… And they’re off!
A leisurely start followed by an afternoon of toil. A major packathon had neatly sorted food, water and beer for 4 nights (after a quick excursion to the store to […]
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Gone fixin’
After yesterday’s snafu, we at least knew where the actual start of NAW was (the other “unmistakable” triple cracks with a roof, about 50m right of SOD). We’d also blown […]
A bit of a SOD
The smoke is clearing in The Valley and folks are arriving. We were up early with the intention of “fixing” – doing the first 4 pitches of North America Wall […]
Another episode in Bill and Dom’s Excellent Adventures
Bill and I had booked flights to SFO a few weeks in advance, for a planned trip to Yosemite to climb North America Wall on El Cap. Subsequently, the “Ferguson […]
Snake Dike
A fitting end to the trip. We made the 4 hour walk to the base of the route and enoyed a spectacular bivvy with awesome stars. A little chilly at […]
Super speedy on “Super Slide”
More showers yesterday, but Tash and I managed to grab a dryish interlude for a fast ascent of Super Slide, a 5 pitch 5.9 on Royal Arches. Up and down […]
Chance of showers
Turned a bit changeable here so we’ve been cragging. Moody sunlight over East Buttress of Middle Cathedral, partly caused by the smoke from the wildfire …and a couple of pitches […]
Yosemite Birthday
We celebrated Tashy’s 22nd Birthday with a variety of fine Yosemite eating experiences. First up a short stack of blueberry pancakes in the Lodge Then a couple of routes followed […]
Tashy’s first BigWall
Topped out in fine style yesterday and were back in Camp 4 for 6 pm and in the shower soon after. Monster pizza and even bigger Margarita followed before a […]
Camp 4
We managed to move onto Camp 4 a day early and all got on the same site. Miracle! That means we’re not going to have to move again until we […]
Camp 4
We managed to move onto Camp 4 a day early and all got on the same site. Miracle! That means we’re not going to have to move again until we […]
Washington Column – South Face
Tash and Dad’s excellent adventure is going well so far. All going according to plan. On Dinner Ledge at 5.30 having fixed another 2 pitches above. The Kor roof is […]
Salathe Wall on El Cap
Jake and I topped out on “The Captain” at noon on Monday having hauled to Heart Ledge on Friday. Three memorable days on the Big Stone. Day 1 – easy […]
Settling down for the night on Lung Ledge – 13 pitches up Salathe on El Cap
A Relaxed start around 1.30 saw us jugging and hauling 1000ft and getting a pitch in before settling in to Lung Ledge for tea at 6 pm and snuggling into […]
Knob Wall
Tash fancied some free climbing so we headed for a few routes at Knob Hill. Great fun climbing covered in chicken heads.
Freeblast
Jake and I made a fairly snappy ascent of Freeblast – the first 11 pitches of Salathe on El Cap. As I’d done it before, I was belay bunny for […]
Lost Arrow Tip – Yosemite
After a spectacular bivi on the rim above lost arrow (and a few beers in celebration of my birthday ) we did the Lost Arrow Top in fine style. Jake […]
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