Weekly Favorite Shuteye Ridge PICS thread

[YETI]

Did y'all check out John's hipster bouldering shoes?

Hehe

[dj]

Some great pics here y'all!  Good for those of us who vicariously climb from our little cubes at work.   Bonus points for flowers and the Sierra crest

[NateD]

Thanks for the pics, Nate! More, more, more!!!

Glad people like 'em, but yah, even though I love seeing more pics as much as anyone, John needs to understand he climbs at least 20 times more often than I do, so certainly has far more pics to share. 

But since I have a moment, here's a few oldies from 2007:



Ger in his element. Man, love that dude.

[mungeclimber]

Because John climbs more, he takes pics less. No time for pics if yer leading.

That flake looks good, even back in 2007!

[NateD]

But munge, I thought that in this day and age, if there are no pics of a climb (broadcast on all social networks, of course), than it didn't really happen.

Another fav from 2007. I have no idea why people actually like this place:

 

[mungeclimber]

Zactly!

That one is nice!

[Gerard(Jerry)Jessurun]

Rogelio de Montanas!!!
Ah man....love ya too Nater Potater!

[John]

Crazy sunset from the Willow Fire

[DaveyTree]

That boulder to the right of Ger looks like it has three xmas trees painted on it. Very cool shots.

[John]

Sue putting up a new line at Dutch Oven Wall


Dutch Oven Wall. Mostly topropes and a few leads. Getting to the base is currently a serious bushwhack.

[mungeclimber]

wow, that actually looks worthwhile. Is that like the one steep section?

[John]

That is the longest, somewhat-sustained-steepness section but otherwise pretty low angle. Great, featured and clean rock but "ledgy" and few long lines. Only Bush Ninjas would appreciate it.

There is a super-featured knobby section above the bushy ramp an OW to the left that has only been toproped. Steep but the knobs are so big they sort of cancel out the feeling of the steepness.

[NateD]

Cool! I never complain about steep knobs. 

[John]

Here are photos of a couple of new moderates on Red Feather. Still is one of the best summits in Southern Yosemite.

An arete on the SE Face, about 5.8-9ish.


Short OW to steep knobs on South Face, about 5.8


The Dammer summit shot with Minerva in the background.

BTW the green knob bands on the North end of Minerva are simply mesmerizing as the sun sets behind and lights them up around 2:30 (already set in this shot but you must see to believe how beautiful it is). Gorgeous rock. Wither, Cowboy Cracks, Practice Green and The Fairway go right through there.

[susan]

The recent weekends of smoke chased the cliff chickens away so good to get the green light on climbing there. Really fun routes! Nice to have mostly smoke free air and blue skies last weekend.