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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Aug 19, 2009 - 07:21pm PT
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Nice,
Zander
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Aug 19, 2009 - 07:35pm PT
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that rock looks dreamy!!!!
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Omot
Trad climber
The here and now
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Aug 19, 2009 - 07:42pm PT
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Oh yeah! Tick off those classics Tad. Good on ya. Looks like lots of good stuff to YARD on!
Tomo
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cragnshag
Social climber
san joser
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Aug 19, 2009 - 10:11pm PT
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I thought I recognized that last ant... it was Sarah!
Looks like fun!
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tadhunt
Trad climber
Sunnyvale, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 20, 2009 - 02:20am PT
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hah, close but not quite ... Sarah is the 2nd to last climber in the photo. My partner is leading up behind her, and I'm dead last!
Initially, we were first in line, and got the bivy site above everyone else, but it was cold when we woke up so we went back to sleep... mistake! We went from a good chance at first in line, to last! Ah well, it all turned out OK. Still only took us 7:15 total to climb the route.
We all seemed to move at about the same pace after the namesake pitch, so there was very little waiting around after that.
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Dirka
Trad climber
SF
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Aug 20, 2009 - 04:48am PT
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Me likey!
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Bad Climber
climber
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Aug 20, 2009 - 10:52am PT
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Dang, gotta do that route!
I'll stay off on the weekend, however!
Great shots. Thanks.
bAd
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Bad Climber
climber
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Aug 20, 2009 - 11:01am PT
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Er, did you have to get up and go to work on Monday? Yikes! Talk about a hangover.
BaD
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 20, 2009 - 11:20am PT
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I'm pretty impressed with you Cali climbers who live in sea level metro areas who drive the endless miles and deal with the altitude to send Sierra climbs on weekends.
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tadhunt
Trad climber
Sunnyvale, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 20, 2009 - 12:59pm PT
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Jim,
It's not too bad. We drove up on Friday night and bivied on Sonora Pass (about 9,200 feet at the bivy site).
Then on Saturday, we hiked out to basecamp at about 9,500 feet.
Sunday, we scrambled up to the base of the climb, which was probably right around 10,000 feet. The top is about 11,200 as far as I know.
So it's pretty high, but not excessively so. I seem to operate pretty well at altitude (at least up to 14,400 anyway!) A little shortness of breath but no headaches or anything worse so far (knock on wood).
BTW, I've run into you twice at Indian Creek. The second time was this past April at the start of my "I quit my job and am gonna be a climbing bum" trip. We got a good picture with you at the base of Chocolate Corner, where you were slaving away for some folks that won you in an auction or something.
It was cold that day. Shortly thereafter, I was leading "The Drainpipe" (5.10+) in the snow!
Bad Climber: I didn't have to work on Monday, but Chris & Sarah did (Our friends and also the party of two ahead of us), and so did my partner! Yeah, it pays to be a climbing bum. I got to sleep in, and then spent Monday sorting through my pics from the weekend :-)
-Tad
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tadhunt
Trad climber
Sunnyvale, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 20, 2009 - 09:32pm PT
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I know it's not quite right to bump my own trip report, especially when I'm already the last to reply to it, but, I just finished one (of two) videos from the climb. "The Approach". This should help out all the 'tards that get lost on the approach: "I couldn't find the log, so I had to wade across!"
Anyway, I put a link to the video at the top of my trip report. Enjoy!
-Tad
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