Patricia Bowl & Lucky Streaks
August 16-17, 2014
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Melissa's ankle was feeling better, and the thunderstorms seemed
to have moved off after several weeks of consistent rain, so we
decided to go down to the East Side for some climbing!!!
On Saturday, we went to Patricia Bowl, which is one of the most
amazing places to climb in the Sierra. Since it's north facing,
it doesn't get any sun this time of year, which makes it perfect
for hot days. Even though it was a fairly hot weekend, we were
still belaying in puffy jackets up there! We repeated the old
classic Boi-oi-oi-ing, and did a few other climbs in its vicinity -
the other highlights being Tommy Boy and High Expectations.
On Sunday we drove up to Tuolumne meadows, for the first time
this season (a shocker, since we usually spend A LOT of time
there in summer). We went to Fairview Dome, and somehow, despite
a 10am start, we were the first one on the rock! Lucky, as a
couple of parties showed up very quickly after us.
All in all, a really awesome weekend!
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A favorite campsite on the East Side |
Arriving at Patricia bowl! Patricia lake in the background |
Super happy to be here |
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Beautiful Patricia Lake. Should go swimming next in it next time... |
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Looking up at the Orange Pillar |
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Starting up the first pitch of Boi-oi-oi-ing! |
Boi-oi-oi-ing is amazing! |
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Patricia lake. What a backdrop :) |
Scoping out the second pitch, even better than the first! |
The pretty new rope :) |
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Did I mention the second pitch is amazing? |
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Looks like great stuff, if one were willing to hike there... |
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Starting up Tommy Boy, 5.10a |
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High Expectations, 5.10d (more like 5.11a) |
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About to enter the crux |
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Melissa starting up High Expectations |
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The lake on the other side of the road, on the hike out. With a hipster filter by G+ :) |
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Starting up Lucky Streaks |
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On the second pitch of Lucky Streaks |
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Looking back at the traverse |
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The last pitch |
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Topping out |
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Fire by Cathedral peak. Lightning caused and they are letting it go... |
great pumkin? |
A couple of guys on Great Pumpkin? |
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Lucky Streaks in its (almost) entirety |
Snack time |
Lounging time |
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A couple of guys on Heart of Stone, impressive looking route |
The 3rd? pitch of Heart of Stone |
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Heart of Stone |
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Heart of Stone. The shady corner is the crux pitch (5.12 tips) |
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The 5.12 corner on Heart of Stone. Wow. |
Driving by Mono Lake is always gorgeous |
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