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haishan - Mar 12, 2013 12:10 pm Date Climbed: May 5, 2012
Trial by fireLinked up after Nutcracker in the morning. Climbed the Trial by Fire start variation... beware the 2nd pitch connecting TbF to Super Slide. Rather than dirty 5.6, we found 5.9+ adventure with a sketchy tension traverse. The upper pitches of SS are fantastic.
muajee - Sep 17, 2012 6:45 pm Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2011
Water SlideLoved this climb. Had fun, although got stuck behind an extremely slow party doing nothing for a very, very, very long time. Dark and mean clouds approaching as we were finally getting to do the last pitch. Several parties had to bail because the extreme slowliness of the pair in front of us and the rain seemed to be pouring anytime. We shared our rope with the two behind us to rappel, for their friends had to bail and they were supposed to share each other's ropes in order to get down. Long story short, as us four were rapping, the rain finally came down. Suddenly cascades everywhere on the wall all around us. Super Slide? Water Slide! And of course our trail-line got stuck coming down from the 3rd pitch (good thing we got an extra rope from the two); of course for whatever reason when I reached the end of that rope on this pitch it was a giant mess, a mess which I had never seen before and I was a few feet short to get to the safe ground to anchor in. While trying to resolve the mess, we'd got three big guys shivering above, not knowing what was going on. Some excitements! In short, everybody made it to the ground in one piece. And their friends were actually waiting for us in a nearby cave! The only fatality is my beloved phone, which was stored in the outside pocket of my backpack. RIP, Hazel! In spite of all these little adventures (and inconveniences?!), I really did enjoy the climb. BTW, the new friends went up again the next day; they all made the climb and retrieve our trail-line. So, not so bad. It was not so bad at all.
Paul86 - Aug 28, 2011 1:43 am Date Climbed: Jun 11, 2009
AwesomeSoloed the first pitch. Led the following two pitches with Ski taking the sharp end on the top two pitches. Good rock and the usual amazing Yosemite scenery.
SKI - Jun 13, 2011 9:21 am Date Climbed: Jun 11, 2011
Ohhh man,This is one SWEET climb!
Led last two pitches. Solo'd p1 (5.2) with Paul-Wall
rhyang - May 30, 2011 11:27 am Date Climbed: May 28, 2011
Good timesLed last three pitches. Great fun !
P2 was not as wet as the last time, but there was some moisture to avoid on P4.
Bonesaw - Apr 25, 2009 12:08 pm Date Climbed: Apr 22, 2009
Nice Climb!Fun climb! Either I got a little off route on the second pitch or it was was just a loose and dirty pitch. Linked pitches 3 and 4. The 5.9 finger crack at the top was too wide for my fingers and a little too narrow for my hands... still managable though, just an akward size.
sierrasclimber - Apr 7, 2009 10:11 pm
FollowedWas a good time with increasingly difficult pitches
tb00957 - May 13, 2008 3:06 pm Date Climbed: Apr 26, 2008
super slideThe 5.9 pitch is thin hands for me, not off fingers. Nice. ;-)
dvsanbt - Nov 28, 2006 10:29 pm
nicedid only the first 4 pitches (started too late in the day for november to finish the climb). the 3rd and 4th pitches were a lot better than the first two.
salad - Sep 14, 2006 9:57 pm Date Climbed: Jul 10, 1996
HOTWith Doug Londgren