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| rhyang | South flank climbs  Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2009 | |
| Climbed with Mike on a windy but nice late summer day. Warmed up on the Guide Cracks. I led the rightmost 5.5, Mike led the 5.7-5.8 next left, and then I led the 5.8 to the left of that one. Then headed up to Alimony Cracks (5.8) and followed Mike. Great hand jamming ! -- Route climbed: West Crack Date climbed: 16-July-2006 Climbed with Dirk, who led pitches 1-3 (5.7 - 5.9), while I led the last two (5.4 - 5.5). Thrilling, with some interesting moves on the roof for the second pitch. Rapped twice off the bolts for the descent. Great weather, a bit breezy, very pleasant. | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2009 3:30 pm | ||
| gordonye | Cooke Book Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2009 | |
| Followed Dirk (Diggler) on one of the most strenuous routes I have done to date. Panoramic views of Fairview Dome and other peaks around Tuolumne. | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2009 4:32 pm | ||
| Tom Fralich | West Crack (5.9) Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2008 | |
| Had two days off, so headed out to Tuolumne with Mary and climbed West Crack (5.9). Stopped by the south flank on the walk out and did Alimony Cracks (5.8) and P1 of Great Circle (5.9). A nice day, followed by burgers at the Whoa Nellie Deli in Lee Vining. | |
| Posted Aug 1, 2008 1:07 am | ||
| Sierra Ledge Rat | West Crack | |
| Nice route | |
| Posted Jul 17, 2008 11:06 pm | ||
| d_shorb | west crack | |
| 2p & simuclimbing, w/ the crux appearing to be the short face to the bolt on the first moves of the climb. The lefthand bucket on the over hang and a buttjamshmear was key. | |
| Posted Sep 25, 2007 10:09 am | ||
| Matt Worster | West Crack Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2007 | |
| My toes still hurt. | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2007 11:20 am | ||
| Ice Man Jerry Van | West Crack | |
| Climbed West Crack with my cousin Larry Scritchfield , The summer of 1978. Was one of my favorite rock climbs of all time . Have climbed it twice since then . | |
| Posted Aug 23, 2007 7:29 pm | ||
| bcd | DAFF Date Climbed: Oct 10, 2002 | |
| DAFF Dome. | |
| Posted Mar 20, 2007 3:28 am | ||
| MichaelJ | Cooke Book/Crescent Arch | |
| Did both routes this summer/fall. CB (10a) and CA (10b--although many, myself among them, dispute this) both follow huge diehedrals on opposite sides of the west face. The former is hard to see until you're right under it (and always cold); the latter one of the most memorable looking lines you'll ever see driving down 120 (and right in the sun). The cruxes are all delicate climbing on slick rock. Excellent climbs for new 5.10 leaders. | |
| Posted Nov 4, 2006 2:22 am | ||
| alpinebunny | Crescent Arch Date Climbed: Oct 14, 2006 | |
| Decent climb, had fun. Thank you to my climbing partner Michael! The book said mostly 5.9 with a 10b at the end of the climb, but neither my partner, nor I, felt there was anything like 10b on the route. A little bit of 5.9 and a lot of 5.8, any day spent on rock, climbing, is a great day!! | |
| Posted Oct 17, 2006 5:14 am | ||
| ASteele | West Crack | |
| Nice line on West Crack. I led the first pitch, which isn't the crux and don't let nobody nohow tell you that it is. Followed the rest of the pitches. Almost puked after pulling the roof on pitch two. Finger crack near the top is absolutely stellar. Rapped off in darkness. | |
| Posted Oct 11, 2006 11:43 pm | ||
| plume | crescent arch Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2006 | |
| Great route. My wife led the stouter pitches and I followed with consternation then glee. Fine, fine line. | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2006 9:26 am | ||
| rpc | Great stuff Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2006 | |
| Crescent Arch (July 13, 2008). Wo, wo, wow!!! Beautiful line - real pleasure to climb! Swapped leads with Shirley. Only headache was the darkening sky & occasional distant rumble (things that would materialize into rain the next day). West Crack (Sept. 2, 2006). Our 1st climb in the Meadows. Shirley led P1 and the finger pitch up higher. Granite with so many embedded crystals was a 1st for us. Very cool. Should've had the foresight to print the ST - initially ended up trying something runout to the left of west crack thinking I was ON West Cracks (dumb, dumb, dumb). | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2006 9:35 pm | ||
| thedus | Ascent of West Crack Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2006 | |
| Climbed this route during a "tour of the classics" day that included Hermaphrodite Flake to the Boltway (South Crack had slow parties on it), West Crack, and Fairview Dome's Regular Route. This is a stellar route with amazing climbing and solid protection. It was made even more enjoyable by linking pitches with a 70m rope. The walk off isn't bad at all - it's steep hiking down grippy granite slabs that are covered in huge knobs. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2006 6:13 pm | ||
| plume | Route Climbed: West Crack Date Climbed: 8/17/05 | |
| one of the classics | |
| Posted Jan 12, 2006 6:33 pm | ||
| Rileywyna | Route Climbed: west crack Date Climbed: May 2002 | |
| very nice climb done with Thad | |
| Posted Dec 23, 2005 1:05 am | ||
| MichaelJ | Route Climbed: West Crack Date Climbed: Sept. 18, 2005 | |
| Climbed with Kris as the last climb of her first trip to the meadows (and her first time ever climbing outside!). We had to wait 2 hours to get on the climb on a Sunday but it was worth it. The 5.9 face move on the start seemed pretty easy to me, so I'd say the crux was the 5.8 roof, especially since the second of the team above us fell off while I was waiting to move up to the belay. The only problem was on the 3rd pitch when I was half way up the crack and the rope, which was flaked into the crack below the belay (my bad) got stuck. I had to down climb the crack to help free it up. The view from the top was wonderful, especially of the Sawtooth range. | |
| Posted Nov 6, 2005 7:06 pm | ||
| tdoughty | Route Climbed: West Crack | |
| We did this route after descending from Sentinel in the Valley earlier in the day. Needles to say we finished in the dark! | |
| Posted Oct 16, 2005 12:54 pm | ||
| Steve Larson | Route Climbed: West Crack Date Climbed: September 10, 2005 | |
| Climbed with Brian Decker on a cold, windy afternoon. The "roof" at the start of the second pitch was pretty awkward. | |
| Posted Sep 11, 2005 11:50 am | ||
| poorboy44 | Route Climbed: Crescent Arch Date Climbed: August 2005 | |
| Great route. The crux pitch seemed hard and sustained for 5.8, but the "10b" step down move was easy and well protected (you don't need the "tiny cam" that ST suggests). Because of rope drag we belayed just after the "crux" move, and did one more short pitch up to the top of the hard. | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2005 12:38 pm | ||
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