Calle Peter and Martin racking up under Zodiac, El Capitan
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Martin on a hanging belay in the Gray Circle half-way up Zodiac.
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Calle P and Martin on Peanut Ledge
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Looking back down the flake (pitch 14) at Peanut Ledge in morning sunshine.
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Rick hauling the bag up the last pitch.
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Martin, Rick and Calle Peter at the top of Zodiac.
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On the bear-box at Camp 4, trying to decide what to climb next.
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Martin and Calle Peter at El Cap Meadow after deciding to climb Mescalito...
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Mescalito climbs the blank-looking face just right of centre on El Capitan.
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Martin and Calle Peter at our bivy at the top of pitch 7.
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Split-level living on Mescalito. Martin and Calle Peter (alias Desert General von Trapp) at our second bivy at the top of pitch 10.
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Calle Peter following a traverse with El Cap Tower on The Nose in the background
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Looking down Mescalito from high on the route. Martin jumaring the haul line, Calle P packing up camp.
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Calle and Martin at a belay with Lay Lady Ledge (on New Dawn) in the background.
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Laid-back belaying.
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Everyone says the Bismark is a great bivy ledge. Calle Peter and Martin agree.
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Even the ledge ("Granite Beach I") at the top of the Bismark is pretty good, if sloping.
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The weather clagged in a little, so we pitched the fly over the portaledge and stayed the night there with one pitch fixed.
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Calle with a collection of empties.
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Martin's turn to jug the haul-line... again.
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Martin was the youngest of us so we thought he may as well lead the crux pitch (pitch 21), C3R. He did a great job on it - and all the while a helicopter buzzed around on a rescue across the valley.
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In our gratitude we also got him to follow the awkward pitch 22.
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In fading light Calle Peter led pitch 23 up to "Granite Beach II".
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Pitch 25 was a fun flake traverse - Martin didn't see much of it jumaring up the haul-line.
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Rick and Calle haul the bags up the last pitch.
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Summit picture on top of Mescalito after 6 nights on the wall.
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