PATAGONIA 2011

Today we were sharpening our aid skills on the Leaning Tower. We did the West Face route which was super fun! Oh boy, it was steep! Pics online!

As we had a look at the weather forecast on Wednesday, they forecasted the first winter rains coming in for Friday, and we had to go big and fast. We decided to try a single push go on Half Dome on Thursday and it worked perfect. To our own surprise we fired the route in 10 hours!
Pictures of El Capitan East Buttress and Half Dome online!

This Sunday we climbed the praised Serenity Crack (5.10d) on Royal Arches, which was very weird climbing (pinscars) but at the same time it was a very good route indeed. Yesterday we did the Northeast Buttress of Higher Cathedral Rock and today we are having a rest day since the committing wide cracks and chimneys ate all our power. Check the pictures from Cathedral rock!

We did the South Face of Washington Column yesterday. It was a stellar route and it took us nine and half hours! We’ve added some pictures online.
Today there is bad weather in the Valley so we are having a well deserved rest day.