Trip Report
Hooky Wednesday: Cardinal Pinnacle Sneak.
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Wednesday September 10, 2014 10:00pm
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We have been bad workers...we take days off mid-week for climbing!
This week we didn't get fired for climbing Cardinal Pinnacle West Face!
Give us a break, would ya - it's a 20-minute drive and a 30-minute hike from our house to this:
http://www.mountainproject.com/v/west-face/105942424
Skip on the choss-hopping 30 minute slog:
The objective - is there a gorilla in the rock or is it just me?
Are we there yet? How about now? Meh.
Holy crap! We're gassed and we haven't even started climbing!
Start of the second pitch is so fun:
The start of Pitch 3 is an amazing series of discoveries on a seemingly blank wall of glacial polish - Pipe!
Skip on the wild first rappel off of the top of pitch 4:
An amazing adventure for being so close!
MisterE
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Comments
Ed H
Trad climber
Santa Rosa, CA
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Sep 10, 2014 - 10:10pm PT
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4 star, 4 pitch, 10a, 20 min from the house. Living in Bishop has it's perks! TFPU!
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skitch
Gym climber
Bend Or
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Sep 10, 2014 - 10:13pm PT
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MisterE: I totally saw you and your special lady friend at open mic Friday!
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MisterE
Gym climber
Small Town with a Big Back Yard
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Author's Reply
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Sep 10, 2014 - 10:37pm PT
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Cool, Skitch - introduce yourself next week!
Good music that night...
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Sep 11, 2014 - 07:24am PT
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Hooky, short approach and good stone on the same day?
Awesomeness has descended upon you!
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Sep 11, 2014 - 07:29am PT
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I'm totally out of shape and just moved from sea level, so this potentially could have gotten ugly. E still managed to drag my sorry carcass up all 4 pitches and and the talus slope without me passing out from lack of oxygen.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Sep 11, 2014 - 08:10am PT
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What an awesome formation!!!
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johntp
Trad climber
Punter, Little Rock
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Sep 11, 2014 - 09:44am PT
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That talus approach is "fun" after a late night drive up from SoCal.
TFPU
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Sep 11, 2014 - 10:40am PT
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Vacation Land USA........
good TR, do more please.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Sep 11, 2014 - 12:29pm PT
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Heck of a backyard you got there. Nice.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 11, 2014 - 03:51pm PT
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Love your lives now you aren't Angelenos?
You represent the Eastside with pride, you two.
Love the "gassed" tourist shot.
Is there an official elevation you reached, or summit register, or what?
I'm so glad you two ain't "sporties!"
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Sep 11, 2014 - 04:21pm PT
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It's like have a car driven air conditioner....just point her up the hill and watch the temperature plummet.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
https://nutagain.org
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Sep 11, 2014 - 04:42pm PT
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Reapin' the rewards of careful planning! Good for you guys :)
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Sep 11, 2014 - 05:35pm PT
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When you rap off the top, you are in the perfect spot to quickly tr that crack in the photo. It's worth doing.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 11, 2014 - 07:03pm PT
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Em and I hiked up there and didn't end up getting on it. Can't remember, why.. Too late a start? Anyway, it looked cool!
Good on youse guys!!
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Sep 11, 2014 - 07:09pm PT
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Nice images! Beautiful stone, quality send . . . thanks.
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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Sep 12, 2014 - 06:41pm PT
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Way to go, you are lucky to live there!!!!
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