Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site gatech.CSNET Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!gatech!putnam From: putnam@gatech.CSNET (William O. Putnam) Newsgroups: net.rec Subject: Re: Rock-climb rating systems Message-ID: <1084@gatech.CSNET> Date: Fri, 30-Aug-85 13:56:34 EDT Article-I.D.: gatech.1084 Posted: Fri Aug 30 13:56:34 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 31-Aug-85 09:04:00 EDT Reply-To: putnam@gatech.UUCP (William O. Putnam) Organization: Georgia Tech - AIRMICS project Lines: 24 Keywords: Climbing, Yosemite, Big Walls [ "The big walls, man, the big walls!" - Layton Kor ] Eugene - you mention climbing in Yosemite... I'm about to go out there on a climbing trip (Sept 6) and I was wondering if anyone reading this stuff has been on any of the big wall (or even small wall :-) ) climbs in Yosemite. I'm planning to try the North Buttress of Middle Cathedral, the South Face of Washingtom Column, and some smaller routes. Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations on routes, equipment, etc? I would like to do long routes with mostly free climbing at 5.7 to 5.9 difficulty. I have some aid experience, but only with nuts & friends - no iron. I feel like I can handle up to an A3 pitch OK, but I'd rather avoid nailing. Any suggestions will be appreciated... -- Bill Putnam School of Information & Computer Science, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332 CSNet: Putnam @ GATech ARPA: Putnam.GATech @ CSNet-Relay uucp: ...!{akgua,allegra,rlgvax,sb1,unmvax,ulysses,ut-sally}!gatech!putnam