Squaw

[mungeclimber]

anyone got pics of Squaw climbing?

It seems so close, but I have been assured, it is a little bit of a walk.





-first post in subforum style points achieved!   

[NateD]

Uh oh, John's attempts to create boundaries for areas in SoYo is falling apart.  He's got Squaw (now officially renamed Piyau) Dome (google the renaming of all "offensive" and "racist" Squaw features across America) listed under West of the San Joaquin Gorge subforum.

But here's a 'lil pic of the start of the fab Snake Crack (5. on the north side. Really not a bad approach if you do it right, hiking from the end of the road just south of the dome. A very scenic summit as well.



Lars has spent some time there as well.

[mungeclimber]

noyce

still snow in there right now.





edit - wait, why is the boundary falling apart?  I'm pretty sure I posted in the right subforum.

[mungeclimber]

First Ascent info

When we did (what was, apparently, the FA of) the west face of Squaw Dome then, we encountered several rectangular (usually square) holes that were useless for the Stoppers and Hexcentrics we had. Hand-placing angles and tying them off worked great, although I suspect Aliens or Tri-Cams would also work now. Do you remember encountering anything like that on Balloon Dome?

http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1871450&tn=20

Post by
JEleazarian

[NateD]

Thanks munge. John E. had shared an original topo from his early ascent of the dome. I'm sure he'd allow us to share it. It's slightly different, if memory serves, than the west face/crack route described in the Spencer guide.

[John]

Munge-
Bad Munge, wrong subforum. Maybe you can use the split function to re-categorize it? We can't have anarchy!

Nate-
Would you ask JE if we can post his topo? I have it and can put it on the private downloadable section or in the public area if he wishes.

[NateD]

John,
JE is good with you posting the topos (Squaw and Hawk) publicly. Where is the public download area anyway? Just a "topos" thread within the region, or a separate downloads section altogether? It would be handy if people can comment. I'll happily post some of his additional notes (and maybe he'll chime in as well).

[mungeclimber]

Munge-
Bad Munge, wrong subforum. Maybe you can use the split function to re-categorize it? We can't have anarchy!

If you make me an admin, I can split threads.

As a default user, no can split. But I don't mind deleting posts and reposting in the right spot.

[John]

Oh. I didn't know that the split function was only available to me. I will try and split it....wish me luck...if the lights start flickering, I screwed up bad.

[John]

It worked!

For the record for those who are trying to figure out what the heck we are talking about upthread, this topic was in the wrong category and I moved it to this category.

[John]

John,
JE is good with you posting the topos (Squaw and Hawk) publicly. Where is the public download area anyway? Just a "topos" thread within the region, or a separate downloads section altogether? It would be handy if people can comment. I'll happily post some of his additional notes (and maybe he'll chime in as well).

Nate,
The Downloads section is a category at the bottom of all of the other categories, below the Bunnell Point category and only viewable when you are logged in.

[NateD]

Nice job with the thread migration.

Ok, fair enough. I thought that downloads section was only for password protected stuff. So you'll simply note what is available without a password? Can members actually post "public" topos (pdfs) for others to download? Or can we only post pics (jpgs of topos, which aren't typically as high rez and user friendly)? Let the masses know. 

[John]

EDIT: I moved the Squaw topo to the Downloads category

[NateD]

So did I just mess things up by doing a little test in the downloads folder? I created an Original Topos topic and posted a pdf attachment for John Eleazarian's topo for Hawk Dome, with some notes. Seems to have worked, and publicly (for members) available. Me likey. OK?

I can create a link in the Fresno Dome subforum as well, I suppose. Sure would be nice to have one stop shopping and all downloads in the downloads folder. If not, it may get harder and harder to find things as the forum grows?

[John]

I just realized that there is a function for that below where you edit posts and I changed the above post to show that.