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| NeeDlzdos | Our West Face "push" was more of a nudge  Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2008 | |
| W/ Triche. Fri 7pm to Sun 1pm, climbed through both nights, naps on ledges. I led 3-4, 7, 8-9, & 10. This was my first "successful" big wall, but we climbed it in a pretty casual style. No sleeping bags, little food, plenty of water, puffy coats. So the hauling was super easy with only about 30lbs of stuff in the bag. The best moment of the climb was arriving at Ahwahnee after midnight and finding a cached handle of whiskey! That may have contributed to the push to nudge conversion ;) | |
| Posted Dec 7, 2008 1:06 am | ||
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| Diggler | Re: First big wall success!! | |
| thanks for the encouragement, Carolyn- stoked about it! Sure we'll be able to swap more stories soon! | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2008 6:26 pm | ||
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| Dragger | Re: First big wall success!! | |
| WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Way to go Dirk! (and Rob) Hmmmm, 2nd smallest cam blowing -- sounds familiar. ;^) | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2008 4:20 pm | ||
| Diggler | First big wall success!! Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2008 | |
| Did this one with Rob. After needing to bail after not having enough time on the S face of the Column the year before, we got an early start on this one. Got our loads to the base & fixed P1 Fri; 2nd night & we'd fixed to 2 pitches above Ahwahnee (i.e. up to P7); topped out 3rd night (19.30ish?), getting back to the car around 12.30 in the morn'. I led Ps 2 & 3 (combined), 6 (interesting 20' run-out 5.7 in the dark after a loooong day), & 8 & 9 (combined). Great climbing & experience, & awesome formation! Memorable things included the 'Prince Swing' from the belay at top of P6 back to Guano Ledge, a whipper when my 2nd-to-smallest cam blew right before the belay at the top of P3, & jugging up the rope to the top of P10 with 1,000' of air (& the entire route) right below me. | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2008 1:00 pm | ||
| Sierra Ledge Rat | 1980: Winter solo W Face | |
| Soloed the West Face in 3-1/2 days during a winter storm. | |
| Posted Jul 17, 2008 11:33 pm | ||
| iceworm | West Face in a Day Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2008 | |
| topped out in just under 24 hours! First grade V, awesome exposure, a great welcome to big wall | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2008 1:55 pm | ||
| benjohnson | West Face fun - May 2008 | |
| Fun route, great exposure. Took a bit of a whip on pitch 7 or so - scary falling with that much air under your feet. | |
| Posted Jun 12, 2008 12:06 pm | ||
| fatdad | West Face | |
| Almost did this in a day with John Reyher, even though we brought bivy gear. A fun casual outing. Love that instant exposure right off the bat. When we got back to the car we realized we left the driver's side window rolled all the way down. Oops. | |
| Posted Jun 10, 2008 8:38 pm | ||
| highice | west face | |
| did the w. face w/o using any fixed gear...which was very difficult considering all the junk. made it more challenging! had it to ourselves, but it was right after a storm. | |
| Posted Feb 1, 2007 6:03 pm | ||
| ElCapitanKoolAid | First wall: Holly shit!! | |
| This was my first big wall in The Valley. I was scared the whole way up! | |
| Posted May 22, 2006 3:39 am | ||
| old5ten | Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: 1994 | |
| Big air and big whip on P7. Got dragged along ... It was interesting to keep track of Tuan's night epic below. Fortunately we left them the ledge! http://www.terragalleria.com/scripts/dbsearch.php?row=4&col=5&s=1&d=tiny&t=allp1&q=leaning+tower&submit.x=0&submit.y=0 | |
| Posted Jan 12, 2006 12:52 am | ||
| salad | Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: 1997 | |
| First wall, with Rene Stettler from Switzerland and Craig Jackson from Aus. Awesome time!! | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2005 3:35 pm | ||
| cottersnow | Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: 6-12-05 | |
| First wall. A good time... kind of. | ||
| Posted Aug 4, 2005 4:48 pm | ||
| bigwallt | Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: Aug 2004 | |
| Fun easy route!! | |
| Posted Feb 21, 2005 11:53 pm | ||
| poorboy44 | Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: 1999 | |
| With Chris Leger....we came down the Gun Sight (not recommended) | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2004 9:02 pm | ||
| Rob | Route Climbed: A couple, Date Climbed: 1990's | |
| 1994 West face 1996 Wet Denim Daydream | |
| Posted Jan 23, 2004 7:17 pm | ||
| Dave Dinnell | Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: June 1997 | |
| Started late with partner John Pfeiffer. Approach took a little longer than expected. Enjoyable climbing though. Vertical backpacking really. A Japanese solo climber, "Pancho" Sakomoto, bivied with us at Ahwanee Ledge and joined with us on day two. We finished the raps down the L.T. Chimney in the wee hours. | |
| Posted Jan 13, 2004 1:49 am | ||
| Craig Peer | Route Climbed: Wet Denim Daydream Date Climbed: 1983 | |
| Climbed this route with Tim Winiarski and Roy Baker ( Roy's first big wall ). Was rated A4 then, and the pitch off Ahwahnee Ledge was hard ( Timmys lead ). Ran out of water too, just to add to the excitement! | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2003 12:31 pm | ||
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