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| cruzit | Route Climbed: Yosemite Falls Trail Date Climbed: June 2002  | |
| Had a great time w/the family....thanks to Mtntrail2 for all the terrific planning. | |
| Posted Dec 23, 2002 8:08 am | ||
| Alan Ellis | Route Climbed: Swan Slab Crags; Yosemite Falls Trail Date Climbed: June 2002 | |
| Made the obligatory pilgrimage to the Valley with the family. I thought it was important to expose the kids to a little history and inspire them to keep climbing. We did some cragging at the Swan Slab, then hunted around all afternoon for the Manure Pile Buttress but couldn't find it. What a trip. We left Oklahoma in an RV on a 2 week climbing road trip. Went to the Valley, Zion, and Red Rocks, NV. I hope they were inspired. I was. The Valley is an incredible sight with a lot of climbing history. All climbers should journey there and be inspired by this fantastic place. | |
| Posted Dec 11, 2002 6:17 pm | ||
| Dave Daly | Route Climbed: Middle Cathedral Northwest Face (5.7) Date Climbed: 3 Nov 2002 | |
| Hmmm.....this will look strange as a summit log with the Yosemite Logistical Center posted as the mountain. Anyway......I guess I'm the first to post to the summit log of this page. Climbed with Michele and Bob. We approached Middle Cath. NW Face by ascending The Gunsight. Our original intention was to climb the NW Buttress (5.6). Instead, we took a quick left at the top of The Gunsight and came to the base of NW Face approx. 100 yards away. Although obscure, this route gets 2 Yosemite stars.....based on adventure climbing. We found some ancient slings wrapped around a tree at the end of the first pitch (a FULL 60 meters!). The second pitch is just shy of 55 meters (the crux pitch). The third pitch heads straight up for 50 feet and then traverses right and over to a left facing corner. It ends at a tree near the top of the left facing corner. We moved the belay after scrambling and thrashing through chaparral and manzinita about 75 yards upwards (up a small groove filled with pine needles and through bushes). The fourth pitch moves up a left facing corner (our option) and then traverse left and over to a large bush. It continues past the bush and up a steep cleft which finishes at a stately ledge. The fifth pitch is 5.5 and runs up and left onto lichen covered rock. The pitch ends near the drop off of the north face by some moderate sized boulders. From there, we slipped on our approach shoes. The rest is a bush and tree thrash to the summit. We aimed straight up and referenced the north edge of Middle Cath. till the summit. The climb is definately Yosemite 5.7, although I thought the last 25 feet of Pitch #2 was 5.8+ (steep lieback up a left facing corner). | |
| Posted Nov 4, 2002 9:03 am | ||
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