Weekly Favorite Shuteye Ridge PICS thread

[DaveyTree]

Susan, Sick pic with the moon in the back drop. Adds so much to the photo. That route looks toofer.

Sat I went to Aerie and then later to Lost Eagle after a dip in the pools. Awesome day.













Thanks for the help on the pics. I was wondering how you guys made them large.

The route with the black streaks was an FA by Grahm Doe but the pic is of Jimmy(unk last name from Bay area who is a photographer). Don't remember the name of the route. Tom Addison got the second on it after warming up on Ugly Monkey in other pics. I believe that is one of Mike A.'s routes.

At Lost Jimmy & Tom did a .10a on the right side and Grahm and I did Don't be a Turkey and then another to the left. First time at Lost......what an awesome place. Can't beat those pot holes. Gotta admit I was sketched on my first dive into that little deep pool.

[mungeclimber]

Daveytree,

The pics are kinda small. Any chance you have some larger ones?

[susan]

Tx! Very cool shots you posted of Aerie, tho would be good to see them enlarged. Gorgeous rock up there! Is that you in the photos or who? What are the routes? 

[John]

Daveytree-
To make your photos full size, modify the links for your photos in your post like this:

Yours have the "mob1119" in the early part of the link-

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http://mob1119.photobucket.com/albums...............
Change the "mob" to "i" like this:

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http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/...........................
The "mob" is only for viewing on phones, and the "i" is for full size.

We would love to view your photos in full size. Thanks!

[DaveyTree]

Modified pics and info. Tks for the help

[John]

Much better sized pics.

[mungeclimber]

That's Jim ThornB...

[mike a]

Hi tom and jim, yes ugly monkey is my route, way better warm up then the warm up at jailhouse, you do not have to get in line at the aerie for the warm up :-), it cool you guy's checked out lost eagle, i hope you two founded time to check out the swimming hole at l.e. i am psyched to see some jailhouse climbers besides kent s. climbing at shuteye, happy climbing mike a.

[DaveyTree]

Both Jim and Tom were really cool guys. Tom grows crazy fruit from all over the world. He brought some crazy orange fruit that looked like a cherry tomato wrapped in a wax paper shell that tastes a.little lime a blue berry and grows in Peru. So Fricken good.

Mike, the pools are awesome. I could have stayed there the rest of the day. The water was like 70-75 degrees. It was like a pool.

[John]

Happy for you that you got to check them out, Daveytree.

I do think that the pools were the only thing that the Ridge really had to lose and Lost Eagle should have been kept out of the guidebook. It will be a sad day when you can't even park and go in there. I have two photos of a day that there were 10 cars parked there and we had to leave because of that since no one could get out. That was about 4 years ago and when you only could have learned about it by word of mouth.

Sorry to be the guy predicting doomsday, but we really feel like we are saying goodbye to Lost Eagle this year.

[DaveyTree]

We were the only ones there from about 3pm until dark. I would have also turned around with all those cars there.

[John]

This is one technique to make a climb have a really runout first pitch, start with the second pitch first. It actually panned-out just fine.

Sean and Dan on The Fairway-5.9, Minerva

[NateD]

I do think that the pools were the only thing that the Ridge really had to lose and Lost Eagle should have been kept out of the guidebook. It will be a sad day when you can't even park and go in there. I have two photos of a day that there were 10 cars parked there and we had to leave because of that since no one could get out. That was about 4 years ago and when you only could have learned about it by word of mouth.

The pools were not to be mentioned in the guidebook, and really aren't, due to concerns about other local user groups (non-climbers). However, Jerry's Swimming Hole Wall is included, which pretty much says there are great swimming holes there. Truthfully the pools have had FAR more promotion online over the years, through all the talk and pics on forums including this, than the guidebook ever will, IMO.

I enjoyed the pools with my 3 boys several weeks ago, and had them all to ourselves - no other cars up there. But I too fear they will be overrun as word continues to spread. Go out and find more pools folks, they are out there, undoubtedly. John, surely you knew almost all of the owners of the 10 cars there at once, no? Hope it's a rare instance.

[John]

Nate

What is done is done. You know that you cant avoid the pools if you go there but before, you couldn't find it if you didn't have directions. Your old topo didn't even have directions. I can get a photo online of the Methuselah tree, the oldest tree in the world, but no one will tell you where it is.

I didn't recognize a single vehicle of the 10.

[daniel banquo merrick]

There are some fine swimming holes where Grizzly Creek meets the S. Fork of the Merced River. Drive out Sky Ranch Road 9.5 miles past Fresno Dome. Park where the road makes a hairpin turn at the north end of the ridge on the east side of Grizzly Creek. Hike 1.2 miles down the ridge heading northwest and hit the creek just above the river. It is 1.2 miles due west of Chiquito Lake. Some of the best pools I've ever seen. It is an easy hike on an open ridge. Take the kids.

I went down there a few years ago looking for climbing but didn't find anything worth the hike. I did find a stocked camp and lots of bear sign.