[TR] Yak- Yak Check 9/25/2005

[Dru]

Climb: Yak-Yak Check

 

Date of Climb: 9/25/2005

 

Trip Report:

Climbed Yak Check today with Fern and Kellie. I was ropegunned up the climb, I led about 2 pitches.

 

Mostly I took photos.

Mike Layton School of Tilt Photography, Diploma Second Year Project

 

 

Gear Notes:

Full rack, possibly too full.

 

Approach Notes:

Trail is in good shape. Parking at the 2nd pullout is about 5 minutes faster hiking than parking at 1st pullout.

[Billygoat]

i love that granite

[fern]

the granite reminded me of that old SNL skit about "Quarry" breakfast cereal.

[jordop]

Climbed this back in August. Hungover, could barely hold down water, staggering up the highway at 5 am as two semis full of rotting pigs headed for the slaughterhouse pull into the truck stop. The smell was overwhelming and I couldn't get away from it, it was uncontrollable and I just barfed all over the place, four foot projectile vomiting, bloody fire hydrant Oddly, I wasn't with Layton

[Billygoat]

the granite reminded me of that old SNL skit about "Quarry" breakfast cereal.

 

 

I remember that!

[EWolfe]

Climbed this back in August. Hungover, could barely hold down water, staggering up the highway at 5 am as two semis full of rotting pigs headed for the slaughterhouse pull into the truck stop. The smell was overwhelming and I couldn't get away from it, it was uncontrollable and I just barfed all over the place, four foot projectile vomiting, bloody fire hydrant Oddly, I wasn't with Layton

 

That's some funny stuff, Jordan.

[luwayo]

magnifique!

 

i, more legitimately, am waiting to be roped gunned up that mtn.

[tanstaafl]

I whined and snivelled on my leads. Fern was a rockstar. Dru, as noted, was paparazzo/human guidebook. It was a good time.

[ScottP]

"I like Quarry 'cause it's crunchy!"

[Alpinfox]

Sweet. That first annotated pic is great and I'll definitely have to print that one out whenever I get up there.

 

How hard is that big right facing corner on the lower portion? I assume it's a well established route.

 

[fern]

that's the original line for the Yak Crack route. It's dirty and wide. Maybe old skool 5.8 squeezing.

[Dru]

Yes, it's like 12" wide at the top. 12" for 30 meters.

[tomtom]

More like 30cm wide for 100'.

[Dru]

More like #4 BigBros for far too long.

[pope]

How hard is that big right facing corner on the lower portion? I assume it's a well established route.

 

 

Back in the day they called it 5.7 ....I attempted it in 37-Celsius heat and quickly decided it should properly be climbed in full winter conditions.