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Yosemite National Park > Cathedral Peak > Climber's Log|
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| A-Lex | SE Buttress  | |
| Climbed this thing a couple times. This is definitely one of the best climbs I've ever done! Done it roped and solo, and every time has been great. Choose your own adventure. | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2009 1:17 pm | ||
| tdoughty | Finally Date Climbed: Oct 10, 2009 | |
| Only took me 30 years to get around to it! SE buttress, right side. | |
| Posted Oct 12, 2009 12:12 pm | ||
| jspeigl | SE Buttress Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2009 | |
| What a great day! | |
| Posted Oct 3, 2009 12:34 pm | ||
| WML | fiesta on the SE Buttress Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2009 | |
| Climbed it with AlpineAffinity, first multi-pitch trad...great alpine route! | |
| Posted Sep 22, 2009 12:05 am | ||
| CWessels | Mountaineers Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2009 | |
| Excellent side-trip off the Muir Trail. I agree with some that the steep/sandy approach isn't too fun. The exposed pitch to the summit was the best. Climbing it solo is pretty exhilarating! | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2009 2:24 pm | ||
| jflo | SE Buttress Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2009 | |
| Great day, great group, favorite summit block so far. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2009 6:19 pm | ||
| granjero | SE Buttress Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2009 | |
| Amazing route. Perfect solo | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2009 6:12 pm | ||
| scotthsu | SE buttress Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2004 | |
| My first multi-pitch alpine trad climb & lead! Could probably go back now and do it in < half the time :-) | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2009 6:40 pm | ||
| Iron Hiker | Mountaineer's Route Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2009 | |
| My first mountain wholly inside Yosemite. The scrambling near the top was first-class and fun, though I had to do a little doubletake at the base of the summit block (it's not really too technically hard once you size everything up). Not a big fan of the scree ascent up the east side to the crest below the summit pinnacle - perhaps the complete north ridge might be a more aesthetic approach with more solid rock and better views? Great peak and amazing scenery! | |
| Posted Aug 19, 2009 1:58 pm | ||
| iamthebest1122 | light backpacking Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2009 | |
| Couldn't find a place in the campsite so backpacked up to the base the night before. the next day was very simple | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2009 12:35 pm | ||
| McCannster | Cathedral Mountaineers Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2009 | |
| Ben and I were able to secure a wilderness permit for the night, and camped at the base of the peak. In the morning we quickly climbed Cathedral. Very fun scramble, great view. We returned and drove to Pine Creek where we would meet up with the Sierra Challenge crew. | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2009 4:39 pm | ||
| rhyang | West Face Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009 | |
| Climbed with Laura Molnar. Came up the West Face and did Eichorn Pinnacle north face first, then continued up to do the class 4 scramble atop Cathedral. Approach shoes were fine; belayed Laura up & down, then flipped rope over the west side of the summit pinnacle and had Laura belay me as I downclimbed on toprope :) Beautiful sunny day, though a bit chilly. -- Date climbed: 28-June-2009 Route climbed: SE Buttress + 5.7 varations Climbed with Matthew ... and what seemed like 40 of our closest friends :) Led all the pitches this time. Did 5.7 variations to the left of the usual route. I think the fourth pitch (5.7 knobs + arete) was by far the best. We skipped the summit scramble this time, since it was getting crowded up there and we'd both been there before. Beautiful day, got breezy and cloudy but no rain or thunder. Mosquitoes were out in force though. -- Route climbed: SE Buttress + 5.7 variation Date climbed: August 5, 2006 Swapped leads with Calvin Kilcrease, bypassing the chimney on some interesting 5.7 variations (which he led). Airy and fun summit ! Approach took us about 90 minutes (we were feeling slow :) Roped up around 10am (?) and met Haydar and his group from Portland. Clouds were looking ominous, but we headed off to the saddle and did Eichorn Pinnacle afterwards anyway ... heard thunder as we rapped off Eichorn. returned to cars by 7-ish. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2009 5:52 pm | ||
| JonW | SE Buttress Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2009 | |
| Started hiking around 6:30 and were the first on the route. Great route. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2009 3:26 pm | ||
| bfrench | Cathedral Peak Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2009 | |
| Great climb. | |
| Posted Jul 17, 2009 11:23 pm | ||
| Fins129 | SE Buttress Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2009 | |
| Great route. Climbed with Jason, his first multi-pitch route. Views were awesome! | |
| Posted Jun 29, 2009 2:46 am | ||
| squishy | In da snow Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2009 | |
| Climbed Cathedral via the trade route. We woke to no clouds at the upper lake and knew there would be storms. We made the summit after lunch and it began to snow and the last in our party climbed the crux. We brought two ropes and belayed much of the class 4 near the top. Epic day...I need to go back for the 5.6 route... | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2009 10:52 am | ||
| farrisgl | SE Route via 5.7 crack and not a person in sight Date Climbed: Jul 25, 1974 | |
| In writing this log entry almost 35 years after the event, the things I remember most was camping at Budd Lake experiencing on awesome sunset over the Lake after a 2 hour thunderstorm cleared. The second was leading that awkward 5.7 crack and with one hand jamb tearing open a quarter inch horseshoe shaped cut that bled like crazy. The scar is still very noticeable today. Finally the solitude on the summit for it was just me and my two friends. In fact we didn’t see anyone else on the peak or camped at Budd Lake. From the other recent entries, I guess things have changed a great deal. | |
| Posted Mar 3, 2009 9:44 pm | ||
| Noondueler | Late season ascent Date Climbed: Oct 18, 2005 | |
| Standard west face, round the back summit block, a climber from LA had my back. | |
| Posted Nov 2, 2008 8:30 pm | ||
| Misha | Lost count... Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2008 | |
| I took my friends Mike and Maria up Southeast Buttress on a day climb from the Bay Area. At this point, I lost count of how many times I climbed this route. Probably five or six... Mellow and not so crowded day | |
| Posted Oct 21, 2008 2:06 am | ||
| Nefsek | Classic Date Climbed: Sep 28, 2008 | |
| Easy approach, fun climbing, beautiful views! | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2008 11:33 pm | ||
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