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| The pine tree is where Dinner Ledge is. |
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| We started rapping just before the sun was setting behind El Cap and we got back to the car around 10:00PM. |
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| First big wall success! |
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| Summit tree. From here, a single rope rap will get you to another set of anchors where you set up your double rope rap to avoid getting the rope stuck. From that anchor a double rope rap will get you to rap anchors on top of pitch 9. From there follow the |
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| Dan jugging the last pitch! |
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| Starting to get tired, but we have a lot of day light left. |
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| I hated this pitch. |
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| Very straight forward aiding. You can use nuts and cams. |
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| This pitch I am much more aware of the follower. Notice where I head straight up. |
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| Jugging. We decided to top out and rap back down to dinner ledge to grab our gear and rap down with the haul bag. I have 2.5L of water and a bunch of snacks for the day. |
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| Perfectly clear skies for the night. Glacier Point. |
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| The best backdrop to enjoy a dinner under. |
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| Keep the follower in mind when leading! My partner actually had his top ascender pop off because of the distance of my placements. |
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| Fun aiding! The bolt anchor is just above the small roof. |
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| Looking down from the top of pitch 4. Route finding is extremely straight forward at this point. |
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| I actually took a 25 foot fall shortly after this picture was taken. I decided to do two cam hook moves in a row to get out of the roof into the diagonal crack. Also, because there was snow covering the anchors, we slung the huge rock on dinner ledge as a |
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| As you can see, we weren't able to bivy here so we headed up to the right where there is a ledge perfect for two people. |
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| Fun and easy climbing. My mentality for climbing a big wall is do what is quickest. If it's quicker to free, than do it, if you need to pull on a piece because it is quicker, than do it. I think I pulled on a piece because there was a slick section. |
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| Leading the 2nd pitch. |
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