Cranky German

Ely

There is a sad song for every waitress in this town Phone calls to family at the forlorn parking lot Scattered showers and icy wind Casinos and taxidermy So glad we have wheels and gas in the tank

June 16, 2010

Steeled at Yosemite, On-sighting in Sinks Canyon

June 16, 2010

Sly on Going West Young Man

Warming up so she can pull the tourists up 11a territory on Corner Drug.

June 14, 2010

Lee Vining Mobile Gas Station – Best Restaurant for Miles

June 11, 2010

A soft spot in my heart for Nevada. Mountains taller than you know, roads so lonely your mind composes country music. Still you never know, you might run into long lost friends after you pulled over at a mile post in the middle of nowhere.

June 11, 2010

Halfdome Cairns

June 9, 2010

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.

June 9, 2010

$100 Lesson of the Day

Anticipate the rotational force created by a pendulum fall. Don’t insert your Omega Link Cam far enough into a crack so the back lobes are close to engaging. Your Omega Link Cam becomes one with the rock when it is shifted by force and the bigger lobes are also touching the rock. Your Omega Link…

June 8, 2010

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.…

June 7, 2010