FA on Polemonium: LeConte’s Revenge II 5.7
Last weekend, Kostas and I went to explore the West Face of Polemonium on the Palisades crest. After a lot of hiking from South Lake and a ton of talus scrambling, we managed to put up a pretty fun route that tops out on Polemonium Peak. More »
FA: “Sweet Carillon” IV 5.10
There I stood, perched on a small face hold hugging the arete trying to surmount the 5 foot roof that marked the middle of our 3rd pitch. This was my first look at the wall above it and it looked blank. Would I be able to downclimb? Was there an alternative path? More »
Wreck Yourself Wednesday 07/16/08
This week we did time for reps. i.e. complete as many reps in a fixed time. Highlights this week include the new slosh bar and the hilariously pro-WYW response of the UCSD police that were called to the workout. More »
Plucking the Low Hanging Fruit: A Weekend of Sierra FAs
Nate and I ventured up to the Whitney region last weekend. After gawking at the possibilities, we bagged two new routes: More »
Dark Star C2C
We waited until the end of the weekend so that I could recover from a lingering cold and to avoid the 4th of July weekend crowds. It turns out that while I was getting better, Kostas was getting worse as he had mysteriously picked up my cold. So with occasional coughing fits we made the drive at a leisurely 60 MPH to Big Pine on Monday afternoon. More »
Wreck Yourself Wednesday 07/02/08
Stations were done for time again this week with a small group ready to liberate some of that lunch food that was stowed away in their gut. More »
New Route on The Cleaver: “Cleavage Dreamer” III 5.10 A1
Scotty and I spotted The Cleaver while we were on the NERLPP, and after getting home and looking it up saw that it had only one route on the South face. Sick! We made loose plans to check it out, but Scotty suggested the idea to Kostas before taking off on a 3 week roadtrip. More »
Sport Climbing
Not to be outdone by Shay’s Pullharder-Exploration Division (PhD), I’m starting PUllharder Sport-climbing SYndicate (PUSSY). Everyone who thinks sport-climbing is the best and only aspect of climbing is welcome to join. We get together several times a week to hangdog and wank on bolted routes. No skills are required, you just have to talk big. More »
Gym Kostas, 7/5/08
Workout: Strength
Warm-up: Barbell complex @ #75, #85, #95 (borrowed from the lads at mtnathlete.com) More »
Pullharder Exploration Division.
What it is:
The Pullharder-Exploration Division (PhD) is a division of Pullharder.org aimed at exploring new climbing terrain in the surrounding mountain regions. More »
