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Wipeout Variation and FFA of Pipeline

Wipeout Variation and FFA of Pipeline

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September 17th, 2009 by Josh

Shay and I had been talking for a while about heading up to get the first free ascent (FFA) of Pipeline (5.10 A0) on Mt. Carillon.  It’s a 1000+’ route that he and Andre put up a year ago, and the “money pitch” involves liebacking, underclinging and smearing under an enormous roof that looks like a giant crashing wave.  In addition, we planned on adding some new pitches leading up to and after the Pipeline roof.  Mt. Carillon is just north of Lower Boy Scout Lake in the Whitney region, and is in a beautiful secluded valley away from the crowds.

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New Route on the North Face of Mt. Langley: Horizontal Thought Movement (IV 5.8)

New Route on the North Face of Mt. Langley: Horizontal Thought Movement (IV 5.8)

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September 12th, 2009 by Ben

On Friday I emailed Nate asking if he wanted to climb at Tahquitz over the weekend and he replied with a “pass” as he was trying to put together a trip to the Sierra’s. A few hours later he emailed me again asking if I wanted to go attempt a new line up Mt. Langley. Shay had climbed on Langley the weekend before and attempted a ridge that dead-ended before reaching the summit – Nate thought he saw a ridge in the pictures Shay brought back that might connect to the top. He thought we’d try to do the route in a day but there was a good chance we’d face an unplanned bivy and a cold night on the rock at high altitude. More »

Checking out Langley

Checking out Langley

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September 8th, 2009 by Shay

Last weekend Luke and I went up the South Fork of Tuttle Creek to check out the North face of Mt. Langley.  We were inspired to go back there after seeing the information posted by Doug Robinson on Supertopo and Alois on Summitpost about the amount of virgin rock that was available back there. More »

King’s Canyon Again

King's Canyon Again

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May 6th, 2009 by Scotty

With the road open Shay, Josh, Konstantine and I returned to King’s Canyon to retrieve our gear stash, but also to snag some more of the low hanging FA fruit.  An ominous weather forecast had a couple of us doubting whether we should go, but then Konstantine called us on our shit.  More »

King’s Canyon

King's Canyon

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April 27th, 2009 by Scotty

The plan was perfect.  For almost a year now I had been regaling anyone with a set of ears about King’s Canyon, a magical place Lin and I visited for the first time last summer.  In my opinion King’s Canyon is an untouched Yosemite, replete with vast first ascent potential, minimal approaches, perfect rock and a beautiful setting.  Nate and Shay were keen, so we planned a 3 day trip over April 18-20.  The plan was simple: 1) drive to King’s Canyon, 2) walk 10 feet and put up modern megaclassic multi-pitch first ascents 3) enjoy the hedonistic luxuries of a well stocked car camping site. More »

Winter Ascent of The Complete North Ridge of Lone Pine Peak

Winter Ascent of The Complete North Ridge of Lone Pine Peak

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February 20th, 2009 by Charles

Winter Ascent of the Complete North Ridge of Lone Pine Peak from the Owens Valley.

Climbed by Scott Nelson, Nathan Ricklin and Charles Ince, January 30th 2009. More »

Michael Strassman Memorial Route (Superdike)

Michael Strassman Memorial Route (Superdike)

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September 11th, 2008 by Nate

The Michael Strassman Memorial Route climbs the South Face of Lone Pine Peak following an impressive right leaning dike, dubbed the Super Dike. This prominent feature rips across the otherwise blank wall for nearly 500 feet, offering up some incredible climbing along the way. The first ascent was accomplished on September 30, 2008 by Scotty Nelson, Charles Ince and Nate Ricklin. More »

FA “The Nelson/Pearson Route” III 5.8

FA

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August 26th, 2008 by Lin

Scotty had promised that we would do an FA for our birthdays back in July. Unfortunately the weather had other plans for us that weekend (We were able to do the FFA of Kostas and Nate’s route Cleavage Dreamer, with a direct start). A promise is a promise, so the next chance we had, we were headed back up to the North Face of Mt. Russell to give it another go. Things went smoothly enough (I have yet to go on a Scotty vacation). We got up at 4am on Saturday and got to the base of Mt. Carillon where we set up camp and had a leisurely afternoon of bouldering, top-roping, among other things… More »

FFA Cleavage Dreamer

FFA Cleavage Dreamer

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by Scotty

Teased by reports of big virgin granite up the Cleaver Valley, Lindsey, Shay Andre and I found ourselves parked at Whitney Portal late one August evening.  We immediately started hiking up, bivying on the sandy bench above LBSL.  I think this is a useful strategy for mitigating altitude sickness, and it also allows one to enjoy the hike in the coolth of the night. More »

Exploring the Pipeline (another FA on Carillon)

Exploring the Pipeline (another FA on Carillon)

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August 6th, 2008 by Shay

The pipeline is perhaps the most imposing roof in the Eastern Sierras.  Flawless granite extending itself from the wall more than 30 feet.  Andre and I spotted this obvious feature while putting up Sweet Carillon.  This weekend we went up to explore it. More »

FA on Polemonium: LeConte’s Revenge II 5.7

FA on Polemonium: LeConte's Revenge II 5.7

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July 28th, 2008 by Shay

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

FA:

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July 23rd, 2008 by Shay

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 »

Plucking the Low Hanging Fruit: A Weekend of Sierra FAs

Plucking the Low Hanging Fruit: A Weekend of Sierra FAs

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July 16th, 2008 by Scotty

Nate and I ventured up to the Whitney region last weekend. After gawking at the possibilities, we bagged two new routes: More »

New Route on The Cleaver: “Cleavage Dreamer” III 5.10 A1

New Route on The Cleaver:

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July 6th, 2008 by Nate

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 »

Five New Pitches on Shaw Spire

Five New Pitches on Shaw Spire

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May 5th, 2008 by Scotty

Nate and I went up George Creek to try a new route on Shaw Spire.

The route ended up being chossy, cold and scary. We climbed 8 pitches before bailing 2 pitches from the top. That night there were 100mph winds over the crest. More »

First Winter Ascent of the Winter Chimney, Lone Pine Peak 3/11/2007

First Winter Ascent of the Winter Chimney, Lone Pine Peak 3/11/2007

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February 27th, 2008 by Charles

Scotty Nelson and I managed this route last winter. Scotty wrote a great trip report and the link is here More »

Hell Hike II

Hell Hike II

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September 13th, 2007 by Charles

Well I would like to report a successful Hell Hike on Wednesday in rural Escondido.

A luring road promptly sent us to a small trail that passed by some graffiti and then dumped us in friendly chaparral to thrash about for awhile. More »

 
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