Plaidman

This is what I am going to climb.

By the way I have figured out how to tie in with a kilt on.

You don't call it a skirt. The reason you don't call it a skirt is that if you do I will have to kilt you. KILT. Not skirt. And I will have fun. I am so amped now I want to jump in the car right now. Can't sleep. Plaidman

New Weather Report for Yosemite Valley Yosemite Valley Weather - NOAA WhaHooooooo! Temp in the 70's and no wind. Even on top of Half Dome it will be 60 degrees. Let's all go. Just call in climbing. Your boss will understand. Plaidman

Ivan I wasn't sure before but now I know you truly are an asshole.

Thanks Bill. My list is killing me already. Great pics. Are those all your hooks. OMG. Plaidman

Many pictures and some really crappy video. The video will be edited for content. Mostly ...struggle struggle OW Damn it #@%@#%$%. And some more ... struggle struggle OW Damn it #@%@#%$%. Son of a @#@$#%%. Plaidman

Just got the old school wide list from the desk of Ed Hartouni. Boy am I going to be busy. Plaidman

Hey I say .... What happened to my thread? I think it got hijacked. I was talking about wheelbarrows in the Valley and all of a sudden weirdness happened. Plaidman

that there is purty That is the 8th or 9th pitch on Liberty Cap in Yosemite. Liberty Cap - Southwest Face

Specialized Equipment for the Valley We are taking Ricks van to the Valley. So why not take a wheel barrow to make it easy moving into Camp 4. We can do it in style. And bring crap that we won't even use. I don't want to burn any extra energy. I am going to save it for getting torn up on the wide cracks. Plaidman

Ivan just come with us. I't show you where it is.

I have done the Dike before. The plan we have is to start at 4:00 am and take the short cut between Liberty Cap and Broderick. We will stash water and treking poles off the trail there and then head up the short cut. Then on the decent of the cables we will have gloves and loop webbing around the cable. Last time I used a prusik. I think that was a little much. But we were tired and wanted to get down safely. Plaidman

Wide Valley Stuff:

Super amped for the trip to the Valley. Weather is shaping up. Yosemite - Weather - NOAA My buddie is buying the gas. We are taking his new van so one of us can sleep on the way down. I have the list of wide routes. I have the wide Gear. I have the plan to get Snake Dike done. Now it is just getting to sleep that will be a problem. Leaving on Thursday morning. I will be there for just 4 days. That will have to do for this season. Plaidman

I put Doggie Do on the list as it is close to camp 4, where we will be camping. Where is Chingando? Plaidman Found it. Chingando Is it left of the Regular Route and the Direct Route? Plaidman

I put Doggie Do on the list as it is close to camp 4, where we will be camping. Where is Chingando? Plaidman

... with the bagpipes and a caber on your rack! Might be easier to just bring Ivan along... He can sing loud enough to scare everyone out of the valley! I don't think I can afford to feed him or supply him with enough beer.

Do you think I have enough Wide Gear? Here is the list of routes: Entrance Exam MidTerm English Breakfast Crack Generator Crack Schacher Cracker Moby Dick Ahab Doggie Do

WORD!! WORD!!! You are brilliant. A master I would say. I just love Tri-cams. They require you to use you head. And in the right place they are bomb proof X10.

I have not marked mine because no one else uses them. So they never get mixed up with anyone else's gear. Plaidman

Thanks Will. That was the kind of info I was looking for. I want to be solid with the test pieces on this trip before I fire off on the SS. My plan do the test pieces. Come back with the info on what I need to work on during the winter and then hit it next season after doing something on El Cap. We will see. Plaidman

It's on the list. If I do everything on my list I am going to be wreaked. I may end up going through a few belay slaves. Plaidman

Here is some more crappy video from my phone of Rick McDonald-

WORD!!! The scene with the guy jumping across the void to the cliff face with ice axes was the best. I thought the least that would have happened if he had done that in real life was that it would have ripped his shoulders out of their sockets and then ripped his arms completely off his body. But I have to say that the scene where the guy sets his pack down for a second and it starts sliding down the mountain was a good reminder to keep track of everything around you at all times on the mountain. Losing focus even for a second can have dire consequences. Especially if you happen to be carrying nitroglycerin around.