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Tuolumne Bouldering: summer's best-kept secret
My 2022 pebble wrestling season in Yosemite highcountry
Cloudripper & Vagabond
Pipe hike!! Fall colours, remote like the moon, uphill both ways, great views of the Palisades, good for dogs!
Mount Baldwin (12,598ft)
Good for dogs
I can't believe it either, but I love to boulder now
1.5-year retrospective on teaching myself to not fear or hate bouldering.
Pilot Knob (12,245 ft)
Mica's 12th SPS and longest dayhike at 22.5+ miles!
Mount Emerson - Waterfall Route and homemade ice cream
A comfy chimney to a solid, exposed ridge. Fun!
Rodgers Peak (12,552 ft)
Big dayhike to a remote peak with rad views of Yosemite, Tuolumne, and Mammoth. Wildfire smoke.
Castle Peak, Basin Peak, Warren Lake
I did a fun loop of two peaks and an alpine lake near Truckee, in the north Tahoe area
Basin Mountain
After staring at this peak all winter while bouldering at the Buttermilks, we reverse the roles and get a view of the Peabodies from 6000ft above. Good for dogs!
Bloody Mountain (12,552 ft)
A Mammoth skyline classic! good for dogs.
Crystal Crag is tough for dogs
Mica tackles the iconic Mammoth feature and confirms it is definitely no less than a class 3 scramble to the top
North Peak (12,242ft)
A fun class 2 hike with views of Yosemite and beyond, great for cross-country beginners and expert dingos!
Mount Julius Caesar
Straight out of Denali, Yelly takes Mica on a 20 mile, 6100ft dayhike!
Mount Davis (12,303 ft)
Foiled by wildfire smoke from starting our backpacking trip, we accidentally agreed to a 27-mile car-to-car ascent of an obscure peak behind Ritter & Banner!
Mount Warren with Yelly
Yelly and Mica's day in the mountain
West Ridge of Conness
Fun day simul/soloing the west ridge and dodging afternoon hail & lightning. So good!
North Arete of Bear Creek Spire (13,726 ft) c2c
Car-to-car Bear Creek Spire on a bluebird Sierra Sunday ☀️
Hail on Red Slate Mountain
Mica's longest day yet, a scenic 20 miles through Sierra highcountry with snow-tumbling and stream-crossing.
San Joaquin Mountain: My first SPS
I cannot blog, because I am a dog. But if I could, this is what I would say about my first peakbagging adventure.