Trip Report
Yosemite micro TR, mostly to get the attention of the guys who climbed Lemon!

by Mike Bolte
Sunday May 8, 2011 11:00am
May 7, 2011 was a beautiful day in the Valley.

The kids were there so there was lots of bouldering.
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Kor Problem
Kor Problem
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Cocaine Corner (bigtime sandbag at V5)
Cocaine Corner (bigtime sandbag at V5)
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OK, the old guys bouldered a bit too when they weren't busy complainin...
OK, the old guys bouldered a bit too when they weren't busy complaining about elbow problems
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This photo above is important as you can see the Donini Face on the left.

Shannon made her first trad lead on Jamcrack - looked solid as a rock
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And now, the only reason for the micro TR: got some nice shots of a fellow leading Lemon over there by Jamcrack-send me a note via ST you guys and I'll send the rest of the photos.
Lemon (click for larger version)
Lemon (click for larger version)
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Of course to end the day there was an ape hanging session. BITD we didn't allow pads for this kind of stuff.
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Mike Bolte 		About the Author
Mike Bolte is a trad climber from Planet Earth.

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enjoimx

Trad climber
SLO
  May 8, 2011 - 04:25pm PT
Cool photos

Lemon is fun!
squatch

Boulder climber
santa cruz, CA
  May 8, 2011 - 06:10pm PT
Rad! good to see you guys havin some fun!
msiddens

Trad climber
  May 8, 2011 - 06:13pm PT
Say man, Lemon looks like fun. Curious, one of the two hangers at the anchor looks gone. The remaining was backed up and equalized to a tree that has since fallen out. Curious, how does one get off? Single bolt?
Mike Bolte

Trad climber
Planet Earth
Author's Reply  May 8, 2011 - 10:40pm PT
not *positive* what those folks did, but I think they used the single bolt with a slack backup for the leader to lower off. Then the second took courage in the lack of failure of the single bolt when the leader lowered, cleaned the backup and came down off the single.
graniteclimber

Trad climber
The Illuminati -- S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Division
  May 11, 2011 - 06:23pm PT
Thanks.
Brokedownclimber

Trad climber
Douglas, WY
  May 11, 2011 - 07:40pm PT
Sounds like a good ASCA project to replace the anchor!
This climb is "on my list."
survival

Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
  May 13, 2011 - 10:03am PT
Dear lord, save us from: wow really?
neversummer

climber
30 mins. from suicide USA
  May 13, 2011 - 12:58pm PT
bump
jahil

Social climber
London, Paris, WV & CA
  May 13, 2011 - 07:39pm PT
You'll be glad to hear that the elbow is healing up nicely, thank you.
steve
Ezra Ellis

Trad climber
WA, & NC & Idaho
  May 15, 2011 - 01:34pm PT
Nice looking first lead!
Mike Bolte

Trad climber
Planet Earth
Author's Reply  May 15, 2011 - 08:25pm PT
I have met alot of terrific young folks through climbing.

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Zander

climber
  May 17, 2011 - 01:09pm PT
Nice!
JEleazarian

Trad climber
Fresno CA
  May 17, 2011 - 01:14pm PT
Excellent! Thanks.

John
scuffy b

climber
heading slowly NNW
  May 18, 2011 - 04:42pm PT
The book I read was in your eyes.
Clint Cummins

Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
  Jun 29, 2011 - 01:19am PT
> Sounds like a good ASCA project to replace the anchor!

Replaced on 6/19.
See
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1492905&msg=1540407#msg1540407
Studly

Trad climber
WA
  Jun 29, 2011 - 07:47am PT
What a Lemon! Nice!
jahil

Social climber
London, Paris, WV & CA
  Jun 29, 2011 - 08:32am PT
Nice Clint, thankyou.

steve
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