Lover's Leap

Location Description

141 photos

Looking up Hogsback at Lover's Leap.
The crew prepares for the climb. From left to right:...
Turtle on Harvey Wallbangers Right.
Monica on Harvey Wallbangers Center.
Jon, Turtle and Joel at the top of Hog's Back.
Monica, pulling a roof on Harvey Wallbangers Center.
Sequence #2.
Sequence #3.
Monica at the top of Hog's Back.
Jon, enjoying lunch with Main Wall in the background.
Joel, using Turtle's foot as a bonus hold.
John, leading an unnamed 5.10a climb on the far right...
John, leading an unnamed 5.10a climb on the far right...
John, leading an unnamed 5.10a climb on the far right...
John, leading an unnamed 5.10a climb on the far right...
John, leading an unnamed 5.10a climb on the far right...
Monica, climbing the first pitch of Surrealistic Pillar (5.7).
Monica climbing the first pitch of Surrealistic Pillar (5.7).
Monica, at the top of the first pitch of Surrealistic...
Monica, at the anchor at the top of the first pitch of...
Starting to get a bit high off the ground: nearing the...
Turtle, on lead, on a neighboring climb called The...
Playing with a lower ISO setting: Turtle, on lead, on a...
Monica, getting near the top of the second pitch to...
Being short doesn't help.
Monica, at the top of the second pitch of Surrealistic...
Joel, seconding the second pitch of The Farce.
Joel, climbing The Farce, second pitch.
Jon led one last climb and just as he tied into the...
Monica, just after it started raining on us.
Jon, in the rain, packing up our gear to go home.
View from the top of the first pitch of Haystack (5.8)...
Some other guy climbing on a different route (Pop...
Monica seconding the first pitch of Haystack while...
Monica towards the top of the first pitch of Haystack.
It was really cold for June. Even in the sunshine, we...
Reaching for the next handhold.
A bit higher now: top of the second pitch. Some people...
At this point, we were past the hardest move of the...
Monica seconding the second pitch of Haystack. That is...
Monica trying to free a stubborn nut or hex.
Monica, getting closer to the top of the second pitch.
Monica freeing some more gear near the top of the second...
Now at the top of East Wall, peering over the edge as...
Monica, getting near the top.
Finally at the top!
Victory!
Hungry for lunch.
Self portrait from the top of Haystack.
The trail back was quite scenic, with a little stream...
A lone tree, along the trail on the hike back down.
John hiking down the trail.
John hiking down the trail some more.
Everything was very green for the middle of June in the Sierras.
Back at the bottom: We are surveying our route, which...
Looks like we got off the cliff just in time (though it...
Monica, taking a look at where we had climbed today.
Then, on the hike back to the car, we see no fewer than...
One of these climbers (in blue) decides he has had...
Monica making her way up the second pitch of Bear's...
Getting a lot closer...
My camera does not like to focus on the right object.
Almost to the top of the second pitch on Bear's Reach.
Monica leading the first pitch of Deception (5.6) on Hogsback.
Monica placing a piece of protection on Deception on Hogsback.
Taking a minute to look down and smile for the camera. ...
The super-scary (supposedly only 5.5) traverse between...
I forgot to bring my camera Saturday, which was too bad...
Monica climbing the first pitch of The Groove.
Monica, nearing the top of the first pitch. Since...
Monica at the top of the second and final pitch of The...
At the top!
Taking a snack/water break after climbing The Groove.
Instead of hiking back down to the base after climbing...
After a long wait (while we ate lunch) it was our turn...
Don't look down!
View from the first belay ledge.
Looking down from (almost) the top of the second pitch....
Without feet this time. So the story was when I got to...
At (almost) the top of pitch 2 of Corrugation Corner.
Trying to get a photo from above. One of the members of...
Trying a different angle. Self-photography while...
Sideways shot of the view to the west.
Probably about the best I was going to do.
Spot the green backpack and blue helmet, moving up the wall.
Looking good!
These were fun photos to take.
Monica stoked on pitch 2 of Corrugation Corner.
Smiling for the camera.
Working into the chimney section at the top of the pitch.
At the top of corrugation corner, with a great view of...
Can you spot Monica?
Monica about to do the scary traverse.
Out of the corner and on the home stretch.
Dike hiking at the end of the climb.
Getting closer!
Reaching for a hold.
Monica stoked to be at the top of Corrugation Corner!
One more shot for the camera.
At the top!
Pretty good day. Also got to the top just in time to...
Hog's Back and US-50 in the background.
Watching the sun set during our (long) hike back to the base.
Hiking back to the base, looking tired but content.
Pinecone forest.
Parting shot of our climb.
Monica sorting gear in the parking lot Sunday morning.
John belaying Alex up the first pitch of It's Better...
Alex, first pitch of It's Better With Bacon (5.8).
Alex gets his nut that he has owned for less than 48...
John, getting ready to lead It's Better With Bacon (5.8)...
Monica checking her belay at the beginning of the climb.
Monica, leading the 4th pitch of It's Better With Bacon...
John feeding out the last foot of slack for Monica on...
Descending off the back of Hogwild, after climbing the...
Climbers on Surrealistic Pillar (5.7) on Lower Buttress....
The Pony Express (from Missouri to California) went...
Monica and Alex, being simul-belayed up the third and...
Forest fires nearby kept the air gray and smelling like ...
It made for a good sunset, however.
Traveler Buttress and forest fire.
Sunset kept getting better and better.
Monica, pulling the 5.9+ roof at the end of the...
Just another day in paradise.
Alex, self-portrait
Alexing taking a photo from near the top on Bear's...
Sunset with forest fire smoke.
Snow camp on Saturday night. Our friends Jon, Liz,...
We drove in Saturday night to heavy snow and temps...
Monica on Sunday morning at our camp. The sun came out...
View of the mountains from the snowfall the day before.
Our camp with Jon's "yacht tarp".
April enjoying a rare rest while leading the first pitch...
Contemplating the next move...
Peeking around the corner.
April steadies herself with a foot out on Sinbad-Herbert...
Stemming and jamming. Alan belays at the bottom left-ish.
April killed it on this very sustained overhanging hand crack.
Reaching for the next jam.
Finding a constriction in the rock to get a wrist in.
Reaching and stemming. April on Sinbad-Herbert (5.10b).