Tuolumne 2015

Tuolumne Granite

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Crying Time Again
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

Cooke Book
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).

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

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

Cooke Book
Leading pitch 3 (Aug. 2015).

Cooke Book
Shirley on pitch 3.

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

Cooke Book
More pitch 4 action.

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

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

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

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

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

Crying Time Again
Shirley on pitch 2 (Aug. 2015).

Crying Time Again
Leading pitch 3 (Aug. 2015).

Crying Time Again
Shirley on pitch 3.

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

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

Crying Time Again
Pitches 5 and 6.

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

Crying Time Again
Topping out (pitch 6).

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

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