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fossana

Female, 39 years old

Bishop, California, United States

Power = 151 (Vote Weight = 89.32%)


Occupation: data architecture manager

Website: http://picasaweb.google.com/fossana

A Few Words: (a.k.a. SSQ) Been climbing on/off since the mid-90s, mostly in CA. Prefer moderate ridge traverses sans ropes, but also doing more technical alpine route recently. Also do sport, bouldering, and trail running to pass the time btwn mountain adventures. Favorite area: E Sierra

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
--Friedrich Nietzsche


2010 Plans/Exploits

DONE
- Lee Vining ice with the SP crew
- Freida's Flake + most of Solar Slab with Jascha (30 Jan)
- Johnny Vegas with Jascha (31 Jan)
- J-tree with Jascha (13-14 Feb)
- New Jack City with Jared (25 Feb)
- J-tree with Kevin (9 Mar)
- Jubilant Song and Diet Delight with Jason (20-21 Mar)
- Coffin Nail to Traitor Horn, Left Ski Track with 5.8 slab finish (28 Mar)
- J-tree with Jared (14 Apr)
- Ginger Cracks with Sean and Lotta Balls with Kjetil (17-18 Apr)
- La Cierta Edad and Paiute Pillar link-up to Bird Hunter Buttress with Dow (24-25 Apr)
- Sour Mash and Frigid Air Buttress with Jascha (01-02 May)
- Iron Mt via S Ridge (9, 16 May)
- First 5 pitches of Cloud Tower with Dow & Michael (22 May)
- Epinephrine, Group Therapy, and Wholesome Fullback with Jascha (29-31 May)
- Open Book at Tahquitz with Jascha (05 Jun)
- K2R, Perfect Fingers, Crack Queen @ J-tree with Ben (13 Jun)
- full NE Ridge of Lone Pine Peak solo (19 Jun)
- W Face of Cardinal Pinnacle and N Buttress of Goode with Jascha (26-27 Jun)
- Pear Buttress with 5.9 variation atLumpy Ridge with Erick (01 Jul)
- unknown traverse to N Arete on First Flatiron solo (04 Jul)
- Handcraker Direct, pitch 1 of Pony Express, Calypso, and Wind Ridge at Eldo with Brett (05 Jul)
- Third Pillar of Dana with Vincent (20 Jul)
- 5.10 variation on the N Arete of Bear Creek Spire with Jascha, ~6-7 pitches only due to t-storms (24 Jul)
- Fishhook Arete on Russell with Jonathan + E Ridge descent (17 Aug)
- Venusian Blind on Temple Crag solo (23 Aug)
Matthes Crest full S>N traverse solo (28 Aug)
WISHLIST
- Red Dihedral on the Hulk
INTERIM
- local crags, trail runs and road/cross rides


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Member Since Sep 26, 2003, Last Active: Sep 7, 2010

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My Mountains & Rocks (1)
Peak 13,332ft (Evolution Group)
My Routes (4)
Plate of Fate, 5.9+, 3 pitches (Black Arch Wall, 5.8-5.12b)
West Chute (Cloudripper)
Thunderbolt to Sill Traverse (Thunderbolt Peak)
My Trip Reports (6)
One with the Moon (Temple Crag)
Finding Light on Dark Shadows (Dark Shadows Wall, 5.8-5.12c)
Shut Down on the E Arete (Bear Creek Spire)

My Gear Reviews (9)
Mountain Adventure Seminars (Guide Services & Instruction)
Minimalist (Bivy Sacks)
Siren (Rock Climbing Shoes)

Climber's Logs I've Signed (115)
Mountains & Rocks (27)
Peppermint Peak (John Muir Wilderness)
Mount Agassiz (Palisades)
Peak 13,332ft (Evolution Group)
Mount Haeckel (Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP)
Cockscomb (Yosemite National Park)
Echo Ridge (Yosemite National Park)
Echo Peaks (Yosemite National Park)
Unicorn Peak (Yosemite National Park)
Hurd Peak (John Muir Wilderness)
Polemonium Peak (California 14ers)
North Palisade (California County Highpoints)
Mount Sill (California 14ers)
North Dome (Yosemite National Park)
Matthes Crest (Yosemite National Park)
Basin Mountain (John Muir Wilderness)
Castleton Tower (La Sal Mountains)
White Mountain Peak (California County Highpoints)
Middle Palisade (California 14ers)
Split Mountain (California 14ers)
Mount Muir (California 14ers)
Mount Bancroft (Indian Peaks (CO))
Quandary Peak (Colorado 14ers)
Mount Bierstadt (Colorado 14ers)
Mount Evans (Colorado 14ers)
Grays Peak (Colorado 14ers)
Torreys Peak (Colorado 14ers)
Routes (85)
Fishhook Arête (Mount Russell)
North Buttress (Mount Goode)
The West Face (Cardinal Pinnacle)
Cloud Tower, 5.11d, 7 Pitches (Cloud Tower, 5.8-5.12d)
Open Book (Tahquitz Rock (Lily Rock))
Group Therapy, 5.7, 6 Pitches (White Rock Mountain)
Wholesome Fullback (Black Velvet Peak)
Epinephrine (Black Velvet Peak)
Lotta Balls, 5.8, 3 Pitches (Indecision Peak)
Ginger Cracks (Rainbow Mountain)
Left ski track (Tahquitz Rock (Lily Rock))
Traitor Horn (Tahquitz Rock (Lily Rock))
Coffin Nail (Tahquitz Rock (Lily Rock))
Jubilant Song (Windy Peak)
Sail Away (Hidden Tower)
Cake Walk (Joshua Tree National Park)
Dappled Mare (Joshua Tree National Park)
Frieda’s Flake, 5.9, 3 Pitches (Lower Solar Slab, 5.7-5.9+)
Baldy Bowl (Mount San Antonio (Mount Baldy))
Plate of Fate, 5.9+, 3 pitches (Black Arch Wall, 5.8-5.12b)
Black Magic, 5.8, 4 Pitches (Indecision Peak)
Ending Crack, 5.7 (Black Wall)
Cactus To Clouds (San Jacinto Peak)
Sunflower, 5.9, 8 Pitches (Upper Solar Slab, 5.6-5.10a)
Moon Goddess Arete (Temple Crag)
Dark Shadows (Mescalito)
Long Climb (Tahquitz Rock (Lily Rock))
Whodunit (Tahquitz Rock (Lily Rock))
Solar Slab (Rainbow Mountain)
Armatron, 5.9, 6 Pitches (Brownstone Wall North, 5.6-5.11b)
Johnny Vegas (Rainbow Mountain)
Olive Oil Plus (Juniper Peak)
North Face (Eichorn Pinnacle)
Venusian Blind Arete (Temple Crag)
South to North Traverse (Matthes Crest)
SE Buttress (Cathedral Peak)
West Chute (Cloudripper)
East Couloir (Basin Mountain)
Tunnel Vision (White Rock Mountain)
Thunderbolt to Sill Traverse (Thunderbolt Peak)
East Ridge (Pawnee Peak)
Fingertrip (Tahquitz Rock (Lily Rock))
NW Buttress (Tenaya Peak)
West Ridge (Mount Conness)
North Ridge (Lone Pine Peak)
North Arête (Crystal Crag)
Southeast Face (Mount Emerson)
NE Gully (Laurel Mountain)
Northeast Ridge (Bear Creek Spire)
East Buttress (Mount Whitney)
Third Flatiron - Standard East Face (Flatiron Rock Routes)
First Flatiron - North Arête (Flatiron Rock Routes)
Snake Dike (Half Dome)
Southeast Ridge (Mount Maclure)
West Chute (Mount McAdie)
South Chute (Dragon Peak)
North Ridge (Mount Conness)
West Ridge (Mount Julius Caesar)
North Arete (Bear Creek Spire)
Normal Route (Huayna Potosi)
Normal Route: West-Southwest Ridge (Pequeño Alpamayo (Condoriri Group))
Swiss Arête (Mount Sill)
Avalanche Gulch (Mount Shasta)
Southwest Chute number 1 (Thunderbolt Peak)
Traverse from Thunderbolt (Starlight Peak)
U-Notch + Chimney Variation (North Palisade)
From the U-Notch (Polemonium Peak)
East Ridge (Mount Russell)
West Face (Mount Williamson)
Mountaineer's (Mount Whitney)
East Ridge (Mount Langley)
North Rib (Mount Tyndall)
Canyons (3)
Little Santa Anita Canyon (San Gabriel Mountains)
Tenaya Canyon (Yosemite Valley - Logistical Center)

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