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Halfdome Cairns
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Camp 4 Nocturne
As the polyglottal cacophony settles and lights dim, the creatures of the forest start plotting their nightly plundering of anything edible that hasn’t been battened down.
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Half Dome for Lunch and a Nap
Todd the friendly SkyWest pilot told us he had been up to Halfdome even with ‘the cables being down’ over pizza and beer. We started packing soon afterwards. Using Prusik slings to aid up fixed cables won’t increase our climber cred but we were rewarded with perfect conditions and near solitude on the huge top.…
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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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Ron Kauk Getting Beta On Climbing ‘Just Do It’
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What Two Thousand Years Look Like
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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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Breakfast from Bed