Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site cvl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!cvl!eli From: eli@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang) Newsgroups: net.rec Subject: Re: Re: Rock-climb rating systems Message-ID: <794@cvl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 3-Sep-85 08:53:38 EDT Article-I.D.: cvl.794 Posted: Tue Sep 3 08:53:38 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 7-Sep-85 03:57:08 EDT References: <1084@gatech.CSNET> Organization: Computer Vision Lab, U. of Maryland, College Park Lines: 39 > [ "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 In Fifty Classic Climbs of North America, there are a bunch of routes mentioned for Yosemite. These, being "classic" routes have been done and redone so many times that you don't have to nail anything, all the bolts that one might need are already up. The problem is that in Yosemite, there's really nothing new under the sun. -eli -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eli Liang --- University of Maryland Computer Vision Lab, (301) 454-4526 ARPA: liang@cvl, liang@lemuria, eli@mit-mc, eli@mit-prep CSNET: liang@cvl UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!cvl!liang