Yosemite Again, April 19-22, 2002

It was another sunny and spectacular weekend, and I went back to Yosemite with Charles. On Saturday, we headed out to Reed's Pinnacle, where we did "Ejesta" and the Regular Route. I forgot my camera in the tent that day, so there are no pictures. "Ejesta" is a fun two-pitch climb that Charles had been telling me about, claiming that the second pitch included a perfect, stellar hand crack that I "would love." I ended up liebacking it. Never trust beta from someone with bigger hands than you! On the Regular Route of Reed's Pinnacle, we didn't follow the topo carefully enough and ended up accidentally doing the last pitch of Reed's Direct, which was a chimney that narrows to off-width. It looked like a scary lead but it was incredibly fun to follow!

On Sunday we did "C.S. Concerto." That was a good choice, since it was empty and fun. Afterwards, I tried a few leads with a variation on the first pitch of "C.S. Concerto" and "After Seven."

Monday was the nicest day of all (weather-wise), and it was also much less crowded. We went to the base of El Capitan and did "Little John, Right" and "La Cosita, Left" and "La Cosita, Right."