Yosemite Part 1
I’m calling this post Part 1 because I’m hoping to hit up the valley several times this year. Although I just left, I already have plans to go back in October. This time around I met up with Chris, Rose Mary, Pete and Keith. The original idea was that I would climb with Rose Mary while the rest of the crew would crushing out The Nose on El Cap. The plan changed a bit when the boys came down early, but I still got one fantastic day with RM on the East Buttress of Middle Cathedral. RM and I climbed this route many years ago and I remember it being one of those routes that pushed my limits at the time. At 5.10a and 11 pitches, it was probably the longest/hardest route I’d done to date. Pretty cool to come back years later and crush it out in a casual 9 hours car-to-car (including a 3 hour descent).
