Tuolumne Meadows
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646 photos
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Dad with Dana (?) peak in the background.
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Dad with Dana (?) peak in the background.
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Rachel standing on some Fourth (third technically) of July snow.
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Self photography in front of the rushing Tuolumne River.
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Greg at the anchor at the top of the first pitch of...
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This was probably my favorite climbing route on this...
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Greg, belaying me for the second pitch of Water Streak.
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Top of water streak.
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Holy Cathedral Peak, silhouetted against the sun.
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Walking off to the top of Lembert Dome.
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Top of Lembert Dome, looking north.
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Lembert Dome by morning light.
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Greg on lead, putting up the new route R2D2 about 100...
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Hammering away with the hand drill: Greg putting in one...
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On Sunday morning, the group traveled up to Tuolumne...
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Eating flowers.
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Mr. Bear
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Climbing at the Western Front climbing wall near Daff...
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John taking pictures of Sonia Climbing "New Tricks for...
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Rob at the top of "Touch of Grey" (5.9 R)
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Another bear sighting on the way back to camp!
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Eating more flowers.
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The pictures are a bit grainy because it was dusk....
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On Saturday, after having breakfast in Mammoth Lakes...
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I had told Monica the hike would be, despite the high...
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After countless years and countless countries, Monica...
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Looking down into Tenaya Canyon from near the top of...
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So, the whole time we were climbing, we watched the...
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John and Monica near the top of Cloud's Rest. Half Dome...
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Monica and Half Dome.
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Monica and Half Dome, showing Yosemite Valley a bit better.
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Monica and Tenaya Canyon, 5,000 feet down.
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John, goofing off.
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Unfortunately, Monica wouldn't let me take it home.
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We got someone to take our picture, with Half Dome in...
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USGS reference mark, placed in 1956.
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Stormy weather! Glad I'm not on the top of Cathedral...
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Doing my best impression of a lightning rod.
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Monica wearing Half Dome as a hat.
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Yosemite Valley and Half Dome.
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Can you see the line of ants going up the dome? Actually...
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John and Half Dome.
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Weather still stormy with lots of virga (rain that never...
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Improbably enough the weather actually seemed to be...
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Tenaya Canyon, 5,000 feet below.
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Monica and Tenaya Canyon.
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Back under the protection of the forest, we passed many...
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On the 8 mile hike out.
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The dark sky at least prevented sunburn and looked very surreal,
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And then the rain started coming down!
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Hiking in the rain.
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And then the hail started! Ouch!
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Glad we brought rain gear.
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Hiking down the steep section.
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Looking out at Mt. Hoffmann.
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The rain collected all the pollen in the air, so most...
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Looking out at a pretty waterfall coming down between...
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Then the sun came out and it got hot again.
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Monica in the sunshine.
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And this is about when the going got extremely...
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So, I stopped taking photos (except for this one to...
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After eating dinner at the Tioga Pass Resort (which has...
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End of the world! Not a forest fire... just virga and...
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It felt like a forest fire though.
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On Monday, Monica and I decided we'd drive back through...
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Monica belaying as I climb the second pitch of Left Water Crack.
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Getting a bit higher. The weather had been off-and-on...
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The strategy was to climb fast and confidently, and get...
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The second pitch is probably my favorite pitch in...
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Another view of the size of the water crack (which just...
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Enjoying the view as I climb. Cathedral Peak features...
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I think this was taken from just above the last bolt....
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At the final belay ledge (Monica now out of sight). And...
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After a bit of struggling on the wet rock, Monica...
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At the top of the technical section of the climb, after...
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From here, the angle eases significantly, and it's a 3rd...
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Moving higher and higher up.
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Strangely, the heat of the rock from earlier in the day...
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Monica moves past a Charlie Brown Christmas tree propped...
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Monica takes a rest. A few other things about this climb...
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We reached a nice flat ledge with a view. Tuolumne...
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Monica works a 5th class section closer to the summit of...
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Enjoying the view of Tuolumne Meadows from midway up...
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The top of Lembert Dome seems constantly out of reach,...
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Monica, climbing on some fun 5.0-ish chicken heads below...
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Finally at the top!
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What a view!
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We even found a father and son who had hiked to the top...
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Finding a way down off the other side of the dome.
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Hiking down the tourist trail, by way of Dog Lake, back...
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We passed a small lake with what looked to be a really...
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Better view of the crack.
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Hanging out by this small lake and enjoying the...
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We took a half-mile detour to check out the...
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Hiking back to the car through Tuolumne Meadows. The...
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After a restful evening ditch-camped in Andy's secret...
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First up was some lead experience for Joel (I had been...
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Joel, starting up Northwest Books. The route roughly...
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Joel in the shadows, near the top of pitch one.
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Joel sorting out the difficult move at the beginning of...
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Joel, cruising up pitch 2 of Northwest Books.
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Nearing the top of pitch two. Another beautiful...
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Joel, anchored at the top of pitch two. We decided to...
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John and Joel packing up at the top of Northwest Books....
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The shorter rappel option involved some exposed but...
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Joel, posing with Tuolumne Meadows in the background.
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Joel, rigging our rappel from the anchor at the top of...
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Beautiful afternoon / evening!
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Joel checking in with Turtle about something or other. I...
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Ah, right. Joel actually decided to take this call...
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Trying to get this all in one shot with my 35mm Canon...
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So, it was about this time that we decided damn the...
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The rest of the climb went without incident and here is...
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Back to the car in the dark. What a surprise!
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Beautiful view of Medlicott Dome from the hiking trail...
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Jay and John headed to go climb Holdless Horror (5.6)
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Jay, ready to start the first pitch of Holdless Horror...
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Jay, following the second pitch of Holdless Horror...
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Jay on Holdless Horror.
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Jay, finishing pitch two.
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Jay, finishing pitch three.
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Jay, looking stoked on pitch 3 of Holdless Horror.
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Jay, finishing pitch 4 of Holdless Horror.
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Jay, topping out the final pitch of Holdless Horror (5.6).
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Just about there.
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On top of Dozier Dome, looking out at mightly Medlicott...
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John at the top of Holdless Horror, with his helmet at a...
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Jay was pretty spent.
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Cathedral Peak! John Muir claims that climbing this...
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Jay, on the descent from Lembert Dome.
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Eating lunch on the southern toe of Lamb Dome, looking...
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Drug Dome has an impressive route called OZ (5.10d)...
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Since the Gram Traverse travels more-or-less...
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Closeup of climbers on OZ.
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Jay, showing off his crack-scarred hands. Looks like...
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Still some snow in the woods in mid-August.
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Much closer view of the OZ and Gram Traverse on Drug Dome.
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One more shot, with another climbing party (Where's...
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Jay, comparing the guidebook topo of OZ to the actual thing.
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Jay belaying me on Roof Rat (5.7) which was a fun new...
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Jay starting up Roof Rat.
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Jay working his way up the dihedral.
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My gear placements along the roof. Created a bit of drag...
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Jay, starting up the roof section.
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Jay, cleaning some gear.
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Jay, smiling for the camera.
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Jay climbing roof rat.
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Moving on up.
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Moving out onto the face for a few moves.
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Getting a hand hold.
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Lamb Dome in the background.
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Jay, cranking on Roof Rat (5.7).
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Jay smiling for the camera.
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I like this one.
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Lie-backing away.
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Up up up.
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Higher and higher.
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Moving on top the roof.
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Jay high-stepping on Roof Rat.
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Moving across the roof.
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Checking that foot placement.
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Getting a cam out.
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Handhold below the crack.
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Found a solid right foot.
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Removing the final piece.
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Almost there.
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Looking for a hand.
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Cool looking buck on Thursday morning in the meadows.
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John leading the first pitch of Northwest Books (5.6) on...
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Top of Northwest Books just before sunset.
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On the hike off Lembert Dome from Northwest Books with...
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Sunset over Tuolumne Meadows.
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Walking off on 3rd class slabs.
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Cathedral Peak with the moon.
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Mel and Monica surveying the view ahead.
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Mel, Monica and Jasper survey the road ahead. The Grand...
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Mel, crossing to the south side of the Tuolumne River.
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Crossing the Tuolumne River on a footbridge.
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Monica, observing a cascading section of the Tuolumne River.
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View upstream.
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One of the first waterfalls on our trip.
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Stopping for lunch near Glen Aulin, about 6 miles in.
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A large granite formation on the north side of the canyon.
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Up close. Looks like difficult climbing.
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Ox bow bend in the river.
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Hiking deeper into the canyon, the walls on both sides...
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More tall walls, and a surprising number of fluffy white clouds.
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A wildflower explosion!
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Monica and a gnarled dead tree.
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Mel, approaching an overlook for Waterwheel Falls.
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Monica and the Gran Canyon of the Tuolumne ahead.
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Looking at Water Wheel Falls.
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Monica and John.
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The whole gang, taken by a friendly hiker we met at the...
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The scenery ahead. More domes and forest and canyon.
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Monica in her color-coordinated hiking outfit.
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Mel looking back on Waterwheel Falls as we continued down trail.
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Hiking through manzanita.
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Mel, pulling up the rear.
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Jasper, who was always willing to pump water for the...
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Monica, relaxing on the bridge over Return Creek.
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Passing over Return Creek, and stopping to take a photo.
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Following the mighty Tuolumne down canyon.
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Another field of wildflowers.
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Beautiful emerald pools dotted the river as we worked...
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The bugs come out but Monica is prepared.
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We passed through a large section of forest that had...
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Hark! A waterfall. We found our campsite, with a view of...
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Monica unpacks our bivy and starts to set it up.
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View of our campsite: Mel sets up Jasper and Mel's tent...
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Cathedral Creek, as viewed from our campsite. The moon...
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Jasper doing some stretches in camp, and the setting sun...
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Monica, and a better view of our sleeping area, complete...
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The sun sets behind our campsite.
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Jasper and Mel, as we start to prepare dinner.
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Heating up some water for the first course of our five...
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Moon, setting behind the south wall of the canyon, above...
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Bye-bye, moon!
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Finishing dinner in the dark.
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Morning light in the canyon.
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Monica doesn't want to get out of bed.
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After countless unsuccessful attempts, Monica becomes...
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Ta-da!
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Everyone brought a different color Nalgene, except for...
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Jasper, our tireless waterboy pumps from a precarious...
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Around 9:30 we were finally on the road and by virtue of...
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The road ahead.
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Marching down through some boulders.
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View of a towering wall to the south.
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Marching through the woods, where there are these...
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Beautiful stretch of the Tuolumne, with Jasper, Mel and Monica.
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River stones.
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Bright forest greens as we descend lower and lower....
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The crew surveying the surrounding hills.
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Mel and Jasper looking ahead. As we dropped lower and...
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Monica, at the top of a bypass around the Muir Gorge, a...
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The crew just before descending a steep section of...
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Waterfall at the junction of Rodgers Creek, I think.
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Rejoining the mighty Tuolumne, now at < 5000 ft elevation.
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Jasper goes on a water slide.
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Getting ready for the plunge.
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Go Jasper!
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Caterpillar on the rock after I got out of the river.
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Cruising along.
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From our swimming hole, the trail gained some elevation...
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Headed into the hot afternoon. Hiking around 5,000 feet at 1pm.
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Cascades and the view back up canyon
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More wildflowers.
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Mel in a field of wildflowers.
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Mel in a field of wildflowers, again.
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After a long, uphill slog, Hetch Hetchy comes into view.
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Monica, Jasper and Mel. There was actually someone...
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As we climbed higher, the day wore on and the shadows got long.
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Finally, after much reconnoitering, we found what we...
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While the fire really got going, Mel reported that she...
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... which had basically this view.
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So we put out our first fire, packed up our stuff and...
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Everyone waves from our aviary-esque pint-size campsite...
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The camera's timer function barely gave me enough time...
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While we cook dinner, sun sets over the Hetch Hetchy.
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Monica cooking dinner.
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Hanging out by the fire after dark.
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Morning comes to the best campsite ever. This was the...
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Sunlight to the east.
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Sunlight to the east.
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Hetch Hetchy now fully bathed in sunlight.
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Morning calisthenics before our last 8 miles back out to...
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Zoomed in view of where river meets reservoir.
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View from where we slept.
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A little less angled.
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Jasper and Monica, saying good-bye to our raptor's nest campsite.
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Packing up to get on the trail.
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Zoomed in view of Hetch Hetchy from the campsite.
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With our shadows.
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Sign showing how far we had come: 26.1 miles in two days...
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Same sign with the hikers.
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Someone found a bird's nest and had a snack.
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Very zoomed in shot of the Sawtooth Mountain Range,...
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Back up at 7,500 feet, Monica hiking through the forest...
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A field of wildflowers.
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We were treated to miles of wildflowers on the last...
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Lots of different colors. After this, we hiked by Lukens...
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Monica climbs The Boltway (5.8) on Stately Pleasure Dome...
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Pulling through on The Boltway on Stately Pleasure Dome.
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Looking for the next move.
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The day was clear as a bell, but also windy and a bit cold.
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At the top of the last pitch on The Boltway. The Boltway...
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Almost to the anchor.
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From here on the angle dropped off and we could walk off...
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Can you spot Half Dome in the background?
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After lunch, Monica and I headed over to Lembert Dome...
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Looking down Northwest Books (5.6). Monica led the...
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Storms roll in over the high country in the background....
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View to the south.
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Walking off in the sunset.
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John and Monica racking up at the base of Holdless...
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John and Monica Tying in and sorting gear.
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John seconding the first pitch after Monica's lead.
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Rope still life. This was the rope I was trailing to...
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John and Monica sorting gear at the top of the first...
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Holdless Horror: Take 2. Alex, Monica and I climb as a...
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Alex having fun on the cheekily-named Holdless Horror,...
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A little less exposure.
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John, racked up to lead pitch 3.
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Alex at the third second or third belay ledge.
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John seconding the crux second pitch after Monica's lead.
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The monster off-width at the start of pitch 2.
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Alex airing his aching feet at the top of pitch 2.
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Alex, racked up to lead pitch 4 of Holdless Horror (5.6).
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Monica, walking to the top of Dozier Dome for a late,...
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Lunch time: Monica and Alex with (from left to right)...
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Group photo at the top of Dozier Dome.
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John at the top of Holdless Horror on Dozier Dome.
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Monica, ready for a late, late lunch.
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John, hiking in on the approach to West Crack (5.9) on...
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Monica, on the hike in to West Crack (5.9) on Sunday morning.
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Alex, self portrait on the approach to DAFF Dome's West...
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The imposing west face of DAFF Dome, stretching 700 feet...
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Monica, moving past the slick 5.9 move at the base of...
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Belay ledge at the start of the climb.
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Our (bolted) hanging belay at the top of pitch 1.
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John consulting the guide book before starting pitch 2,...
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View to the west from the top of pitch 1.
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John belaying Monica, leading the fourth pitch of West...
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Monica placing some gear on the fourth pitch of West...
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View of Tioga Road and Lamb Dome, and behind it Drug...
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View to the northwest: Cathedral Creek drainage. Our...
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Monica at a good resting spot on lead, fourth pitch of...
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Monica on lead on the fourth pitch of DAFF Dome.
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Alex, at the top of pitch 2, as another climbing party...
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Monica and I resting our weary feet on a comfy ledge...
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Zoomed in shot of our car: We were pretty sure we saw...
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Alex, triumphantly perched atop DAFF Dome, anchored to...
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Alex, belaying Monica up the final pitch of West Crack (5.9)
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The massive north face of Fairview Dome, finally getting...
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Alex, belaying Monica up the last 50 feet.
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Height of this route was about 700 feet.
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Moving up some easy fifth class terrain.
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Natural bridge rock cairn at the top of DAFF Dome....
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View to the north off the top of Daff Dome.
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Alex and Monica sorting gear and cleaning up after the climb.
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Monica with Fairview Dome in the background. Monica is...
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Alex packs up gear. Evidence of the recent massive...
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Portrait, with the camera balanced on a rock (visible in...
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Monica finds the rappel anchors. Her head is sticking...
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DAFF Dome casts its shadow to the east. Tuolumne Meadows...
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Monica, hanging free on rappel off the east side of DAFF Dome.
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Monica helps make Alex a rope backpack on our way back...
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Our team back on terra firma looking happy and content...
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Group shot that could use some photoshop love.
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North side of Fairview, basking in late afternoon sun....
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Hiking back to the car.
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John, on the summit of DAFF Dome.
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View to the north from the summit of DAFF Dome.
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East Cottage Dome, I think. There were some climbers...
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Fairview Dome.
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Alex on lead on pitch 4 of Super Slide (5.9)
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Deciding the weather was just too hot in the Valley, on...
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Alex and Monica standing by a sign that says that a...
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Eating lunch under the SE buttress of Cathedral Peak.
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View of the climb.
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Alex leading the first pitch of Cathedral Peak (5.6)
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John hanging out at the base, not leading for once.
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Going to church at Cathedral Peak on Sunday morning.
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View to the southeast. There have already been a few...
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Alex, leading pitch 1 of Cathedral Peak.
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John at the base of Cathedral Peak.
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John following on pitch 1.
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Suiting up to climb.
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Monica getting out the sunscreen (good idea).
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The base of the climb.
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Monica following the first pitch.
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The color of the sky was so dark blue. Is this because...
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John belaying at the top of pitch 3 on Cathedral Peak.
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Alex climbing pitch 3 on Cathedral Peak. On pitch 3 we...
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Alex, finishing up pitch 3.
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John at the top of pitch 4, back in the sunshine.
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Alex looking down from the top of pitch 4. Cathedral...
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John at the top of pitch 4.
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Monica seconding the second or third pitch.
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Into the shade at the top of pitch 3.
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John climbing pitch 5.
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John entering the chimney (darn backpack) at the start...
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Saying hi for the camera.
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Monica belaying John up the chimney.
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We got cold very quickly in the shade.
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John moving up out of the chimney and back onto more...
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J
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View from pitch 4
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Some new snow on the echo ridge.
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Budd Lake.
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Beautiful scenery for our climb.
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Alex, finishing up pitch 5 on Cathedral Peak
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John, consulting the beta, trying to figure out which...
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Huh, right or left.
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John, belaying Alex the last 30 feet to the walk off.
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Hanging out on the top of Cathedral Peak in the late...
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Shadow cast by Cathedral Peak on Tuolumne Meadows. That...
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Alex and John, hanging out on the summit of Cathedral...
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Zoomed out a bit.
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Monica, back in the sunshine, somewhat.
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Eichorn's Pinnacle with a guy on top of it and Cathedral...
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Monica climbing the last pitch.
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John at the summit of Cathedral Peak, as the sun sets.
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Looking northwest from the summit of Cathedral.
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John and Monica sort out the second rope.
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Sunset over Eichorn's Pinnacle. That guy up there must...
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One of the better Sierra sunsets I've seen in a while.
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We enjoy the beginning of the evening hiking down the...
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Alex pitches his tent much better on the second go.
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Comparing hands after climbing Conductor crack that afternoon.
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Monica climbing pitch 2 of Direct Northwest Face of...
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John on lead on pitch 3 of Direct Northwest Face of...
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Back to business.
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View of the Meadows, center of my universe.
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Alex climbing up to the .10a crux.
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Getting a solid jam.
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Reaching for it.
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Scoping out the road ahead.
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The crux finger crack pitch.
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Getting ready to fire it.
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Starting to lead the crux pitch.
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Getting a ringlock and tiptoeing around.
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Ready to fire it.
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Doing my best not to fall on my trusty belayers.
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Monica stoked to be climbing Direct Northwest Face!
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Up up and away.
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Staying on my toes.
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Monica belaying.
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Monica and John at Top of Direct Northwest Face of Lembert.
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At the top!
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My helmet is always crooked.
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Coming down off the slabs from Lembert Dome.
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Monica and Alex, ready to go get breakfast at the Yosemite Lodge.
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Monica, climbing over the lip of Crescent Arch (5.10b),...
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At least my rope and knee is in laser-sharp focus.
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You can see the folks at the previous belay (over at the...
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The next party leading pitch 4 of Crescent Arch.
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John and Monica on the top of DAFF Dome, with Fairview...
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The enormous crescent arch on DAFF Dome. The climb...
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DAFF Dome and Crescent Arch from the car.
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On Sunday, Marlin, Dong, Monica and myself set out to...
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Our trail left from Tuolumne Meadows and meandered north...
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At a fork in the road.
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The high Sierra country was in prime season: glowing...
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As we neared Young Lakes we passed by Ragged Peak, and...
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Closeup.
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And farther away.
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Looming in the distance is Mt. Conness. We really didn't...
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Finally a somewhat clear view of the southwest face of...
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Monica crossing a tiny stream on our cross-country...
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Marlin, indicating the way forward.
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Dong hiking (Monica and Marlin in the distance). Getting...
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Conness seems to be getting a bit closer. Our climb...
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Once out of the woods, we proceeded across easy terrain...
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Dong, cooking dinner at camp as the clouds roll in over Conness.
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And almost as soon as the clouds rolled in they were gone.
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Eating dinner in camp on Sunday night.
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Sunset over the Sierra Nevada. Looking south from our camp.
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Alpenglow on Conness at sunset.
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Monica gets ready to go to sleep in preparation for our...
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Going to sleep early.
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As it turned out, the evening was not so restful. Strong...
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It was a windy morning so we bundled up in our...
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Up the alpine slopes to the west ridge of Conness.
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Alpine streams are my favorite.
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Marlin, taking up the lead.
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The West Ridge, looming above.
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Monica.
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Climbing up the talus at the base of the climb.
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Pointing out a plant that smelled very strongly of mint.
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Scrambling the last couple hundred yards. Marlin and...
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View from the base of the climb. Half Dome is plainly...
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Slightly zoomed in on (from left to right) Cathedral...
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Dong, overlapping on the second pitch of West Ridge of...
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Monica, making a delicate traverse on the second pitch...
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At the end of the "hard" section. At this point, we kept...
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Monica, stoked on the knife-edge west Ridge of Mt....
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Climbing along the knife edge ridge.
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A view of the exposure off to the left.
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Climbing on an easier section.
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Monica's got a lot of necklaces on.
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Monica, climbing on a huge block.
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I think that's about
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Getting close to the top on easy terrain.
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You can even see Tenaya Lake (near Half Dome in the background).
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Relaxing near the summit.
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Believe it or not there were marmots up here on this...
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View to the west.
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South
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And East.
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Climbing the last bit to the summit.
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Monica near the summit.
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Marlin, finding the summit register.
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Marlin, with the summit register.
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Looking off to the north.
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Marlin, pointing out the Sawtooth Range to Dong.
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Relaxing on the summit.
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Signing the guest book.
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Enjoying the cramped space on the summit.
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Here we are!
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View back towards camp.
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... and zoomed in.
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... and zoomed in even more. I swear our camp is just to...
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Conness glacier.
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Walking off the summit.
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There's actually a pretty good trail along the east ridge.
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Hiking along the east ridge to a plateau in the distance.
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There was a trail going down this chute; to where I do not know.
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Downclimbing a tricky part.
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Back on (mostly) level ground for a while.
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John
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Apparently I did not do a very good job of coiling the rope.
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Traversing a narrow ridge over to the plateau.
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Southwest face of Mt. Conness, viewed from the side.
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Stone wind rings on the plateau.
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About to cross a small snowfield.
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I found a USGS marker.
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Another view of the southwest face.
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Another view of the southwest face.
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Crossing a small snowfield.
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And now the fun part of the descent... a long and steep...
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View of the West Ridge in profile.
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The scree/talus/bush field we just descended.
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Back on somewhat more friendly terrain.
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Almost back to the valley.
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Mt. Conness, nearly back at camp again.
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Walking the last quarter mile or so.
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And the fog rolls in for the second afternoon in a row.
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View to the south.
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Marlin and Dong's ultralight tube tent, i.e. a large...
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Monica collecting mosquitos as usual.
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Relaxing in camp.
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With the mountain in the background.
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More fog.
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Going on a water run on Tuesday morning before we hike out.
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Camp's packed up and we're ready to hit the trail.
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Headed back for civilization.
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Crossing a small stream.
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I love alpine streams and meadows.
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Back at Young Lake, where we pick up the NPS trail that...
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Snack break on the trail.
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Headed back to the meadows. Large gray dome at left...
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Hiking along. Clark Range barely visible (dark colored...
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Cathedral, Matthes, Mariolumne, Tenaya, Fairview and all...
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Back side of Lembert directly ahead, I think.
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Another resting spot.
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Crossing a river on tricky rocks.
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Dong balancing.
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Monica plotting a plan of action.
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Arriving back in the meadows we're greeted by a few deer grazing.
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Crying Time Again (5.10a) the 6-pitch climb on Lembert...
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Monica made a friend in camp. (Tuolumne Meadows...
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Our potentially psychotic and or drugged out neighbor...
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Sunday's task was far more reasonable. Though it had...
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Hanging around. Jay and Monica from the second belay....
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Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne in the background. A...
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Looking down at the sublime 3rd pitch... 150 feet of...
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One more shot.
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Monica on the sharp end of the rope on pitch 4.
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Hanging out at the very comfortable belay ledge at the...
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Jay coming up pitch 4, on relatively moderate terrain.
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Jay working on his Tuolumne edging skills. Next time...
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Jay and Monica coming up the final and 5th pitch to the...
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Monica on pitch 5 of West Crack, just feet from the top.
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Monica and John somehow ended up with nearly matching...
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John, Monica, and the rock that was my anchor for the last pitch.
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Jay, taking a rest on top. Mt. Conness visible next to...
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Mariolumne Dome, Lamb Dome, and in between them in the...
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Jay walking off the back side of DAFF Dome to the rappel route.
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Monica headed down first, with the north face of...
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Jay, ditto.
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As we hiked our way along the southwest toe of DAFF dome...
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Finger crack leading to low angle, gold-colored very...
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Monica belaying Jay.
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Jay backed down near the top of the route, since he...
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Placing the smallest nut I had in the thin vein of a...
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Well, here goes.
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Careful foot placements.
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Got to the first bolt and clipped a draw.
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Moving past it.
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Trying a high step.
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Resting. Need to work out calf muscles at gym more.
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From farther away.
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Ok, enough resting. It was so desperately thin...
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On the move.
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Got to the second bolt.
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Looking for the anchor.
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And at the anchor.
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Monica, always the patient belayer.
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Monica, giving it a whirl on top rope.
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The moon rising over Fairview Dome.
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Monica, making a move.
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Delicate feet. Monica cruised up this in probably less...
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Just about to the top.
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Monica, cleaning the anchor and getting ready to rappel.
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Rappelling back to the base while Jay gives a belay. In...
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Monica, racking up in the parking lot at the east end of...
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Some guy who was having a picnic offered to take our photo.
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Mountaineers Dome Our climbing route starts in the...
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On Saturday Alex, Monica and I decided to tackle a 5...
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Monica making it up the first 5.9 pitch.
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Working hard to get a cam out. John's hands belaying.
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Pitch 1 from the bottom. John is at the top belaying.
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Alex at the base of our climb, Pywiack dome in the background.
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Monica, sorting some rope on the enormous first belay...
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View across the valley of the penny royal arches.
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John's lead ropes on pitch 2.
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John, belaying at the the top of pitch 2. It was a warm day.
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View from top of the 2nd pitch, including (from left to...
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John belaying from a perch at the top of pitch 2 where I...
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Monica coming up the 5.10a fingers section on pitch 2.
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Monica at the belay.
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On the fun traversing pitch 4. 5.7 traverse without much...
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Monica belaying while John climbs the 5.10b crux pitch 3.
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From the top of the slick corner. Pywiack again and...
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Monica at the top of pitch 4.
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Alex rounding the top of pitch 4.
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With Cathedral Peak in the background.
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John, at the top of pitch 4.
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Monica on the 5.7 no-pro traverse on pitch 4.
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Monica on the 4th class descent.
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Beautiful Tenaya Lake.
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Alex on the descent.
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Finding our way through the slabs.
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Cathedral Peak catching the evening light.
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On the hike back down.
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Hiking back to the car.
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Alex and Tenaya Lake in the background.
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Taking a breather and switching back to approach shoes...
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We climbed to the top of that! Coming down the last of...
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Quaking aspen wearing its fall colors.
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Sunday morning saw the real adventure: a line on...
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The climb is called Lucky Streaks: 6 pitches, closer to...
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Sunday, in the parking lot before heading to Lucky...
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Monica, at the base of Lucky Streaks on Sunday morning.
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Our climbing route.
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I am at the top of the second pitch (5.10a) and Monica...
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Monica, coming up the top of pitch 1.
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Alex, on the 3rd pitch, taking a break after trying a...
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At the top of the climb, just after sunset. Headlamp on...
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Sans-headlamp.
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Moonrise on the descent down 3rd and 2nd class slabs....
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Sierra sunset from the top of Fairview Dome.
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Eating the last of our food and drinking the last of our...
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Alex.