Southern Yosemite Climbing Discussions
Southern Yosemite Categories => Fresno Dome Area => Topic started by: DaveyTree on April 30, 2015, 02:39:44 pm
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The date has been set. August 28th - 30th at Fresno Dome. Saturday is the full moon and will be the night ascent. I will arrive Thursday night or Friday morning depending on my schedule. Camp fires will likely be prohibited at that time.
Will be posting it at the gym and super taco so I expect more people than my little group of the last two years. Hope to see you all there. I will be camping at the Fresno Dome trailhead.
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What a great idea! Sounds like a blast!
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One month away
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Thanks DaveyTree. Hmmm looks like we may have a scheduling snag but we'll see if we can figure it out. Sure sounds fun!
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Most likely be staying at the Fresno Dome Camp ground because we will be able to have a fire there.
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Most likely be staying at the Fresno Dome Camp ground because we will be able to have a fire there.
Really? wow, I'd figure there would be a ban there too.
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Nothing left to burn...
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Except "heavy brush and dead woody materials..."
I miss a good campfire. The kind that doesn't threaten to burn down the whole shabang.... like that time at Bowler...
or I should say unlike that time at Bowler.
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In reading the link posted on here it lists them. John Muir, Kaiser and Ansel Adams wilderness are ok. Also specific camp grounds. Fresno Dome, Chilkoot and a list of others are ok to have fires.
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Yeah, should be fine. Sure hopeful our neck of the woods will be wildfire free by then.
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Reminder.
Looking forward to this!
Woohoo!
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Had a great weekend at Lunesta Fiesta. It was great to finally meet those who showed. About 25-30 turned out and got to taste Paul's Shady Belay Brown and Baby Boy IPA home brew. We killed both kegs!
I realize now I took only a couple pics so hopefully someone else took more. The swag give away drawing was fun and climbing is always sweet. Thanks for the tour of Enchanted Wall Mike A. I did get a rare, never seen before, pic of Mike A. climbing without a the wave.
Night climb Saturday night was as always awesome. Because of the number of groups heading up South Pillar I went up Whiskey Bill. We were protected from the wind and had easy communication and a perfect climb. Stayed left on 4th pitch which is dirty spicy.
We had Mark Reed do his first outside lead and Adam do his first outside lead on the first pitch of Whiskey Bill at night.
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That was a mega-fun event! Thanks for putting it together, DaveyTree.
I think I counted three or four people all tied in short on the first pitch of Whiskey Bill!! Looks super weird and chaotic with the headlamps scattered all over the wall. Surreal. I hope someone took the time to take proper shots of that scene.
All we had was a cellphone camera and it took pics that are basically little dots in the blackness. I hope someone took some better photos. I think Mike A had a camera? I will try and choose a decent cellphone shot and post it later.
Looking forward to next year!!
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DaveyTree,
Thanks for arranging a great event. I met a lot of people who I only knew online as well as some old friends. The beer was awesome. I am looking forward to this next year!
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I had a great time too! Thanks Daveytree. Really great to meet you and everyone else I had the chance to. We enjoyed a little of the Hmoonshine at the top thanks to the great raffle. Also, another vote for the home brew we enjoyed beforehand - wish that was on the market it was so good.
We had a lot of fun climbing with Climberdude, Tiki-Ger and Roger much of the day, and then also tying in with Climberdude & Mike as a party of four for the midnight climb. South Pillar was awesome to view under the full moon especially from the notch half way up looking up the rest of the way, and again from the top looking down at the next parties coming up. The wind picked up now & then, but nothing too bad. Awesome climb!
Also, I ended up with the long cordalette with locking biner from the 1st pitch belay. Who can I get this back to?
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Sorry no photos - unfortunately we had to have a camera situation this weekend.
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I will ask around and find out who left the gear. Tks Sue
It was as much fun making the brew because we had to due some taste testing of course. Paul knows his beer.
Def looking forward to next year. Since I spent all my gift cards for REI on the shwag I am thinking next year it will be more like a white elephant type of thing. Everyone bring something and do the gift exchange/stealing sort of thing where it locks after the 3rd steal. Would last longer and have more laughs. Iw as looking at dates for next year and it will probably be in Sept. The full moon is on a friday but I think that will be better. We will do the night climb the first day. That will make the second day chill climbing and a better party Saturday night.
I am about due for another phone with mine all cracked and crashing all the time. They have a phone now with 41MP camera. Basically a camera with cell service. Might have to get that one.
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This is all I have. Reaaaally low-res photos from my phone. I texted myself so they are extra sucky as far as quality.
I am not even sure which pitch this is.
(http://www.southernyosemiteclimbing.com/SMF/photo_album_resized/IMAG0444_resized.jpg)
Both on top of the third.
(http://www.southernyosemiteclimbing.com/SMF/photo_album_resized/IMAG0442_resized.jpg)
(http://www.southernyosemiteclimbing.com/SMF/photo_album_resized/100MEDIA$IMAG0441_resized.jpg)
Climberdude on Jer's route The Stripper on Panarama earlier in the day.
(http://www.southernyosemiteclimbing.com/SMF/photo_album_resized/100MEDIA$IMAG0432_resized.jpg)
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Aha. Cool even with poor quality. The one looks like it is the end of p1 if you belayed at the single nut in the large dish or the final section before p2. Those are the only smooth sections near an anchor I can think of.
Sue, the cord and biners are Fred's. The Belgium. I sent him the link to the forum to get ahold of you. T's again.
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Oh yeah, who had the drone during the day? I bet they got some cool photos if it had a camera.
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That was Mark Reed's son. I haven't seen them yet but I think he is going to mash it all together into some type of video to music. Should be cool.
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hi all, just want to thank dave for putting last weekend together super fun time :-), and big thanks to john and sue for dragging grandpa up south pillar sat night/sun morning big fun you two you guy's are awesome!!!happy climbing mike a.
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Haha Mike, thought we moved pretty good for a party of 4. Thank you for the kind words. Was a stretch for us since we usually multipitch as just two. Was alot of fun with you there. Might have been a party of 5 had Mark R. joined or 6 if Ger, which would've been getting inadvisable... would've seen the dawn for sure with a party that many. Good that there are no hanging belays on South Pillar.
Wow Dave you know the route so well! Figuring out the photo like that and what pitch it is of.
Glad to get the gear back to Fred somehow. If not in person, then I could mail it easily too.
Would be cool to see the drone video for sure.
Also that really was a rad rapid fire raffle. Gift exchange is fun too. Or people could donate stuff for a raffle... guidebooks, gear they never use, etc
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The raffle was last minute so I ran to REI and went through my garage for stuff. Next years will be better. I will get Fred's address and PM you with it. Tks.
SP is a great routes and have done it probably 50 times taking youngsters up.
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Well lots of good climbing gear, biner, sling, cam... etc.
Fifty! Cool. What's the most people you've brought up at a time? How many kids do you normally guide up at a time?
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We usually had 8-15 kids. Arrival day was learning to belay on the camps wall. Day two was climbing on upper and lower Willow creek. Day 3-5 was multi pitch at Fresno Done and Hawk Done. Usually took all the kids up SO at least once along with Whiskey Bill, Looking Glass and Rowsby Woof. Some times I was up SP 3x in a day. Day six was climbing into the canopy of a giant sequoia. Usually had two to 3 guides so we split them.up according to level. Somewould stay and TR while others would be taken up climbs. I think 3 plus me is the most at once.
Just lead up and drag a second rope. Belay two up at once and lead up while the other would belay the 4th up. Worked pretty fast as long as I could trust their belaying. We have them all grigris to use so we felt confident.
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Wow, that's wonderful for the kids! Sounds like a lot of work but you and they must love it. And that was the rotation we had to keep the whole gig moving as much as often as possible.
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What is Fred's last name? Pm just sent for it. USPS asking for the label. If I send this today, he should have it before the weekend.
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Tks Sue. His last name is Vermote, one of them Belgians
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Great - got er done - will get mailed this afternoon for sure.