Zodiac A2 5.7

Currently 5.0/5

El Capitan

Yosemite Valley, California USA

Trip Report

El Capitan, Zodiac, a rite of passage

Tuesday June 21, 2011 11:58pm


	Credit: Karl Baba

Here's my latest trip report about Riley and my Fateful trip up zodiac.

Best to see it on my website along with links and pictures at this address

http://www.yosemiteclimber.com/Zodiacarmandaleg.html

I hope you enjoy

Peace

Bob

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Karl Baba

About the Author
Karl Baba has lived in Yosemite forever and loves you!

Comments

Tozo

Trad climber

East of West

Jun 22, 2011 - 10:19am PT

Wow! quite a story and nicely written. sounds like you're on the right track for healing. keep it up!

dirt claud

Social climber

san diego,ca

Jun 22, 2011 - 10:54am PT

thanks for the TR, glad you guys are ok.

elcap-pics

Big Wall climber

Crestline CA

Jun 22, 2011 - 10:56am PT

Well done Bro!!!

xtrmecat

Big Wall climber

Kalispell, Montanagonia

Jun 22, 2011 - 11:07am PT

Karl, It is a very interesting thing you and Zodiac have going. I am so glad you got the adventure you sought, and lived to tell about it.
I followed the story in the threads, remained in the background, let things heal, and watched.

Your adventure on this route is a level up from my own, and it has been giving me fits also. But my issues are minor compared to yours. You seem to have prevailed, a much richer person from the experience, and Riley got some too, but that is another TR and route and man.

Congrats on another full value adventure, and thank you so much for sharing it with us. Happy healing you old wise one.

Burly Bob

Jay Wood

Trad climber

Land of God-less fools

Jun 22, 2011 - 11:58am PT

Thanks for the report. Glad you didn't get racked worse!

Reilly

Mountain climber

The Other Monrovia- CA

Jun 22, 2011 - 12:16pm PT

Karl,
You write very well. Especially well seeing as how it is no-hands!

Please edit my name out of the TR (wink/smile) - I'm not worthy.
Riley is :-)

Heal well!

nutjob

Sport climber

Almost to Hollywood, Baby!

Jun 22, 2011 - 02:21pm PT

Nice writeup Karl. Have a blast with the music composition! It's hard to make time to get up to speed on that stuff. Ableton looks like you can do some amazing things.

GDavis

Social climber

SOL CAL

Jun 22, 2011 - 02:39pm PT

B.A.M.F.

Karl Baba

Trad climber

Yosemite, Ca

Author's Reply

Jun 23, 2011 - 12:10pm PT

It would be nice to post this TR directly but i don't have the time to redo it for ST.

I did it in Golive 6. Anyway to save the file so that the links and images load when pasted into Supertopo?

Peace

Karl

Gene

climber

Jun 23, 2011 - 12:46pm PT

Baba O'Riley!

Dirka

Trad climber

Hustle City

Jun 23, 2011 - 09:28pm PT

SWEET TR. Lil banged up!

Karl Baba

Trad climber

Yosemite, Ca

Author's Reply

Jun 28, 2011 - 03:49pm PT

Sometimes I just like to bump myself

scottpedition

climber

Just south of one Valley or the other

Jun 29, 2011 - 04:13am PT

Nicely told Karl; thanks for much for sharing your story. Hope you continue to heal up. (Oh, and it's classic that you're snapping shots of Riley while standing there with an unset broken arm mid-bail.)

Ottawa Doug

Social climber

Ottawa, Canada

Jun 29, 2011 - 05:14am PT

Hey Karl,

What an amazing trip. You guys were both pros during the retreat, something many people, myself included, would have trouble emulating. It is much easier to be tough when you don't have to be. Glad you guys "had it" when you needed it! Hope to see you this fall.

Cheers,

Doug