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| justing | Nice outing, not so nice weather  Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2009 | |
| Rob and I were happy to get in some climbing before the rains. Completed my first 5.10 route. Wish I could say it was clean! Close but no cigar. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2009 3:35 pm | ||
| rhyang | Tiger Cage, Trapper Dome, Power Dome Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2009 | |
| Climbed with Justin. Led the 5.7 crack at Tiger Cage, then toproped the 5.9 & 5.10 stuff nearby (to the left). Weather was looking unsettled, so we split. Rain began shortly thereafter .. it rained all night (!) We headed down to Tollhouse Rock the next day. -- Date: 6-September-2009 Climbed with Sharon Nu this weekend. Saturday went to Tiger Cage, where she led the 5.7 crack; we toproped several lines to the left of that. Then headed over to Trapper Dome in the afternoon where I led some well-bolted friction lines: Drill Instructor (5.4) and the 5.7 to the right of it (same as last year). Sunday we went to Power Dome's east face and I led the first 5.6 pitch of Divorce Quartz .. or so I thought. Couldn't see the bolts on the way up and ended up a bit too far left. 3 pieces of gear in ~50m =:-O Still fun.. headed to Tiger Wall afterwards so Sharon could TR Hungry Tiger (5.10b). Beautiful weather (low 80's), a bit chilly at night. -- Date Climbed: 26-July-2007 Climbed with Jeannine and Blaine Harmon. Saturday Blaine set us up a toprope on the Tiger Cage to do a 5.7 and 5.9 (Tiger Tiers ?), and a 5.10b crack on the Tiger Wall (Hungry Tiger, I think). I belayed him while he led a pretty serious looking 5.11c crack (Tiger By The Tail ?) Sunday we went to Trapper Dome and I led Drill Instructor (5.4), a 5.7 to the right of it (don't know the name) and Tao (5.7) - fun area ! Nice to be able to soak my feet in the reservoir at the end of the day. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2009 10:50 am | ||
| Dave S | Fun times! Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2009 | |
| Great place to spend the 4th of July! A great weekend of climbing with Luis and hanging out with Will, Christine, and Jimmy! Luis and I started off the trip by climbing A Little Nukey on Friday. Feeling good about the climb we jumped on Welcome to Courtright on Saturday. A great climb! Definitely more difficult and a bit more scary than Nukey, but more fun for sure! We ended the day by heading to Tiger Cage and we climbed This Pussy Eats You and the 5.8 next to that. Sunday was a casual day of friction on the Sex Wall over on Trapper Dome. Great weekend!! | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2009 1:16 am | ||
| Outdoorgirl_ca | My favorite place Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2007 | |
| can't wait to go back! | |
| Posted Dec 7, 2007 12:31 pm | ||
| robojeda | baby's first lead Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2006 | |
| Nice place. So much to do. On Trapper my wife led her first! | |
| Posted Aug 1, 2006 3:46 pm | ||
| ksolem | Route Climbed: Various Date Climbed: 1988 - we'll see... | |
| I spent some good long chunks of time here in the early '90's. I have always enjoyed being "off the beaten track," and the potential for new routes was amazing. For the serious rock climber the Carson Kodas Arete is not to be missed. A few FA's I was lucky enough to be in on include The Gold Standard, Seamstress, By Jupiter There's Rings Around Uranus (The name is Laeger's fault,) Face of a Blue Eyed Dog. For the climber who like to hike I highly suggest a trip out to Best In The West! | |
| Posted Jun 16, 2005 2:16 pm | ||
| Nate D | Route Climbed: a couple Date Climbed: 1995 | |
| I've done so little in this vast granite dreamland that it's a joke - only a few easy routes on Trapper and Marmot Rock. Can't wait to get back some day, and hope it's still as quiet as it was 10 yrs ago! | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2005 3:12 pm | ||
| Rob | Route Climbed: various Date Climbed: 1990's | |
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| Posted Jan 23, 2004 6:55 pm | ||
| Dave Daly | Route Climbed: A Little Nukey, (5.9, Power Dome) Date Climbed: 28 Oct 2003 | |
| Hooked up with Michele, Nate (aka natec007), Chris and Frank for a one day outting. Chris and I paired up and started first, while the others waited for us to clear the 1st pitch anchors. I led pitches 1, 3, 5......and did the route in 5.10 Mountain Masters; quite enjoyable. Beautiful Indian summer weather....t-shirt and shorts at 8000 feet! | |
| Posted Oct 28, 2003 11:24 pm | ||
| Deb | Route Climbed: Several Date Climbed: Labor Day Weekend 2003 | |
| Another fantastic trip "a la" ksolem wrought with abrasions and pulled back muscles from some hideous move on "I Woudn't Want to Be Like You" aka "Lichen Doesn't Lie." The holiday field trip consisted of various routes from 5.9 to 5.12b visits to Power Dome, Trapper Dome, Voyager Rock and Tiger Wall. Enjoyment abound save the midnight potty trip that turned into a "oh sh!t, I'm lost" while star-gazing too far from the camp site! | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2003 10:02 pm | ||
| asmrz | Route Climbed: FA, Drill Instructor 5.4 Date Climbed: Sometime in the early 90s | |
| The beautiful Barbara Kaufman was the reason for putting up this route. Around the campfire, we joked about the various points of ascent, red point, pink point etc. and someone mentioned "Lavender Point" ascent where different person drills each bolt, then stands by it, holding the quick draw biner open, so that Barbara could do her first ever lead. Whole bunch of us (we were drinking the night before) did just that. Ten different guys drilled the bolts and we stood by them as Barbara climbed the route. This was filmed by John Gonzales ( John has several FA at Courtright) and over the years has been shown to enthusiastic audiences everywhere. The route was later named "Drill Instructor". | |
| Posted May 23, 2003 8:33 am | ||
| mpbro | Route Climbed: Many Date Climbed: June 2002 | |
| Looking at my notes, we climbed Drill Instructor (5.4) and Good Deed (5.5) at Trapper Dome. "Right of Ebony" (5.8), "Little Black Sambo" (5.9), and Tiger Tiers (5.9) at Tiger Cage. We had a great time climbing with Dave Daly. I remember doing like my 3rd, 4th, and 5th lifetime lead climbs there, and Kim got her first. I love this place. Hanging out in TUolumne for any length of time kinda gets me down, with all the crowds and red tape. Not here! | |
| Posted Apr 1, 2003 7:49 pm | ||
| Dave Daly | Route Climbed: A Little Nukey (5.9-) Date Climbed: July 1996 | |
| This route is on Power Dome. The first pitch (5.8) is what the SeKi guide says it is.....classic Sierra face climbing and well protected (9 bolts). The second pitch stiffens a little to the routes overall rating as the route goes up and left. The third pitch moves around a large segmented block, peppered with chickenheads, and up to a small ledge. The fourth pitch opens up with several moves of 5.9 then backs off to 5.6, following solution pockets along the way (TriCams helpful) and eventually moves up right. The 5th pitch finishes by following a crack and water groove to the summit slabs. The route is classic and very popular. On heavy traffic days, 4 or 5 climbing parties can be spotted waiting to move to the next belay! | |
| Posted Mar 26, 2003 4:33 pm | ||
| Dave Daly | Route Climbed: Song Of The Earth (5.10a) Date Climbed: July 2002 | |
| This 2 pitch route is found on Penstemon Dome's western side and hits just the right medium for a bolted backcountry climb. The first pitch can be climbed by heading up a 5.8 crack at the center base of the dome. After that, traverse left then right onto a ledge that ends near a left facing dihedral. The route starts 20 feet left of this dihedral. The second pitch has 7 bolts placed over a 120 foot distance to a chained anchor. Carry two ropes to rap off this route or venture above these anchors to the summit (part of another route named 'Captain America' .10a). For route details, see the SeKi guidebook. | |
| Posted Mar 26, 2003 8:19 am | ||
| Eric Tipton | Route Climbed: Voyager Rock " Triple Crown Winner" 5.9+ Date Climbed: Aug. 1997 | |
| Pat Brennen and I did this route in 2 pitches. The rock was ok but not as good as power dome. The route was very enjoyable. Power dome was a very developed wall where Voyager Rock had a more back country ambiance about it. | ||
| Posted Mar 25, 2003 8:33 pm | ||
| Eric Tipton | Route Climbed: Power Dome "Welcome to Courtright" 5.9+ Date Climbed: Aug. 1997 | |
| What a great looking wall, I climbed this4 pitch route with Pat Brennen and Tony Gough. The route is mostly face climbing with these amazing finger pockets which were grabed much like a bowling ball. | ||
| Posted Mar 25, 2003 8:24 pm | ||
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