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October 07, 2002
The Captian
Last Friday I got to fulfull one of my dreams (partially). It may seem small, or trite, but it was huge to me. The first time I went to Yosemite and saw El Capitan, the most beautiful wall in the world, I knew I wanted to climb it. Two weeks ago, a friend of mine (Steve G.) told me he was doing the Nose with a friend that week. He asked if I'd help him and his partner haul to the Sickle ledge (a day up El Cap). El Cap is a beautiful, veritcal 3000 foot wall. Here are some pics I took on a prior Yosemite Trip.Here and here.
El Cap has tons of routes on it, but none more famous than the Nose. It was quite an experience, even though we just went 600' up to the Sickle ledge. Aid climbing is a whole other skill which will definitely take time and effort to learn.
They never made it past the Sickle ledge anyway, for a variety of reasons. First, the weather turned on us. Second, a bear got in the haul bag twice. The second time we actually watched the bear from 600' up get into ou Haul Bag. The idea was to climb to the Sickle ledge, fix lines down to the haul bag and get the first day's hauling done all at once. That was the plan anyway, til we learned the bear got all the food. Still, what an amazing view, and what an amazing feeling to be on such a famous route so high off the ground. It makes me feel alive and confident. I'll do the Nose someday, I know it.
Posted by wonko at October 7, 2002 09:41 AM
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