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L to R: Bear Creek Spire, Mt. Dade, and Mt. Abbott during the approach Yo, I just got back from a great extended weekend (Fri through Wed — how’s that for extended!). The highlight of which was climbing Bear Creek Spire via the North Arete (5.8) car-to-car on Tuesday (2009-08-25). Awesome climb. My friend […] Here’s a little video I put together to help ya’ll out with the approach… Since it seems like everyone is missing the log crossing and slogging across the river 😉 One more coming soon — “The Climb” Enjoy! -Tad The Objective: The Incredible Hulk The Protagonists: Tad Derek The Slideshow: http://picasaweb.google.com/tadhunt/RedDihedral20090816 The Trip: Friday, August 14, 2009 6:00 PM: Swing by Derek’s house, load up his gear. 6:30 PM: Hit the road. Grrr, gotta fight the traffic escaping the Bay Area for a while. 237 to 880 to Mission Blvd… Crap, […] For all of you suckers stuck at work on such a gorgeous day, when you could be out climbing instead… Check out this sweet video and writeup of Hayden Kennedy leading the famous Bachar Yerian earlier this summer: http://www.blackdiamondequipment.com/en-us/journal/climb/video/video-black-diamond-athlete-hayden-kennedy-on-the-famed-ibacharyeriani In other news, I climbed Red Dihedral (5.10b) on The Incredible Hulk last weekend. It was […] Over the last few weeks, I’ve been checking out this cool area near South Lake Tahoe called Woodfords. It is an obscure area, with not much of a guidebook, except an old old one that you can download here: http://www.supertopo.com/topos/obscurities/woodfords_guide.pdf That old guide lists about 90 routes. According to Dan (modern route developer and all […] |