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fossana

Female, 38 years old

L.A., California, United States

Power = 140 (Vote Weight = 88.85%)


Occupation: search product manager

Website: http://norikonakagawa.blogspot.com/

A Few Words: (a.k.a. SSQ) Been climbing on/off since the mid-90s, mostly in CA. Prefer moderate alpine routes (esp. E Sierra) sans ropes, but also do sport, trad, bouldering, and trail running to pass the time btwn mountain adventures.

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


2009 Plans/Exploits

- Red Rocks with Jascha (a.k.a. our recup from Asia trip; 08-17 Jan)
  + Olive Oil Plus
  + Birdland
  + Johnny Vegas
  + most of Solar Slab
  + Armatron
  + sport stuff on Ultraman Wall
- Red Rocks with Jascha (18-19 Apr)
  + Black Orpheus
- Whodunit with Jascha (24 May)
- The Long Climb (Wong variaion) with Jascha (07 Jun)
- Dark Shadows (10-pitch version) with Jascha (20 Jun)
- full S>N traverse of Matthes with Jascha (03 Jul)
- N Ridge of Conness with Jascha (05 Jul)
- N side Spire Col approach of Peppermint Peak with Jascha & the SC folks (08 Aug)
- Moon Goddess Arete on Temple Crag solo (15 Aug)
- W Chute on Cloudripper with Jascha (22 Aug)
- N Ridge of Lone Pine Peak solo (30 Aug)
- Peru with Jascha (25 Sep - 09 Oct)
- Whodunit with Dave (18 Oct)
- Beulah's Book/Sunflower link-up with Jascha (7 Nov)
- interim: local crags & trail running

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My Mountains & Rocks (1)
Peak 13332 (Evolution Group)
My Routes (3)
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)
FreeWire Quickdraw (Rock Protection)
Siren (Rock Climbing Shoes)

Climber's Logs I've Signed (85)
Mountains & Rocks (27)
Peppermint Peak (John Muir Wilderness)
Mount Agassiz (Palisades)
Peak 13332 (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 (55)
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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