Trip Report
A Ramble in Lynne Leichtfuss Land---Mt. Conness from the East, 1974
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Saturday August 25, 2012 4:13pm
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mouse from merced
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About the Author
mouse from merced is a trad climber from merced, california. |
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10b4me
Social climber
Lida Junction
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Aug 25, 2012 - 04:33pm PT
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climbed the east ridge in 2001? fun little jaunt.
that tarn in your last pic is called Alpine lake as I recall
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Aug 25, 2012 - 06:22pm PT
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One of the best Tuolumne walk abouts. Yet I've never met another party on it in my three trips.
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Dirka
Trad climber
Hustle City
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Aug 25, 2012 - 09:43pm PT
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Really great shots!
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Aug 26, 2012 - 12:12am PT
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The difference in 40 years?
The technology that you hold in your hand.
Everything else is the same.
Pretty cool.
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Bruce Morris
Trad climber
Soulsbyville, California
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Aug 26, 2012 - 02:26am PT
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Soloed a slag heap peak behind Saddlebag Lake on August 5th and here are some shots I took on the way up and way back down:
The peak was a talus pile. I named it "Mt. Sir Bromley" (c. 11,500+). But the views were great!
Below, False White Mountain, another 12,000 footer near Mt Conness
View east toward Tioga Peak, Mono Lake and the White Mountains from the true summit of Mt Sir Bromley (11,700+ ?).
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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Aug 27, 2012 - 10:35am PT
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Awesome pics from the way back machine, Thanks Lynne!!!
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Aug 29, 2012 - 02:54pm PT
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Man I love that peak!
Thanks for putting up all those photos!
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Aug 29, 2012 - 03:06pm PT
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TFPU
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Aug 29, 2012 - 03:14pm PT
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Awesome pics!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Aug 29, 2012 - 03:28pm PT
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hey there say, mouse.... (well, mouse for short) :)
thanks for the WONDERFUL PICTURES... can't see them all now, :(
but they remind me of the old time shots that i used to get from my ol camera when i was in my late teens... special magic tye pictures!
very nice happy share! from lynne-land, :)
jim did a great job...
does this jim post here, too, just curiuous??
god bless...
got to go paint again, :))
and get outside into the yard of my mini-great outdoors, :) , with
the ol' pup dog...
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Aug 29, 2012 - 03:38pm PT
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good stuff
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crunch
Social climber
CO
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Aug 29, 2012 - 05:42pm PT
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Great pics! Thanks. Climbed Conness around 1985, fabulous place with superb views
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 29, 2012 - 05:46pm PT
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Nice.....I love that area, wish I could make it there to bum a cup of coffee from Lynne.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Author's Reply
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Sep 1, 2012 - 01:09am PT
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On behalf of jim Shirley thank you all for the comments.
He doesn't post here as he is much too busy for the likes of us, Neebee. Seriously, he's 63 and has twin girls, ages fifteen and fifteen, and he's seriously engaged in work at JPL in Pasadena. They do backpacking together. He has little time for frivolity, believe me!
I turned my brother-inlaw, Ike, on to Saddlebag Lake and he took his family there many times, mainly to fish. And we camped there at Sawmill Creek the night before we left Bill Bonebrake's ashes up on the Third Pillar. I surely do love the area. I have enjoyed all the rest of the Trip Reports that followed mine in a flurry. Even with all the TR activity, it's nice to hear it's not crowded up there on Conness.
Let me know if you run into the Giant Marmot, anyone!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Author's Reply
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Sep 1, 2012 - 02:52am PT
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You'll have to introduce me to Lynne, if you will, after we are introduced to one another. I still look basically the same as I did in the pix, only older!
Ill have another TR illustrated by Jim Shirley (featuring Larry Moore and a model) in a bit...
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Beautiful TR. Also comps to Bruce for his pics.
This could never be lynne land.....I have only been here 3 short seasons. I love, respect and honor this incredible place. I am also totally humbled by it.
I love working at TPR. Anyone is welcome to come say howdy anytime.
So far Conness is by far my favorite approach and mountain.
I am not looking to conquer peaks, I try to soul speak to the land and hope it not only accepts me, but embraces me.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Author's Reply
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Sep 11, 2012 - 01:01am PT
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Thanks for the nice thoughts about our temple, the Sierra Nevada, Lynne. My sister Lenna works now for Woods Creek Cafe down in Sonora if you ever get there. She can't manage to pronounce your last name, like a lot of folks. Her name is Lenna, everyone thinks it's Lena. What the L is it with Lenna Louise and Lynne Leichtfuss, I wonder?
See you to da Facelift, eh? Kin I have a dance?
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Bruce Morris
Trad climber
Soulsbyville, California
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Sep 11, 2012 - 03:20am PT
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CONFESSION & CLARIFICATION
The awful truth about 'Mt Sir Bromley': What I climbed was actually Tioga Crest whose highest point is the Dore Cliff (11,900+), named after the French illustator of Dante, Gustave Dore, no doubt because of the vivid reds and yellows of the shale are reminiscent of the Inferno.
My mistake was not walking up the east side of Saddlebag Lake for 1.7 miles and then going uphill to the top of Tioga Crest via a more gentle slope than the one I took. The online guidebook says, don't go that way & I did and found out about the loose scree and random little cliffs.
Still, a pretty good platform for taking some awesome pics.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Author's Reply
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Sep 11, 2012 - 09:36am PT
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I am still learning about the area 40 years later, Bruce, so don't be down because of that. I hate looking at maps to tell me where to go. I am still around and have actually never been lost. Off-route, is how we say that. And just because someone else calls it something else is not biggie. Before maps, imagine how many different names peaks and lakes had!
Rambles are just that and not expeditions. It is the essence of outdoor life, rambling.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Did I say this before....beautiful TR. Conness is my favorite of all so far. Cheers, Lynne
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Author's Reply
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Oct 5, 2012 - 12:28am PT
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A Ramble in Lynne Leichtfuss' Van
Mouse hears "Cheers" here's Mouse
Wide awake and responsive
I hope you enjoy your ramblynne
no, no you're not repeating yourself again
but I am developing CRSD whatever that means
I love to ramble myself with myself or another elf
that's not so odd in middle errth
did I ever tell you that the essence of mountaineering is rambling
that it is also the heart and soul of adventure which ultimately lies within the lies you can tell at the campfire to the other lie-ing dogs
everybody's lie-in' about it, that moon, that moon, that moonful
some of them nearly tell the truth
I think BooDawg said boo and it scared me
some of the truth he told me as I fall-oh-ed and silently cursed my shadow
when we cross certain bridges we are hanging on the words of Borghoff
belying the likes and dislikes of not-Roper
nut Robbins or what's-his-name with the elbow stuck in the crack
but they might agree and even might have said words to that effect
and we just might stay out of trouble or go down in history
or just continue to ramble
Muir Audobon you me
in a Rambler Ambassador station wagon stuffed with ropes and haul bags with two dogs in the back
or a pair of kronnies with no reason to live housing a tall bearded mystoic
we all come to the Sierra Nevada Yosemite Tahquitz Yellow Pine Camp 4
and are changed for ever more
thanks for the feedback on this TR everyone
it was as nice, I mean fulfilling, mystical, gosh-darn-fun
as the White Lightnin' at Winterland in 1968
yes, kiddies, I am the first White Lightnin' so do not be fooled or lied to except by the Neverend
did I everend except I mention that the Reverend Ever Lies
you'll nevererver hear that heresay from me
you never forget the first but the details get fuzzy
I remember the first time rambling meant something, unlike today
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Nice TR Mouse. Was that a retro application on your I-phone?! : )
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Author's Reply
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Oct 5, 2012 - 12:36am PT
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Stud on the road again what a load again!
I thought about why you weren't at Facelifed
I knew it had to be something useless and out of the way
Your TRs make the rest look like shale vs. granite, with a few exceptions. Some are gneiss. Yours, however, are interesting in a way that would compare to the likes of Robbins if he did TRs.
There. But take a break next year and go to Facelift.
What ever forks in the road you take, remember, if it led you astray,
you could have chosen another, you annoying little gym rat!!!
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Great TR, Mouse, and beautiful country for climbing.
John
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Author's Reply
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Dec 18, 2018 - 05:27pm PT
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bump for my favorite self-TR
and so neebee might be able to check out Jim's and Bruce's photos if she has not.
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bobinc
Trad climber
Portland, Or
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Dec 18, 2018 - 05:02pm PT
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Thank you for bumping this excellent TR. I wonder, did the Bruce Hamilton on your trip attend Deep Springs College?
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Author's Reply
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Dec 18, 2018 - 05:27pm PT
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Bruce went to Vandy. He hails from Tampa.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Dec 18, 2018 - 06:00pm PT
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Thanks for the Inspiration, Mouse. I will now be going back!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Author's Reply
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Dec 18, 2018 - 06:06pm PT
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Now? Tonight? This very minute? [emojigrin]
Amazing clean-up job on this old slide with the new image producer on Windows 10
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Dec 18, 2018 - 07:08pm PT
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In two days.....pass may not be open, we will see what the next two weeks hold.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
https://nutagain.org
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Dec 19, 2018 - 08:46am PT
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Thanks Mfm, triggered some good memories for me. I've only done the North Ridge twice and bailed on the Harding Route once, but it figures largely in my experience as a familiar and frequented spot. High density of mental snapshots from different moments in those experiences.
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