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Crying Time Again.

Got a bit delayed driving in from Sacramento (a bit of sleeping on the side of highway 50) the night before and so did not get to trailhead till after 1pm on day 1. Went in thinking of Blown Away but the line of climbers convinced us to try something else. Did Cooke Book (5-pitch, 5.10a) next door with the original start…that’s sort of relevant since that first pitch seemed like the crux. An OK climb if a bit forgettable. On day 2, we climbed the well-reputed Crying Time Again (6-pitch, 5.10a) on Lembert Dome. Had some (fun) company on the route which meant we did not do anything else that day. Decent climbing, not scary but a bit ho-hum. In fact, both routes were of the ho-hum quality (meaning 2/4 stars). Oh well – we’ll take a break from T-meadows for a while.

Pics

Leading the original pitch 1 of Cooke Book on Daff Dome at 2pm-ish (alpine start). This felt like the crux (5.9) of this 5.10- route. There’s a climber on Bombs Over Tokyo above me & to the right (Aug. 2015).

This is the upper half of pitch 1 (rope drag) of Cooke Book (Aug. 2015).

After the original pitch 1, you do a 40 foot rappel to join the rest of the route (Aug. 2015).

Leading pitch 3 (Aug. 2015).

Shirley on pitch 3.

Leading pitch 4 (so called crux) of Cooke Book (Aug. 2015).

More pitch 4 action.

Shirley on pitch 4 (of 5) of Cooke Book (Aug. 2015).

Shirley on the summit of Daff Dome in the late afternoon (Aug. 2015).

Shirley strolling along the summit plateau of Daff Dome with Fairview Dome in the background (Aug. 2015).

Leading pitch 1 of Crying Time Again – this is the only slab climbing on the route really (Aug. 2015).

Shirley finishing off the slab climbing that is pitch 1 of Crying Time Again (Aug. 2015).

Shirley on pitch 2 (Aug. 2015).

Leading pitch 3 (Aug. 2015).

Shirley on pitch 3.

Leading pitch 4 – a fun series of knob pulls (some kind of polished) on a tightly bolted face (Aug. 2015).

Shirley topping out on pitch 4 of Crying Time Again (Aug. 2015).

Pitches 5 and 6.

Shirley on pitch 6 of Crying Time Again…which we combined with pitch 5 (Aug. 2015).

Topping out (pitch 6).

Hiking off the summit of Lembert Dome. Cathedral Peak is the pointy thing in the background (I think…).

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