Sunday, May 18, 2008

Road Trip, Pt. 4- Yosemite

It was time for me to finally make the mandatory climber's pilgrimage to Yosemite. We only had four days so no big walls for me. Instead, we decided to check out some of the smaller stones and find out if the rumors of Yosemite's bouldering potential were true.

They were. This place is amazing. There is rock everywhere, from towering cliffs to thirty foot tall blocks hiding out in the forest. Another place where pictures and descriptions can't possibly do it justice.

The bouldering was fantastic. I think we were so overwhelmed by the scenery and the quality of the climbing that we forgot to take any pictures. The boulders are huge, the granite is perfect and the problems are super beta intensive and often reward power and subtlety in equal measure.

Here are a few pics. 1-Noah climbing a fun V0 located a short walk from our shelter at Housekeeping Camp 2-Dasha finally sending a hard V0 with tricky beta, also at Housekeeping Camp 3-Giant Sequoias 4-Half Dome from Glacier Point 5-El Cap, enough said

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