Being in the Valley was stressing us both out. It wasn't just the Heat but also the immediate return of feeling like we were right back in the Zoo, where we had decided not to go this season. True, we were not working but somehow we still felt smothered. We went to Tuolumne to hang out for a few days. The weather was much better with the highs in the mid 70s we were able to finally really enjoy climbing. The first day we did a couple climbs right next to the road. We had climbed in the high country before but it was still shocking just how refreshing it was to be out of the Valley and up high away from most of the tourists.
The First climb we did was South Crack 5.8 on Stately Pleasure Dome. This dome is right on the road and takes about two minutes to get to the base of the climbs.
After South Crack we jumped in the car and ran down the road to Pywiack Dome and climbed Dike Route and really nice 5.9R that I had wanted to climb for a while. It was a great line and not nearly as bad as I had anticipated.
The next day Krystina's allergies were really bad so we climbed the North West Books 5.6 on Lembert Dome. This climb again starts right next to the road/parking lot and turned out to be perfect for the day.
Krystina at the crux of NW Books
The view from Lembert Dome is amazing in every direction.
Glacier Droppings and a very tough tree.
A beautiful patch of rock.
Krystina coming down the slabs after the climb.
After climbing we met Andrew, Amanda, and Kaylee at Tenaya Lake (the big lake you can see in the climbing photos above) to hang out and go for a swim before heading back to El Portal to meet up with Ron for the next days fun.
"Give me that gas can, I want it I want it..."
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