headed to the valley for the weekend..
got in fri evening with the GF and setup camp around 11PM.
sat morning got up early and wandered over to mirror lake(almost) to take some pictures and hang with the GF. we then headed back to camp4 to meetup with scott and do the breakefest rituals (coffee, lots of it). after coffee, we headed to the crystals to warmup and I had a project there as well.
at the crystals, scott found a sweet warmup arete and cool (and much charder) stand start direct.
i spent a decent amount of time cleaning my project and trying to figure out the beta. the problem starts standing in a scoop that you mantle into and onto some slab. the slab either continues up about 20' left to a bold, proud topout, or bails out right to a slopey ramp.
after this, laura and I decided to head to get food. upon reaching into my bag to get my keys, I found my car key at a 90* angle. after trying to bend it back, it broke. i spent the rest of the day helplessly at the garage while they looked for a blank that fit my truck (to no avail). the mechanic recomended that I just put the broken key in there and drive it home. the rest of the evening I hung out at camp and cooked dinner. scott went and got another FA of the trip on a project that he had been around and helped clean a few weeks back. i checked it out but was toot tired and hungry to do anymore climbing.
Sunday ; we planned on making the hike to vernal falls. we were hoping to do this via the mist trail, but it was closed for winter that we found out from a ranger.
headed over to the trailhead after packing up camp and started our hike. the dog was not allowed, but we decided that since it was not busy and there were probably not going to be any rangers we would take the dog. it turned out really well.
we started the first part to the bridge and mist trail entrance, but it was locked and gated shut.. do you think that stopped us? hell no. we went up to find a somewhat slippery approach up the stairs that others had ventured up with us. we noticed that it actually got better with less snow once we started to get up to the top!
after reaching a small area blocked from the barrage of cold damp mist, we thought we were home free only to find... the next 20' of stairs were completley covered in 12" of ICE ! and to top it off, there were 6' icicled hanging above our head and saw many that had fallen in the past (some were almost 8" in circumfrance).. haha talk about a hike..
once at the top, we decided to take the 'open' trail back down witch was longer, but not as henious.
the dog loved the hike as we all did and it was quite the adventure that I will never forget.
you can checkout some of my photos at RAW.FOTO
Monday, February 27, 2006
the valley 2/25 to 2/26
Thursday, February 16, 2006
sunday, 2/12
headed up to the valley for some photography and bouldering.. tried to get on 'crossraods moe' and failed agiain, also got on 'athletes die young' and worked all but the big throw..
headed over to the crystals and messed around there and found a cool new scoop problem that i didn't get an probably will go around v4-v5 (forgot the stick brush and trying to clean slab while smearing is, well, can you say, not fun ;) ).. then went to curry village to wander around and see whats out there.. found a cool v2-v3 problem that starts on a large 'chockstone' hence I named it 'chockstone'
Monday, February 13, 2006
Sat 2/11
Well, while wandering around in a nameless are of Mt. Diablo, I found some bouldering potential that I will be working to develop soon!
Monday, January 30, 2006
Bishop 1/27-1/28/06
Made a trip to bishop with Scott C. last weekend.
Got stuck in snow chain requirements on the way down, so it took forever to get there.
All in all, it was a good trip, we didn't get a copious amount of climbing in, but it was still fun.
1/27 ; went to the sads, scott got on 'enter the dragon' and made some great attempts at a brutally hard v10 that has a hard mantle at the end. I got on molly and made some progress but still have not got this (definatley the most projected problem I have). we hitup 'hotpants' on the way out, but I didn't get that either (although I did get most of the beta worked out).
1/28 ; at first we wanted to go the buttermilks, but when we heard that they were snowed in, we thought about going to 'crysta ridge' witch a few people scott had climbed with before were heading. But we decided to go to the petroglyphs because we didn't want to drive so far and then home again(i think it actually took longer to get to the petros instead of crystal ridge).
scott got to go four wheelin in his jetta to get to this place, it was awesome, scott is a four wheelin pro!
we mostly explored and found some other petros and a few good boulders nearby. we found a new line up a slopey rail. i guess i got the FA, because scott found a good edge just beyond the lip that i used to bailout and mantle to the top ;)
we aptly named this problem 'jetta four wheelin' due to our experience just gettting there!
we found some other good stuff and a hard v9-v10 project that we found some people working on.
will post pictures soon
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Bishop, 12/26
Made a trip to Bishop with the girlfriend for Dec 25-Dec28th...
Seems to me like the less I care or effert I put into bouldering the better I do ;) go figure..
DID :
Ironman Traverse
Funky Tut
some v6? (with weathered edges) on Tut bldr
and awesome problem at some unknown boulders (near the huge petroglyphs)
Friday, December 09, 2005
Sunday, October 30, 2005
J-tree
Slick Willy (v2)
Campsite #21
Laura, J tree & a boulder
JBMF (v5r)
J tree sunset
The rock is gritty and kicked my ass the first day there, leaving my tips and palms bloody.
Sunday, October 23, 2005
Yos Bouldering
One Move Wonder (v8)
Cocaine Corner (v5)
next day climbed with lyn and paul, we got on 'the hexentric' and i sent it after only a few tries, woot :) makes up for the shutdown..
scott got 'the king' on his second try (the first his foot slipped when starting) and another crazy jump start v9
Sunday, October 16, 2005
saddle boulders
went to the saddles, i got a few decent v4's.. the area has a lot of potential.. scott almost got 'midnight train' , a sweet v7.
we went to the snowshed boulders and found a sweet v5? rail that was a lot of fun.
Sunday, October 02, 2005
rainbow
Evil Arete (v5/6)
'unknown' Sugar Cube (v5)
'unknown' Sugar Cube (v3)
ahhh, rest...
Rainbow has some awesome bouldering !!!
Checkout the 1070 boulders, the sugar cube boulder(just next to the 1070 house) is home to some awesome problems.
Saturday, October 01, 2005
secrets & bliss
bouldering crue
unknown (v3?)
'Oh Yah', night bouldering
Friday, September 23, 2005
why ask why
Don't you just hate it when what you absolutley do not want happen does ?
Injury blows the big one, and espically when your climbing hard. But what can you do ? I injured myself on 'the bubble' at indian rocks establishing in the pocket.
I guess there is nothing to do but RICE it and work on my other weaknesses such as core strengths. Give it a few weeks then wean back into it !
YAY injury !
Monday, September 19, 2005
shhh, its a secret
Ever get tired of a million people bouldering next to you outside and feeling like your at a gym ? Ever wait in line to have a try at a boulder problem ? Feel like your bouldering at the happys ? Well, you will never deal with that at 'The Secrets'. In the cource of a whole weekend there we saw three total people and only one there to do any sort of 'actual' climbing.
Scott and I visited this area and got in some great climbing. The rock here, is.. well.. bomber, granite, tough, gritty, knobs, typical tahoe granite.
Saturday we visited The Sticks & The Mystics, both great bouldering areas. Both Scott and I got FA's (Moonshadow [Scott] & Flesh Wound [Me]) on some great problems.
Sunday we visited The Snags, witch also had great bouldering.