Courtright

[DaveyTree]

I haven't been there. Only saw pics on another of the sites. Looked worth the approach. Flydude on the taco, Kroll, would prob give more beta.

[John]

Ran into a photo of the right end of Power Dome and further.



Trapper

[mike a]

going to courtright on july 19th to go check out that new climb, swiss cheese on not power dome, looks fun, that flydude posted on rock climbing.com, e-mailed him along time ago for some beta on like the easy way to get there, and maybe a topo on the climb, but he never did get back with me on that, anyway i am sure i can find it, if any of you are going to courtright this season check out a route i put up years ago, it's called water pipe, 5.10c, 10 clips, 100' to the anchors, great route with 3 cruxs, it's down the p.g.&e road where you park to go to tiger wall, go all the way down the raod to where it flattens out a small pond to the left, and you will see a big water pipe, and just before the pipe look to the wall on the right, and you will see my route, cheers mike a. ps yes i did it ground up :-)

[John]

Thanks Mike
Must be to the right of this big pipe?

[mike a]

wow, super cool pix, a little bit before that tree in that pix, can't miss it, it will be the only bolts you see to the right.

[DaveyTree]

I will email flydude and see if I can get some beta on Swiss Cheese

[mike a]

cool thanks :-)

[DaveyTree]

You ever climb Nozukes on Penstiman Dome. I remember it being .10b. Good climb and I cried while belaying.

The first pitch goes up a crack system past a ledge. I wasn't sure which direction to go so I belayed my buddy to the ledge. He decided to to keep going. He went right up an OW instead of left. He moved further right out of the OW onto this nose. He bear hugged with legs and arms and dry humped the thing like an inch worm to get by it. He was so tired when he got to a place for pro he looked like he was having a spasm and it took forever to get the cam even close to the horizontal placement. I was laughing so hard from him dry humping and making noises that should never come fom anyone climbing that I fell to my knees. I could barely see through my tears to belay. I still laugh about it.

[susan]

Hah, love it.
That formation does look really good...

[mike a]

penstiman dome is great for doing alot of climbing in a short amount of time, couple years ago, amy and i headed up to climb rope-a-dope 5.8, classic!!!, and on the way up, we past, shake the flake, 5.9, so we did that on the way to do rope-a-dope, awesome route, and when you are on the top of rope-a-dope you are on top of the dome, so when you are rapping down you can climb a bunch of the other routes on the left and right of you, i think we did at least 10 pitches in a little more then a 1/2 of a days time, left plenty of time to hang out at the lake for a swim and a cold beer, i have been to penstiman dome a bunch of times, and every time i have been there, never saw another person nor climbers there, amy and i really like that dome, psyched on going to courtright next month, it's the place on amy's b-day weekend we became a couple, we climbed little nukey on her b-day, so courtright is a very special place to us :-), it's a lot like shuteye, amazing and beautiful place to climb, but hardly any climbers go there!

[John]

...it's the place on amy's b-day weekend we became a couple, we climbed little nukey on her b-day, so courtright is a very special place to us :-)

Romance at the res!Nice Mike.

Speaking of climbing romance, we have a friend that proposed on "Commitment" in the Valley. That was supposed to be part of their grand climbing romance story to tell their grand kids, but it unfortunately didn't work out. Bummer.

[NateD]

wow. 

[susan]

O that was a long time ago and they are all better off now.

Wow, Penstiman comes highly recommended. Very sweet story.   

[John]

I just moved this thread to it's own category under "Beyond Southern Yosemite"

[mungeclimber]

uber on Power Dome a few years ago