Hi, I hope you guys don't mind a newbie question. A friend and I are going to be camping in Yosemite - we're doing part of the High Sierra Camps loop - leaving...
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Bob Burd
snwburd
Oct 1, 2004 4:24 pm
You have lots of choices in a very nice area. From near Cathedral Lakes you can scramble up to Cathedral, Echo Peaks, Echo Ridge, Tresidder, or Columbia...
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Matt Worster
mtnhurdler
Oct 1, 2004 8:48 pm
Yep, yep, yep, uh huh . . . I second all of these! --matt ... To ... the ... it ... has ... by ... 3)...
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flashv12
Oct 2, 2004 11:49 pm
Has anyone been up Langley lately? Specifically Old Army Pass? I'm looking to summit this thing in a day (day hike). What's been your experience in that...
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Bob Burd
snwburd
Oct 3, 2004 12:50 am
... I'm looking to ... in that regard? There are four cirques on the Sierra crest between new Army Pass and Mt. Langley, all can be climbed class 2 (class 1...
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daddu_kaka
Oct 3, 2004 2:11 am
Hi, Another Newbee question: Is there a hike around San Jose (1 or 2 hr drive) where I can get some practise done for class3. i have no idea what a class 3...
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James
cynomolgus69
Oct 3, 2004 2:48 am
That's right ! I climbed Freel Peak yesterday making that my new highest point ! 10881 I was going with a friend and we were going to tag 3 summits Freel , ...
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Bob Burd
snwburd
Oct 3, 2004 6:31 am
There isn't much of anything class 3 near San Jose. One nearby locale I can think of is the west side of Mission Peak. There are some rocky aretes on that side...
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davidkiene
Oct 3, 2004 3:05 pm
Saurab, one thing to keep in mind is that there is no such thing as typical class 3. Class 3 can range from solid but exposed (and quite fun) granite such as...
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Kathy
wingding0
Oct 3, 2004 9:52 pm
On friday I head up to Bishop and enjoyed the fall colors along 168 and Bishop Creek before heading out to Green Lake for the night. I didn't get start out...
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Matt Worster
mtnhurdler
Oct 4, 2004 2:58 pm
Looking for a cruiser on Sunday, and found it in Round Top. Very similar to Castle Peak: super easy and short approach, lil' steep at the end, then a short...
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Matt Worster
mtnhurdler
Oct 4, 2004 3:03 pm
For a "short" drive, Castle Peak is a great way to see what "class 3 easy" can be. Less than 2:30 from Oakland to Donner Summit on I-80, and a very short...
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Matthew Holliman
matthew_holl...
Oct 4, 2004 5:44 pm
... I'm looking to ... in that regard? Given the new snow around the areas where I'd planned to climb, I ended up changing plans and doing Langley/Cirque...
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Matthew Holliman
matthew_holl...
Oct 4, 2004 5:50 pm
... hr ... hike. I would think your best bet is to drive a bit further and check out Castle Peak or Round Top, as Matt suggested. Castle Peak is at the easy...
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tiredoftheoc
Oct 4, 2004 6:09 pm
I agree with Matthew and Bob about the trail up Old Army Pass. I thought it was easy to find after the 4th Cottonwood lake. And from experience on New Army...
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nathan
dangerouspoets
Oct 4, 2004 6:17 pm
I joined a climber.org trip this weekend led by Steve Eckert and Mike McDemitt to climb Dennison and Moses mountains in the western Sierra.We met at the...
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Saurabh
daddu_kaka
Oct 4, 2004 7:36 pm
Thx for all the inputs folks: I am dreaming of doing Mt. Lyell some time next year hence the need to figure out what Class-3 actually means. I'll try out some...
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Bob Burd
snwburd
Oct 4, 2004 8:33 pm
Class 3 doesn't usually involve any special rock-climbing techniques. The stuff you learned as a kid climbing trees ought to suffice. :) More important I think...
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davidkiene
Oct 4, 2004 8:45 pm
Re Mt. Lyell: if you resist the urge to gain the west ridge as soon as you can, and climb one of the snow tongues below the summit as far as you can, you will...
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Mike Larkin
mlarkin2000
Oct 4, 2004 8:53 pm
Matthew, How was the snow down around Langley? I was in the Conness area again this weekend and surprisingly found no snow, considering it had been raining in...
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Matthew Holliman
matthew_holl...
Oct 4, 2004 9:30 pm
There was no snow to speak of around Langley on Sunday. Elsewhere, Koip had a dusting on Friday, with perhaps an inch or two on the way up to Koip Peak Pass....
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pmccolgan
Oct 4, 2004 10:36 pm
... far ... too ... You can also take the chutes a bit further to the right if you want some class hard class 3 or 4. See : http://tinyurl.com/7xscd ...
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Matt Worster
mtnhurdler
Oct 4, 2004 11:32 pm
No, but can be surprisingly useful! I scrambled and hiked for 15 years before I learned to rock climb. I became a little bit of a gym rat, and when I went...
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aa1000pks
Oct 5, 2004 12:02 am
Hey, cyno, it's great to see you did make it to Freel! I would have done it 12X with someone anytime, but it's good to know it needs a new book. Good you had...
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Kathy
wingding0
Oct 5, 2004 6:33 am
Yes, the trail to Old Army Pass is easy to follow. The Palisades are starting to accumulate some snow - a very pretty view from Cloudripper. ... experience ......
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nathan
dangerouspoets
Oct 5, 2004 6:33 pm
My brother-n-law has backed out of our Mt.Whitney/Mt.Muir trip this weekend,thus I am left with an extra permit.The permit is for a weekend trip entering...
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davidkiene
Oct 5, 2004 7:16 pm
Something to keep in mind about offering wilderness permits publicly: http://tinyurl.com/5wx4j...
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nathan holcomb
dangerouspoets
Oct 5, 2004 7:38 pm
Thanks for the heads up David ;) Luckily I will be doing the "after-hours" pick-up, still no takers. Nate davidkiene <davidkiene@...> wrote: ...
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Snow Nymph
snow_nymph_2000
Oct 6, 2004 3:23 am
DAY 3 on the SHR Photos: http://community.webshots.com/album/193934294wIwvCB...
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davidkiene
Oct 6, 2004 3:28 am
Nice shots. I climbed it last year and enjoyed the great views. It's a pretty easy objective too (once you are back there)....
