Trip Report
The ditch is cold, the ditch is warm
Thursday December 2, 2010 1:16am
I guess Monday it had snowed, because Tuesday, it seemed pretty snowy.

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There is snow somewhere in this picture.
There is snow somewhere in this picture.
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But on the crags, it was sunny and warm.

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Name this rarity!
Name this rarity!
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Until it got dark, when beasts haunted the descent.

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I think this is a mountain lion.
I think this is a mountain lion.
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Still snowy this morning.

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See the tree?
See the tree?
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But some rocks were not paying attention to that.

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"That was solid; I would solo this no problem."
"That was solid; I would solo this no problem."
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Fighting the flu, the indomitable Master insisted on the Climb, and we found ourselves just about completely on our own on gorgeous, sunny, still, and warm days on Valley classics: Reed's Regular, Reed's Direct, Outer Limits, La Cosita Left, La Cosita Right, Sacherer's Cracker, Five and Dime.

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Notice the alpenglow issueing from the Master's forehead.
Notice the alpenglow issueing from the Master's forehead.
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Jaybro was missed---hope your Mom is okay!

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murcy is a climber from sanfrancisco.

Comments
Captain...or Skully

climber
Boise, ID
  Dec 2, 2010 - 01:23am PT
Dude, that's freakin' sweet. TFPU!
Mighty Hiker

climber
Outside the Asylum
  Dec 2, 2010 - 01:39am PT
Wow - I didn't know that cougars had antlers!
Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
  Dec 2, 2010 - 02:21am PT
Good times, sorry I missed out.

Local climbing plans for the next few days?

Mom is pulling through
survival

Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
  Dec 2, 2010 - 09:24am PT
Sorry dude, but I ain't buyin' the sunny and warm on that Outer Limits photo!

Looks good though, I sure do miss that place sometimes.

Thanks!
rhyang

climber
SJC
  Dec 2, 2010 - 09:57am PT
Nice work !
M. Volland

Trad climber
Grand Canyon
  Dec 2, 2010 - 10:50am PT
*WARNING*

The photo report in this post is terribly inaccurate. You cannot climb in Yosemite in the winter. If it has been snowing, you have to go to J-Tree. Yosemite in the winter is just plain out of the question. Don't do it!
J. Werlin

Social climber
Cedaredge, CO
  Dec 2, 2010 - 10:53am PT
Five stars for humor.
SeanC

Trad climber
Redlands, CA
  Dec 2, 2010 - 03:05pm PT

What is the sunny route you guys are top roping?
murcy

Gym climber
sanfrancisco
Author's Reply  Dec 2, 2010 - 11:34pm PT
Hey Sullly, where did I say I got UP these routes? :) And there can't be any better schooling than climbing with Jim. Oh, and right now I am grading. As soon as I log off ST. And maybe clean the kitchen. And read a seed catalog. And ... then I'll think of something else.

SeanC, that's La Cosita Right, at the base of El Capitan. Beta that Karl Baba posted in the routes section is pure wisdom.
lades Neffous

Mountain climber
oloron france
  May 10, 2012 - 04:12pm PT
ho humm!!do you also knit pullovers??
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