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Yosemite and Tuolumne Sept-Oct 2011

Rick McGregor


Tuolumne Meadows


Half Dome from Olmstead Point


Half Dome

Thunderheads building up


The Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite






El Capitan

Bridal Veil Fall and Leaning Tower

Cathedral Rocks and Leaning Tower

The classic view of the Valley

Reed's Pinnacle

The rack for the South Face of Watkins

"Do we really need this big stuff?"

The walk-in up Tenaya Canyon

Mt Watkins reflected in Mirror Lake, Yosemite


Looking back at Washington Column, North Dome and Basket Dome



The South Face of Watkins


The upper pitches - the top-out is just left of the roof

No fixed ropes this year...

Filling water bottles below the approach pitches

Comfortable bivy ledge below the wall

Dark clouds above the face

Light rain so we broke out the bivy sack while we ate dinner


Better weather for fixing the first 3 pitches the next day

2011-11-08, Rick McGregor, rmcgregor*hotmail.com (all rights reserved)
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