First Ascent Photos

[John]

Wait, I thought DC had an easier first pitch then the second was the mega-sustained one. Hmm?

[John]

Jeff-
Sue reminded me that we did the variation start from the right when we went up to do the .11 pitch 2 and did the entire monster first pitch at a different time. Me more reminderer now. That P1 of DC was awesome, like 20 .10- moves for 200' so I don't know if a .10 rating counts. Perhaps 9+ is fair. Tee hee.

[jeff]

Did you do the 2nd? That one is 9++

[John]

Yes we did. 9++ for sure.

[susan]

O man, we need photos. Do you have any of that route Jeff? The day we did it, I remember Squiddo and Dan R walking by on their way to another climb and stopping a few minutes to watch from the ground. I guessed I seemed to be epic-ing.

Watching Flanders float up climbs that day we saw you guys around Gray, and damn near solo'ing everything, I'm not surprised of his take on DC. Not at all.

Edited - scratch the word "take" - he didn't take. Replace with the word "impression."

[mike a]

Heres a pix of amy and i when we put up thunderbolt this season on gold finger wall by the west face area at wa-mello/fresno dome

[mike a]

heres a pix of my on the fa of golden eye arete 5.10c on gold finger wall, it could be the best route amy and i put up this season.

[mike a]

here mike a. on the fa of bitch stewie 5.11+ on the family guy wall, this wall is to the left of south pillar.

[jeff]

Thanks Mike, they look nice.

[susan]

Ditto, nice shots Mike!

[John]

Super top secret wall with a huge approach.....don't ask where this classic is. Just kidding, Mammoth Dam, 3" approach.

[mike a]

morning, here me on the fa of thunderbolt 5.10a on the gold finger wall.

[mungeclimber]

That orange colored stone never gets old to me. So nice.

[John]

Mike
Is Bitch Stewie a TR FA? The gear looked sketch on that when I last looked at it. Nice job and thanks for the shots!

PS, We do "Arechiga's" in our photos regularly....we turn around and wave at the camera. We try and look at excited as you do but you may have the market cornered. Keep on wavin'!

[mike a]

morning, yes it is a tr, the start needs a couple bolts to make it a lead route, after the start moves "the crux" a great crack goes up to the anchors with great pro placements, grahm just posted a couple pix on fb of him at the fresno dome trailhead, about a foot of snow, and he showed a pix of him pulling out some bone head up there with no shovel and no chains and he was stuck big time in the snow, but grahm got him out, i am going back up to fresno dome/ hawk dome this weekend i am sure most of the snow will be gone, but it will be cold, and this next week the weather looks like we will get some much needed rain and snow :-))), i am glad you like the wave, yes i am having a great time!!!, happy climbing mike a.