Trip Report
A n00bs guide to Tahoe
Tuesday July 28, 2015 7:25pm
Last year my lovely lady made a trip out to Kings Beach to hang with some girlfriends. She came back stoked on the area, but some crappy weather derail her plans for climbing. She begged, and pleaded with me to go back with her this summer to fill in the blanks on her itinerary from last year. And me being me...well it wasn't hard to convince me to go climb some California granite so I obliged her request.

Starting back on the North shore we hit up Donner pass, caught up with old friends on the north shore, and then cruised to the south before reversing our steps back home. All in all it turned out to be one of my better vacations in the last few years.

Cheers!

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One Hand Clapping p2
One Hand Clapping p2
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Summits matter!
Summits matter!
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We also got on Black September, but no pics of that thing. Super good splitter!

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mystery muscle man
mystery muscle man
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sunrise paddle
sunrise paddle
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Headed straight to the leap to sample some of cali's better moderates

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Surrealistic Pitch 1
Surrealistic Pitch 1
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Leap day 1 consisted of Surrealistic -> Hospital Corner -> Corrugation

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The crux pitch of Hospital Corner.
The crux pitch of Hospital Corner.
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Corrugation Corner
Corrugation Corner
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KL taking us up corrugation
KL taking us up corrugation
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Pitch 2 of corrugation was a great 5.7!

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KL coming up p2 of corrugation
KL coming up p2 of corrugation
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The glory
The glory
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The beautiful walk off
The beautiful walk off
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The wise old trees bestowing KL with their wisdom.
The wise old trees bestowing KL with their wisdom.
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Kicking it back at camp
Kicking it back at camp
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Day 2 at the leap brought us over to the east wall where we enjoyed the line, and bears reach. The line was great with good crack climbing on p1, and circuitous facey/cracky stuff on p2. We simuled bears reach to get to the american river as fast as possible. I'm pretty sure we crushed Dan-O's time on it.

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THE LINE. which line?
THE LINE. which line?
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About 25-30ft up pitch 1 of The Line there is a reachy crux. For most I'm sure it's an easy reach (it was for me), but for KL she had to fully jump to the dike/hold to get through the crux! Hahaha I couldn't freaking believe my eye's. My love of 6 years has dyno'd ZERO times in her climbing career, and to see her bust out that move my jaw was dropped. She styled the pitch after settling her nerves post jump.

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Linking 2 and 3. Super fun top out!
Linking 2 and 3. Super fun top out!
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Top of bears reach
Top of bears reach
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Definitely felt the love at the leap.

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We were leaped out after those 5 routes in 2 days so we decided to check out Eagle Creek Canyon. Sorry for no climbing shots at Eagle Lake Cliff. Instead I've got some good vistas for ya! (Eagle Lake ticks were - Space Truckin', Quest for Glory, Unknown arete left of Quest for glory, and Buster brown)

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Sooooo nice!
Sooooo nice!
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I'm out Lateeeeeee!!!

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Grippa is a wannabe living in Salt Lake City, UT.

Comments
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
  Jul 28, 2015 - 07:34pm PT
Leapin' lizards!

Getting to grips with some classics.

Like that walk-off...isn't it what dreams are made of?

Imagine early spring and snow plants underfoot.

Solid California gold there.
john hansen

climber
  Jul 28, 2015 - 08:22pm PT
Great trip.

All I can say about that last pic though,,, is,, that water is friggen COLD!!!
le_bruce

climber
Oakland, CA
  Jul 28, 2015 - 08:29pm PT
Grippa, always on point with the 11/10 TRs.

Plus? Best avatar in all of ST. Every time I see it I ponder the divine inspiration.
jonnyrig

climber
  Jul 28, 2015 - 11:42pm PT
Nice. Thanks for sharing.
the Fet

climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
  Jul 28, 2015 - 11:51pm PT
Great stuff.
Ezra Ellis

Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
  Jul 29, 2015 - 03:48am PT
Looks like a great trip, one more place to climb!!
yanqui

climber
Balcarce, Argentina
  Jul 29, 2015 - 07:21am PT
Some fun!
Mike Bolte

Trad climber
Planet Earth
  Jul 29, 2015 - 07:26am PT
nice report. Great bunch of routes.
Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
  Jul 29, 2015 - 10:47am PT
Awesome! Thanks for taking the time to share!
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