Yosemite Day 4 - Cathedral Peak

Day 4 - 11 September 2012

The previous evening Mitch and I were hanging out at camp pondering just which dehydrated meal either of us wanted to brave.  Being gluten-free (aka a glutard) limits some of my options, but I had found some decent stuff at REI in Reno.  Mitch was quite decidedly 'glutening' it up.

As we were sitting there and to my pleasant surprise, a small white car came rolling up with none other than Arthur (aka ACK) and Matthew.  They explained they had made it a true road-trip from San Fran to Tuolumne by getting sidetracked with a few 'detours'.  It's just not a road-trip without at least one detour.  We still wondered what happened to Seth and Simone but figured we'd catch up with them at some point in the next day or two.

ACK and Matthew set up camp and broke out some beers.  We discussed plans for the next day and poured over the Tuolumne guidebooks.  Sleep came early as I was dead tired and knew we had a long day ahead of us.

Yosemite Day 3 - West Crack on DAFF Dome

Day 3 - 10 September 2012

DAFF Dome.  Mitch and I had talked about doing this route for a long time.  West Crack.  Not a huge, difficult route at all, but you have to be careful being on an exposed dome like DAFF with regards to the weather.  Clouds forming up in the early AM can be a bad sign.  Thankfully, it was nearly cloudless.  Once again, it was rather cold in the AM.  We got a move-on quicker though because we knew that West Crack is a popular route.  The last thing you want is to hike up there and see 3 parties waiting in line while a 4th starts up it.

Yosemite Part 2 - Guide Cracks on DAFF Dome

Day 1 - 09 September 2012 - Woke up. It was cold. Really cold compared to where I came from back East.  It was probably in the upper 30s or so.  I was glad I brought cold-weather gear.  However, the temp came up nicely after an hour or so in which Mitch and I ate breakfast and figured out where we would climb.  We were off by 0730 to explore.