Sierra Nevada > Yosemite National Park > Cathedral Rocks/Spires > Climber's Log
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| WDW4 | First Yosemite Climb  Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2011 | |
| Climbed Higher Cathedral Rock by Braille Book route, done in 5 pitches. Also my first multipitch route. I was not leading, but it sure was fun! | |
| Posted Jan 9, 2012 2:07 pm | ||
| dkangas | Second Time Date Climbed: Dec 13, 2011 | |
| Did Gunsight then scrambled to the top of MC on the class 3 slabs of the western face. From there to Upper Cathedral and down the Spires Gully. | ||
| Posted Dec 14, 2011 2:18 pm | ||
| WML | Middle | |
| T-stormed off of Paradise Lost... Lines were too long on the other classics and the first few pitches of the Kor-Beck just weren't very attractive... | |
| Posted Sep 25, 2011 12:58 pm | ||
| Vitaliy M. | East Buttress of MC/Central Pillar of Frenzy Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2011 | |
| Cool route with a good friend Bryan. We were on our way to attempt N buttress of Mt. Goode but t-storms on the east side pushed us to climb in the valley instead. Was a great choice! 9/25/2011 Central Pillar of Frenzy, also with Bryan. My favorite pure rock climb ever, by a mile!!! 9/25/2011 | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2011 2:48 pm | ||
| cp0915 | Higher Cathedral Rock Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2010 | |
| With DB. A nice day out. | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2010 10:35 am | ||
| kovarpa | Higher Cathedral Spire Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2010 | |
| Regular route, with Carol. Lead all pitches. We did the original variation on the second pitch and I found it quite challenging. Great route in a great setting, the approach kinda sucks :-) | |
| Posted Jun 28, 2010 2:47 pm | ||
| Steve Larson | Oof! Date Climbed: May 16, 2010 | |
| NE buttress on Higher Cathedral Rock. 3.5 hours to the halfway point, thinking we were gonna cruise it, then the real climbing started. I was so trashed by the end that I had to prussik up the rope to get past the final 5.9 OW. | |
| Posted May 18, 2010 9:20 am | ||
| kovarpa | Northeast Buttress Date Climbed: May 10, 2009 | |
| Climbed in 9 pitches in about 8.5 hours with Michal. 5.9+ roof on Supertopo finish was f* hard. I had other memorable moments (aka squeeze chimney and "burly 5.10) on the route... highly recommended. | |
| Posted May 11, 2009 9:40 pm | ||
| Bonesaw | HCR - Braille Book Date Climbed: Apr 27, 2009 | |
| AWESOME Climb! Steep, exposed, and sustained with incredible views. | |
| Posted Apr 28, 2009 12:31 am | ||
| Steve1215 | North Buttress, Middle Cathedral Date Climbed: Jun 21, 1979 | |
| Ahhh, the good old days. Climbed the NB with a strong Central Valley farmboy who I met in Camp 4. Nice fellow. Slept in the Gunsight on the way down. The day before that, I climbed The Braille Book with a very pleasant teen-aged girl named Claudia. I wonder where she is now...(a really great route, btw) A few months later--in Sept 79--climbed the East Buttress with a Scotsman named Iain. I think soon after a couple guys were killed on this route...their belay was a manzanita bush, which pulled out. | |
| Posted Mar 18, 2009 2:15 pm | ||
| snowflake | HCR / HCS Date Climbed: Oct 4, 1989 | |
| October ascent of Northeast Buttress on HCR in 1989 - had to bivy 2/3 the way up when ran out of daylight (in middle of sleepless night saw a car stop near mine - when got back down there was a note from the ranger saying "call your wife - she is worried"). A few years later did an October ascent of HCS; regular route. | |
| Posted Mar 12, 2009 7:53 pm | ||
| mountainmatt | Gunsight Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2006 | |
| climbed the gunsight to lower cathedral and enjoyed the HUGE view!! | |
| Posted Nov 25, 2008 7:28 pm | ||
| Stu Brandel | Higher Catherdral Highlight Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2008 | |
| Used Spires Gully to go up Higher Cathedral Rock and have the best hike and view of my valley trip. I missed the use trail at the start but found it going back. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2008 3:29 pm | ||
| Sierra Ledge Rat | Higher Cathedral Spire | |
| Regular route with Dan Dingle. Great view of El Capitan! | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2008 12:00 am | ||
| Sierra Ledge Rat | NW Buttress, Middle Cathedral | |
| My first big wall! | |
| Posted Jul 17, 2008 11:59 pm | ||
| kovarpa | Braille Date Climbed: May 31, 2008 | |
| pretty good route for being first time out this season, linked P3&4, climbed w/ Michal. | |
| Posted Jun 2, 2008 12:28 am | ||
| Diggler | various Date Climbed: Nov 9, 2007 | |
| Higher Cathedral Spire- Regular Route (6.10.'11) Did with Faith. After doing the obligatory, undesirable approach, geared up at the base. 2 assholes jumped in front of us while getting ready ('We want to do a couple routes today. Can we get ahead (in parentheses: 'We don't really care if you like it or not')? Weren't as fast as they thought (couldn't pass the Tyroleans who'd already started), & I guess getting up early to avoid the crowds on a popular climb wasn't obvious enough. Oh well- whatever. At any rate, a phenomenal, justly-classic route. I have a hard time thinking of a team doing this back in the 30s!! While we freed it, the light years that modern equipment/technology/methods are ahead of what was around then is hard to fathom... Climbing was great, though- sustained, solid Valley 5.9, & the summit is hard to beat! Superb views from up top too. Middle Cathedral, Kor-Beck Did this with Rusty. Got a late start (14.00ish) after a leisurely beginning of the day. Enjoyable climb the whole way. We only did the first 6(?) pitches, the standard, I guess. Got back to the base in the dark, but we managed to get to the Village store JUST in time to get beer, so it was a great success! Higher Cathedral Rock, Braille Book (Junish, 2010) Another one with Rob. Thought we were screwed when we heard voices ahead of us near the base of the route. We blasted up along the base, though, while the competition wallowed through the underbrush, & we snaked 'em. Great success!! Behind another party, but not a big deal. After me taking forever to finally sack up to get past the psychological crux on P1, the rest went smoothly. Some old-school Valley 5.'8' for sure! Great climbing though, & another awesome day in The Valley. Higher Cathedral Rock- NE buttress With Rob again. Started the route at a relatively late 9.38. After the obligatory rock-paper-scissors, Rob got odd pitches, I even. First few pitches went great, & left us totally unprepared for what lay ahead... This climb is a burly, old-school Yo-f$%*ing-semite climb, & will spank you & make you grovel if you aren't on your off-width/chimney game. Nonetheless, it is an utter classic, & should not be missed... Incredibly sustained, consistently strenuous climbing, incredible views on the way up & on the top (we tagged the true summit). Headlamps on El Cap (esp. the line up The Nose) was cool, descent in the dark interesting. Beer upon return was well-earned! The 2 guys we met at the start as well as upon our return (back at their car) from LA who'd just done the DNB were cool- thanks for your hospitality! :) Another great day in The Valley!! Middle Cathedral- E Buttress Climbed with Rob. What a great climb! As it sprinkled on our drive in from outside the park, I was a bit apprehensive, but it ended up working out great. We could barely see anything down the Valley, as views were obscured by smoke from forest fires. That, added to the fact that we were the only ones on the route that day, & it was November, made for a surreal day of climbing. Being pretty out of it (in the middle of a case of the flu), I took a short fall while leading the "5.8" section (seemed stiff for a 5.8) right below the 2 fixed pins on P3. Had a few minor slips on stuff I'd normally feel fine about too. Anyway, led the 5.9 roof free & w/o incident, which was nice. Rob did a great job of leading all his pitches. I led Ps 2-3 (combined), 5 (aided bolt ladder), 7, 9, & 11. Started descent down the gully shortly before twilight, got back to the truck in the dark- glad we didn't go for the true summit. Descent back to the Katwalk & from there to the start of the gully would have been impossible! All in all a great day! | |
| Posted Nov 12, 2007 12:58 pm | ||
| Tom Fralich | Multiple Routes Date Climbed: May 19, 2007 | |
| Middle Catedral Rock, East Buttress (IV 5.9 A0, 11 pitches) -- May 19, 2007 -- First long route in Yosemite, climbed with my roommate from undergrad, Eric Aldenhoff. Left the car at 6AM, started climbing at 6:30AM, topped out at 3PM. Great route with really sustained climbing and lots of interesting pitches. I led pitches 1,2,5,8,9. The descent must be one of the 50 Worst Descents of North America. Higher Cathedral Spire, Regular Route (III 5.9, 5 pitches) -- May 24, 2007 -- Climbed with Eric Aldenhoff, starting from the car at around 7:30AM. The approach took about 1 hr. The climbing on the route was fun, but a bit chossy. I led pitches 1,3,5. The summit was bigger than expected and made a nice lunch spot. We were back at the car by 4PM. Middle Cathedral Rock, Central Pillar of Frenzy (III 5.9, 5 pitches) -- May 25, 2007 -- Climbed yet again with Eric Aldenhoff on our 2007 trip to Yosemite. The climbing was fantastic. Eric led pitches 1,3,5 and I led the others, including the awesome 5.9 finger crack on pitch 2. The rappels went really easily using the rap line to the left of the route. We started at around 8AM and were back to the car by 3PM. Middle Cathedral Rock, Kor-Beck (III 5.9, 6 pitches) -- October 7, 2007 -- Climbed this with MichaelJ as our first long route together in Yosemite. It was really cold in the morning, so we started late (around 11AM). I was still a bit chilly at the belays, but the climbing was strenuous enough to keep the blood flowing. Fun climbing, a bit awkward in sections. I led pitches 1,3,5. Higher Cathedral Rock, Braille Book (III 5.8, 6 pitches) -- October 3, 2008 -- Mike Wright and I climbed this route on our second day in the Valley. The weather was pretty unsettled all day, but we managed to get it done before the rain came. Really strenuous and sustained climbing on this one. I found it to be more strenuous than Kor-Beck. I led pitches 1,3,5. | |
| Posted May 20, 2007 12:28 am | ||
| mow10 | E buttress of middle Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2003 | |
| Yosemite at its best. Great rock, great pro. Lots of shorter routes I have said "I wish it went on like this for another 1000 feet..." - this climb does. | |
| Posted Mar 17, 2007 7:13 am | ||
| kaos14 | Route Climbed Higher Cathedral Spire Regular Route Date Climbed: Oct 22, 2006 | |
| With Darko, Warren and Tom. Amazingly our party of four ended up in a drag race to the base of the route with... another party of four. Darko managed to find the start and we got on first. The only rough patch was a rope snag after Darko led the first pitch. Started climbing at 9am and topped out at 1:15ish. Beautiful fall weather and awesome views of the fall folliage. | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2006 6:08 pm | ||
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