View from the kayak tree
Below is the boat and an enormous pile of gear. Every time I go out, I ask myself if I really need all the junk I'm taking, and the answer is always "no," but I'm always short of something else, so I end up taking more every time.
Date: 2009-05-11
The first anchor
This has been here since late 2008. I'd had the van break down and had the ropes I used to get the kayak out of the water had been sabotaged the last two sea cliff attempts I made, and then I got sick for a couple months. Weighting it was disturbing.
Date: 2009-05-11
The brushy area
The vast majority of the route is either totally clean of just has a little moss on it. This part is the exception and was highly disturbing to aid off of.
Date: 2009-05-11
Garbage!
This bit was easy enough to climb, but the wetness and lack of any decent pro made it somewhat disturbing.
Date: 2009-05-11
Looking down from the brushy area.
The view here is amazing. The rock has an amazing number of climbable lines.
Date: 2009-05-11
Attack of the ferns.
Here the choice of holds was limited to dry, fragile bushes, ferns or muck. I eneded up using the ferns and the muck--even compared to the other options the bushes were too sketchy.
Date: 2009-05-11
The rock to the left
Looking right from the brushy area gave this amazing view of an almost flat vertical wall. Around the corner there are some interesting roofs.
Date: 2009-05-11
Shangri-La
Oh the luxury! I'm pretty sure that this is at least as large, level and well decorated as the rooms in the Shangri-La. I wouldn't even call it a bivy--more like a retreat.
Date: 2009-05-11
Looking up from the Shagri-La
There are a lot of possible lines to finish the route. The chimney looks the easiest albeit the wettest.
Date: 2009-05-11
The ledge
This spacious ledge is just to the left of the Shangri-La, on the other side of a chimney. The ledge gives access to a bunch of potential routes.
Date: 2009-05-11
