JTree Day 2018

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Walk On The Wild Side
Walk On The Wild Side.

Another work related trip to LA courtesy of Shirley’s job.  This one with a bit of drinking on Friday night and consequently a late wake up (in LA) on Saturday morning.  We climbed the classic Walk On The Wild Side route (5.8, 3 pitches) on Saturday afternoon.  I should’ve checked the description a bit better before setting off since I lost the route above the second bolt of pitch 2 and then found the third belay after a long (if not too hard) runout.  Sunday morning we climbed the single pitch Right Baskerville Crack (5.10a) and then drove back to LA with enough time to tap some out of this world tacos before flying home. Is all.

Photos

Saddle Rock
Shirley on the short approach to Saddle Rock (in photo; Dec. 2018).
Walk On The Wild Side
Starting pitch 1 of Walk On The Wild Side on Saddle Rock (Dec. 2018).
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More pitch 1 (Dec. 2018).
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Nice face climbing on pitch 1 (Dec. 2018).
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Nearing the first belay (Dec. 2018).
Walk On The Wild Side
Nearing the first belay (Dec. 2018).
Walk On The Wild Side
Shirley starting up pitch 1 (Dec. 2018).
Walk On The Wild Side
Shirley making progress on pitch 1 (Dec. 2018).
Walk On The Wild Side
Nearing the top of the first pitch (Dec. 2018).
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Views from the route (Dec. 2018).
Walk On The Wild Side
Shirley on pitch 1 (Dec. 2018).
Walk On The Wild Side
Shirley arriving at the first belay (Dec. 2018).
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Leading pitch 2 of Walk On The Wild Side (Dec. 2018).
Walk On The Wild Side
Shirley on pitch 2-3. I accidentally went off route and missed the bolts of pitch 3 but – on the upside – ended up linking pitches 2 and 3 (Dec. 2018).
Walk On The Wild Side
Shirley getting closer to beer (Dec. 2018).
Walk On The Wild Side
Topping out on the route (Dec. 2018).
Walk On The Wild Side
OK, let’s go have some Mexican (Dec. 2018).
Walk On The Wild Side
Shirley starting the descent (Dec. 2018).
Saddle Rock
Saddle Rock in the late afternoon sun (Dec. 2018).
Saddle Rock
Close-up of the moon (Dec. 2018).
Saddle Rock
Unknown climbers topping out on Right On (5.5) on Saddle Rock (Dec. 2018).
Saddle Rock
One last look at Saddle Rock (Dec. 2018).
Right Baskerville Crack
Shirley on the short approach to Baskerville Rock (Dec. 2018).
Right Baskerville Crack
Right Baskerville Crack route is the thin looking crack just right of photo’s center (Dec. 2018).
Right Baskerville Crack
Starting up Right Baskerville Crack route (5.10a; Dec. 2018).
Right Baskerville Crack
A bit higher (Dec. 2018).
Right Baskerville Crack
Nice climbing (Dec. 2018).
Right Baskerville Crack
Almost done (Dec. 2018).
Right Baskerville Crack
Shirley starting up Right Baskerville Crack (Dec. 2018).
Right Baskerville Crack
Higher (Dec. 2018).
Right Baskerville Crack
Shirley enjoying another quick hour at JTree (Dec. 2018).
Right Baskerville Crack
Shirley topping out (Dec. 2018).
Right Baskerville Crack
Our shadows atop Baskerville Rock (Dec. 2018).
Right Baskerville Crack
Shirley atop Baskerville Rock (Dec. 2018).
Right Baskerville Crack
Gotta catch our flight home…after we get some tacos in LA (Dec. 2018).
Los Angeles
Oh yeah…
Los Angeles
We gonna send that shit!

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