Sierra NevadaEl Capitan Climber's Log
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| Tom Fralich | East Buttress (IV 5.10b, 13 pitches)  Date Climbed: Oct 9, 2007 | |
| Climbed this route with MichaelJ during our week in Yosemite. We started hiking at 5:30AM and were on the route at 7AM. The first pitch was a lot of fun and I had an easier time than expected in the chimney. The crux on pitch 2 also went smoothly and we cruised all the way through the roof on pitch 7. Pitches 8 and 9 were the hardest for me. I led pitches 1,4,5,7,9,12,13. We topped out at 4:30PM and did the descent down the East Ledges in about 2.5 hours, reaching the car just as it got dark. It was probably the biggest rock climb that I've done. El Cap Base Routes: Little John Right (5.8, 3 pitches) -- October 11, 2008 -- Pretty stout for the grade, with tricky climbing on the traverse on P2. The ledge at the top is a sweet spot for sure. | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2007 4:39 pm | ||
| poorboy44 | Various | |
| 1999 - Nose w/ Joe Crowe 2000 - North America Wall w/ Victor from Spain 2000 - Zodiac w/ Luc 2001 - Tangerine Trip w/ Dave Potter 2001 - Shield w/ Jo from Wales 2003 - Salathe Wall w/ Stephen Quale 2007 - Nose IAD w/ Josh Higgins (22 hours) | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2007 5:42 pm | ||
| Bubba Suess | We cheated. | |
| Ok, so my cousin Phil and I are not climbers, but we did reach the summit from Tioga Road. We saw a trail marked on the map from 120 to Tamarack Falt which turned out not to be there and we had to route find our way there. Spent the night at Ribbon Meadows and reached the top the following morning. All in all a great trip! | |
| Posted Mar 9, 2007 10:10 pm | ||
| highice | the last wall | |
| Taking time off of climbing to spend time with family prior to moving to montana I was given an oportunity to do the cap. After only 25 days of training, we set out to do the nose, but hate crowds so continued to hike around the corner to check out the Lurking Fear route. Jackie Florin was rope-soloing it and was on the 4th pitch (she later said Han's was home watching the new baby). We had it to ourselves all 5 days. Jackie left us in the dust on day 2. We were solid but slow. Drank all 80 lbs of water and were glad to have brought so much. Not enough water was the reason why 3 parties per day were bailing off the nose route! | ||
| Posted Jan 30, 2007 7:07 pm | ||
| Flex | E. Butt & Salathe Wall | |
| E. Butt in Oct/02 with Jeff K. and then the Salathe Wall in Jun/06 with Jeff K. and Hayden D. | |
| Posted Jan 21, 2007 9:52 pm | ||
| kolbi2112 | From Tamarack Flat Date Climbed: Sep 22, 2006 | |
| Day-hiked up to El Cap from Tamarack Flat (about 17 miles round trip). Great views and great trail....didn't see anyone else the entire time. | |
| Posted Sep 26, 2006 8:22 pm | ||
| tdoughty | trail Date Climbed: Jul 4, 1975 | |
| To meet friends topping out on Salathe. They were late, I drank the wine! | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2006 6:03 pm | ||
| climberfirefighter | Big Oak to Camp 4 | |
| Hiked across the north valley rim, eastern part a bit over grown. | ||
| Posted Aug 3, 2006 11:30 pm | ||
| AaronRockClimber | Route Climbed: The Nose Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2005 | |
| Climbed the nose in 2.5 days. loved it, must go back. | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2006 4:37 pm | ||
| ElCapitanKoolAid | Beyond The nose | |
| A dream come true. It happened because my friends helped me believe that was possible. Five days on The Stone and as John Long says " A drama for which tickets are not sold". A bigger dream came after I climbed it in 2000: I wanted to do it in a single push. It happened in 2003 by a coincidence of will and desire. | |
| Posted May 22, 2006 3:31 am | ||
| hiker100 | Route Climbed: The Nose Date Climbed: May 1999 Date Climbed: May 6, 1999 | |
| UP the Nose. I've eyed that route and rock for a long time. Mostly being a sport climber converted to trad in '93 and had this on my wishlist ever since. We did it in 3 LONG days. Climbed until 3:30 the last night Set up our bivy right under the top (on the bolt ladder) so we could wake up to the incredible view down below!!! | |
| Posted Mar 23, 2006 11:10 pm | ||
| Rileywyna | Route Climbed: East Buttress Date Climbed: may 2002 | |
| Got to the 6th pitch when the Falls turned on us and we had to rap. The arete was incredible and I enjoyed the first pitch chimney | |
| Posted Dec 19, 2005 7:28 am | ||
| old5ten | Route Climbed: Lurking Fear Date Climbed: May 22nd, 2004 | |
| 4+ days with the Gazelle. Led and hauled all pitches. Perfect conditions and good climbing to P13. P15 proved to be the psychological crux. Arduous descent via Falls Trail followed by midnight jog to car at meadow. | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2005 2:08 am | ||
| cottersnow | Route Climbed: Lurking Fear Date Climbed: 6-20-05 | |
| First El Cap route. Would recommend it. Four Days and 2 nights on the wall. Bivied at the pillar of despair w/ 3 people on a double ledge - good fun! | ||
| Posted Aug 4, 2005 4:44 pm | ||
| salad | Route Climbed: Lurking Fear Date Climbed: July 2005 | |
| 7/05 - Lurking Fear with Eric Strom. My frist (and maybe last) trip up the big stone. Got my ass handed to me by the heat. Cramps, puking, you name it. Sport hooking = good fun. Thanks Eric for getting me up. Found out Im gonna be a daddy hours before the approach. Silver fish on last 5.10 pitch were not cool. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2005 5:00 pm | ||
| stoneloan | Route Climbed: Nose Date Climbed: 1999 | |
| see trip report | |
| Posted Jul 22, 2005 12:54 pm | ||
| Summerteeth | Route Climbed: Shortest Straw Date Climbed: Sept.15-17, 1999 | |
| Two bivies. We fixed no lines. | ||
| Posted Jul 11, 2005 7:20 pm | ||
| Summerteeth | Route Climbed: Iron Hawk Date Climbed: Sept. 28-Oct. 6, 1998 | |
| My first route in Yosemite. | ||
| Posted Jul 11, 2005 7:14 pm | ||
| bbirtle | Route Climbed: The Cheesy Way (via Yosemite Falls) Date Climbed: Sept 20, 1998 | |
| Seemed kind of wimpy to climb such a famous mountain by the easy back door route. Anyway fine weather, views, good hike. | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2005 1:05 pm | ||
| ksolem | Route Climbed: Mescalito Date Climbed: October, 2000 | |
| Well, to all the folks on here with stacks of El Cap routes to their credit I say cheers. I have one so far, and it was a great climb. Done with Rob. | |
| Posted Feb 18, 2005 11:27 pm | ||
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