The Word from Mount 7

I’ve posted an album of pictures from our trip to Yosemite and Red Rocks at: 2007 Climbing Trip Photos
for all you all with some time on your hands.
My bro has another album at: Brother’s Climbing Pics

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Yosemite
Royal Arches Area
Serenity Crack 5.10d
3 pitches
October 24, 2007
O. Sofer and R. Gmoser
What a great climb. If you can handle the first section of run out, you shouldn’t have too much trouble on the rest of it. There is a crux on the second pitch when you step over to the right hand crack. [...]

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Yosemite
Base of El Capitan
Pine Line 5.7
1 pitch
October 23, 2007
O. Sofer and R. Gmoser
This is a 20m finger and hand crack in a great setting. Fun climbing, great ledge to hang out on and good toproping on the harder face climbs to the right.

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Yosemite
The Pee Pee Pillar 5.10a
1 pitch
October 23, 2007
O. Sofer and R. Gmoser
This is 30m of hand and finger crack in a right facing corner. The right hand wall is slick, so you have to watch your footwork. There are two cruxes. One at the bottom in the crack to the left [...]

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Yosemite
5 Open Books
The Cavern 5.8
4 pitches
October 22, 2007
O. Sofer, C. Sullivan and R. Gmoser
I would call this an adventure climb.  It mainly follows the corner of  the book.  There are exposed liebacks, bushwhacking over trees and the airy face or chimney moves around the cavern.  Its not a classic crack climb but it has a [...]

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Yosemite
Sunnyside Bench
Lazy Bum 5.10d
1 pitch
October 22, 2007
O. Sofer, C. Sullivan and R. Gmoser
This is mainly a finger crack climb with a few thin sections, especially at the top. There is a good rest and spot to put in some small pro before doing the last sequence. You can get in one more small [...]

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Yosemite
Sunnyside Bench
Jam Crack 5.9
2 pitches
October 22, 2007
O. Sofer, C. Sullivan and R. Gmoser
This is a good quality hand and finger crack climb. The first pitch has some polished sections, but the hand jams are excellent. The second pitch is steeper and the crack thins at the top. These are two great short [...]

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Yosemite
Reed’s Pinnacle
Lunatic Fringe 5.10c
1 pitch
October 21st, 2007
O. Sofer and R. Gmoser
This climb starts out with a sloping 5.6 crack that leads up to a near vertical finger crack system.  The 5.6 section protects well and does not add rope drag to the harder stuff above if you put some slings on at the traverse.  From [...]

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 Yosemite
Reed’s Pinnacle
Reed’s Pinnacle Direct, first 2 pitches 5.9
2 pitches
October 21st, 2007
O. Sofer and R. Gmoser
These are two steep pitches of burly 5.9 climbing.  The first pitch is about 20m of steep, big hand crack with not too much for the feet on the walls.  The crack angles left near the top and you can walk [...]

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Yosemite Valley is a the North American national park version of a city. There are thousands of people tucked in under the trees and as you explore the different neighbourhoods, you eventually find all the amenities. The Valley is a good jumping off point to wilderness, but don’t expect to find wilderness in [...]

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