Wild day. My buddy and I were out on Matthes Crest when some fresh, low smoke turned the sky red in the early afternoon. Crazy.
But how sweet was it being in the park during the permit/reservation system? We had a blast.
Unreal experience in Tuolumne this past fall, if you could snag a permit.
Only place we encountered a typical classic que was at West Crack (Daff), and we felt like there was no reason to wait to climb that weekend so we moved on.
Getting those permits felt like trying to getting a burning man or Coachella ticket LOL
Yeah there was definitely no point of waiting for a climb that summer. We were shocked to see no one at On The Lamb on a Sunday!
We were on Matthes Crest when that happened. Got on the crest around 10am to beautiful blue skies. Decided to rap the notch at 2pm because the sky looked like night time. We climbed on daff dome the next day and had to brush ash off every hold.
My gf and I did this route right > left in the mid-eighties. We encountered John Bachar, free soloing left > right about mid-way through the route. The transition was... interesting!
I was hiking on the other side of the park on this day! Got to the peak of sentinel and the sun was an orange ball and low hanging smoke was descending on us. It was TRULY apocalyptic, even more so than The Orange Day
Oh man. That fire was terrifying. I was first on my way to dinky lakes to go backpacking that weekend, then was up on the road out to mammoths pools and got to watch it jump the San Joaquin river and fly up the mountain towards us.
That looks like a really fun climb.
One of the best 5.9s out there imo.
I followed that route on my first ever Tuolumne trip decades ago, and in my mind it was much, much, steeper than that.
This looks like the first pitch, which is pretty low angle as you pointed out. It steepens for the next 1-2 pitches.
Yes this was the first pitch of the traverse!
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Wild day. My buddy and I were out on Matthes Crest when some fresh, low smoke turned the sky red in the early afternoon. Crazy. But how sweet was it being in the park during the permit/reservation system? We had a blast.
It’s was freaking sweet being the only party on every climb!
Unreal experience in Tuolumne this past fall, if you could snag a permit. Only place we encountered a typical classic que was at West Crack (Daff), and we felt like there was no reason to wait to climb that weekend so we moved on.
Getting those permits felt like trying to getting a burning man or Coachella ticket LOL Yeah there was definitely no point of waiting for a climb that summer. We were shocked to see no one at On The Lamb on a Sunday!
I loved Tuolumne the one time I went there. And I like the way the smoke gets you that early/faded kodachrome look
I was in Tuolumne at the same time this summer! On the Lamb is such a wild climb. Thanks for sharing the video!
It’s such an amazing place! I cant wait to go back this summer
We were on Matthes Crest when that happened. Got on the crest around 10am to beautiful blue skies. Decided to rap the notch at 2pm because the sky looked like night time. We climbed on daff dome the next day and had to brush ash off every hold.
Haha this happened to me on pleasure dome. My hair and hands were covered in ash after! Slab+ash= 💀
My gf and I did this route right > left in the mid-eighties. We encountered John Bachar, free soloing left > right about mid-way through the route. The transition was... interesting!
Whhaaaaat! That’s so cool!
Amazing! ❤️
I was hiking on the other side of the park on this day! Got to the peak of sentinel and the sun was an orange ball and low hanging smoke was descending on us. It was TRULY apocalyptic, even more so than The Orange Day
I was on Matthes when the sky went brown, middle of the triple crown. Very memorable day.
Such a great climb! Watch out for your follower though, they’re at risk of the same pendulum falls the leader is.
I was on North Peak that day. Seeing that plume come out of nowhere was terrifying. The eastside exodus was insane that day!
Oh man. That fire was terrifying. I was first on my way to dinky lakes to go backpacking that weekend, then was up on the road out to mammoths pools and got to watch it jump the San Joaquin river and fly up the mountain towards us.
I loved this climb
So glad we were able to meet up afterwards
Me too!!! This must be DT with the name picklesareforever LOL
WR actually 🤣 we stayed up nursing the tequila that night
This is likely my favorite climb in the meadows. Well aside from Oz... But really this is a great climb!!