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Life at Camp 4
Staying at the National Historical Site Camp 4 is on a first come, first serve basis. At the crack of dawn a line forms in front of the booth with upstanding citizens waiting to get a shared campsite. Other climbers just drag in their crashpads after dark and sleep behind your bearbox. Rangers have devised…
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In Search of Pool Time
After getting pumped up by Ron Kauk’s personal presentation of his climbing and deep thought nature philosophy film we decided to set off on our first Yosemite multipitch trad climbing adventure. The book mentioned Yosemite Falls pools which we were looking forward to on this hot day. Our approach via the Sunny Side Bench route…
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The Nose
Katja on our first pitch of the Nose on El Capitan. We were so awed we decided to forgo the last 30 pitches.
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Almost to Peeler Lake in Hoover Wilderness
Never actually made it past 8300 feet, there was so much snow.