Today we bid Yosemite ado. But we are going out with a bang! Over the last few days we have done some of the most classic free climbs in the Valley. We did Royal Arches (5.7, 15 pitches), the East Buttress of El Capitan (5.10b, 13 pitches), and today we climbed our favorite Yosemite climb yet, the combination of Serenity Crack (5.10d, 3 pitches) and Sons of Yesterday (5.10a, 5 pitches).
Now we are trying to escape through Tioga Pass before the weather comes in and snow blocks our path East. We will bust through Nevada, heading straight for Utah, hoping for sun. We will spend a day or two climbing at the steep, juggy Maple Canyon (about as different from Yosemite climbing as you can get), and then we will be paying our favorite Mormon (Jeshua Wright) a visit up in Provo, Utah. We are especially psyched to see his prego wife, Julia!
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| The Mighty El Capitan. The East Buttress Route goes up the more featured and shorter East (Right) side. |
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| Dan "walking the plank" on the final pitch of Sons of Yesterday (5.10a). |
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| Max following on Sons of Yesterday after leading all three pitches of Serenity Crack (5.10d). |
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