up saturday. we'll be on the east side next week, btw.
summer's here.
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Greg Barnes
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - May 26, 2009 - 08:56pm PT
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Simeon - we just got on a few routes - came up late Saturday and met friends at Daff for a little cragging:
Then we went to Bishop to visit friends, got a little bike ride in Sunday - got pretty rough at a few spots...can anyone name the location?:
Got up to Tuolumne around 11 on Sunday, and we headed up here:
Skipped this 5.10 that James & Max put up a few years ago, despite how inviting it looked as a green-slime coated waterfall (what the heck is it called James?):
Skipped this 5.11R that Werner put up - Universal Corner:
Skipped this 5.12 roof traverse that Shipoopi put up, Engine in Distress - it still has a couple 1/4" bolts with Leepers as the anchor:
Skipped this newer 5.12 with loads of bolts, Schoen's knob-breaking Mocha Velvet Stout (edited: had the name wrong):
And went right to this lowly "single-digit" route (as Joe calls them) - only 5.9:
Starting up the second pitch:
On the way down:
Someone down on the Dike route:
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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May 26, 2009 - 09:18pm PT
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Man, what cool photo's, I must go to Toulumne soon. The bike route looks like Lower Rock Creek Trail. I rode it two weeks ago, what a blast! Hey that looks like the spot I went over my handlebars and stacked.
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Fluoride
Trad climber
Hollywood, CA
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May 26, 2009 - 09:27pm PT
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I was up there last weekend. How can you NOT go there once the pass opens up? Plenty of routes that don't face north that are open and up for grabs (only one party on all of Stately Pleasure).
Lots of standing snow still near the entrance from the 395 side and water flowing everywhere in the meadows.
TPM/TPG is closed as well as the campground (which appeared flooded at the entrance gate.
I guess I saw Greg's party, as there were actually a healthy number of cars at the Daff pullout later in the day Saturday. Didn't see anyone on WC or CA so figured it was craggin'.
Have plenty of photos, maybe will have time later tonight or tomorrow AM to download. They're still in my cam.
Cheers to Tuolumne '09. Hope everyone has a great season up there!
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James
climber
My twin brother's laundry room
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May 26, 2009 - 09:34pm PT
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That's the Hipster Handbook Greg!
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Greg Barnes
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - May 26, 2009 - 09:41pm PT
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Cool James! That missed the '06 Reid/Falkenstein guide, so if you don't watch out, a future Ed is going to be listing it as an old obscurity only rumored to have been done somewhere between Tenaya Lake and South Whizz Dome...
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sibylle
Trad climber
On the road again!
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May 27, 2009 - 12:00am PT
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I'm trying to post a n image. Bear with me if the image tag won't work -- I'll get it eventually!
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sibylle
Trad climber
On the road again!
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May 27, 2009 - 12:01am PT
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Tenaya Lake
Got the image tag, thanks to Peter Haan's help!
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
North of the Owyhees
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May 27, 2009 - 12:04am PT
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Nice pics, all. Thanks.
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sibylle
Trad climber
On the road again!
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May 27, 2009 - 12:08am PT
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And one from the other side of the Pass ..
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sibylle
Trad climber
On the road again!
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May 27, 2009 - 12:12am PT
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And a bear cub I saw near Crane flat
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rhyang
climber
SJC
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May 27, 2009 - 02:01am PT
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Beautiful pics !! Gotta get up there soon ..
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Nor Cal
Trad climber
San Mateo
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May 27, 2009 - 10:25am PT
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Hey Greg,
what crag is "Hipsters Handbook" on. Is it in any guide?
thanks
-Rob
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bearbnz
Trad climber
East Side, California
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May 27, 2009 - 10:52am PT
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Greg - The location of your bike ride is the old Silver Canyon trail/abandoned road. Did you ride all the way up that thing, or do a car shuttle?
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Greg Barnes
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - May 27, 2009 - 10:58am PT
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Yep, that's the spot! I cheated and got a shuttle (to Schulman Grove), then rode back that way while everyone else hiked the 4+ mile loop, so I beat them back to Bishop even stopping all over the place. I've done it from the bottom a few times, and one time from Westguard pass. No bighorn this time, but I've run into them a couple times on the old road.
Nor Cal, it's the obvious black corner (well, black once the waterfall dries up and the green algae dries out) above the up trail at Phobos/Deimos. Ask James if you want details on what it's like!
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Nor Cal
Trad climber
San Mateo
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May 27, 2009 - 11:07am PT
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Greg, what was the 5.9 you guys were on Phobos? Deimos?
looks great. I've just never been up to that cliff. but it may be next on my tick list..
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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May 27, 2009 - 11:17am PT
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Hey Greg is that the ride down the front that ends up at the Laws Museum? We've done the shuttle ride down the back side which was pretty cool but not as hairball as the front side is supposed to be.
Nice Meadows pics!
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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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May 27, 2009 - 01:35pm PT
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"You Asked For It" looks dry! Yikes...
Nice pics - Thanks Greg!
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alpinerockfiend
Trad climber
The American West
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May 27, 2009 - 05:09pm PT
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The 5.9 route Greg's on in the photo is Phobos, all-time classic.
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msiddens
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA
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May 27, 2009 - 06:02pm PT
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Thanks Greg and nice beard btw. Yep, lower rock creek and I'll be spinning that in a few weeks.
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Greg Barnes
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - May 27, 2009 - 06:05pm PT
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You said You Asked For It? Photos from the first-ascent-with-a-3/8"-bolt-kit (yep, Drew led with a 3/8" bolt kit and bolt pulling gear, then hung on one original bolt while pulling & drilling out the other hole!):
The second pro bolt on the first pitch - yeah, I know, the camera was not exactly pro quality:
Leading the 2nd pitch - Karin's belaying, and I'm waiting for Drew to place one good bolt at the next anchor before I replace the 2nd bolt at this one:
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Greg Barnes
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - May 27, 2009 - 06:09pm PT
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msiddens - not Lower Rock Creek (although I did ride that at dusk on Saturday) - it's the old Silver Canyon road in the Whites.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
In the mountains... somewhere...
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May 27, 2009 - 07:09pm PT
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Great photos Greg. The IceMan delivers!
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Fluoride
Trad climber
Hollywood, CA
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May 28, 2009 - 10:26am PT
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Better late than never, here's some pics from last weekend. I'll omit the good dome and route shots as for the most part they're already posted, so here's some snow overview:
Third Pillar:
Still lots of snow as you approach the kiosk:
Meadows looking wet and under melt-out:
More:
Why is the store still closed?
Pretty Tenaya:
Bear Creek Spire...just because. Cruised by there on the way up to Tuolumne. Still plenty of snow:
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chanceboarder
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Here is one I got of Tenaya this past Sat 5/30
Jason
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Dapper Dan
climber
Menlo Park
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Tenaya peak on 6/06/09 , Still some big patches of snow making most of the lower portion of the route wet .
I went up to go do Cathedral , the approach is wet but you can bypass the snow pretty easy . I went up in tennis shoes . The base and route are basically snow free. The descent still has solid snow up near the top . It got very cold on the route and my fingers went numb so i bailed . A very cold day on Saturday
Wet and cold , with some snow at the pass.
Still prefer being there wet and cold than just about any other place !
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Joe
Social climber
Santa Cruz Mountains/Los Gatos
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an attempt to share meadows photos from photobucket
why do I think this isn't going to work.
nice shots greg.
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Greg Barnes
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 7, 2009 - 06:43pm PT
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It's pretty easy, upload the photo - you don't even have to re-size it if you pick this: Reduce to: 640 x 480 (Large)
in the upload images & video screen on photobucket. Then copy the bottom-most of the 4 that pop up below the shot when you hold your mouse over it (the IMG code), and paste it here - and here you go:
Joe in the Valley, May '08
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rhyang
climber
SJC
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Speaking of Hoffman, I notice that Secor mentions a couple of 5.7 routes: Merle Alley Route (north face) and the East Face. Anyone ever done them ?
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Joe
Social climber
Santa Cruz Mountains/Los Gatos
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Jun 10, 2009 - 01:23pm PT
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Joe
Social climber
Santa Cruz Mountains/Los Gatos
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Jun 10, 2009 - 01:24pm PT
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I did it!!
I'm a techno genius!
I posted my first taco photos!!!
thank you greg.
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Dapper Dan
climber
Menlo Park
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Jun 21, 2009 - 11:21am PT
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There is still a fair amount of snow above 10 thousand feet in Tuolumne.
this is taken (6/20/09) from the top of Cathedral, looks like the approach to mathes crest would be wet.
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
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Chanceboarder, damn is this a fine pic
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