The 2011 Valley Season is Officially ON!
Hoh man, he’s back. Our man on the scene, Tom Evans, is back with the one and only El Cap Report. When Tom starts reporting, the monkeys start sending. Things are looking a little bit cool and wet in the valley so far, but rest assured big things will be happening soon. Stay tuned to [...]
Leo Houlding and ‘The Prophet’ – El Cap’s newest Free Route
Leo Houlding and Jason Pickles have finally sent their longstanding 9 year El Cap free project. Some stats from Clint Cummins’ bottomless climbing database: http://www.stanford.edu/%7Eclint/yos/longhf.htm#elnino The Prophet – 5.13? (13p: ? 5.13) FA/FFA – Leo Houlding, Jason Pickles, 10/10 First 5 pitches of Bad to the Bone, then 3 new pitches, a traverse to The [...]
Ever Been in a Storm While Climbing?
Sometimes its no big deal, and sometimes its a full on epic. Tom Evans of El Cap Report fame had been documenting the continuing rainfall in the Valley all week. On October 3rd Tom took some shots of 2 guys bailing off of the left side of El Cap. Apparently, they had been in a [...]
El Cap Report
Surely most of you are aware of the climbing Mecca that is Yosemite and Vertical Ventures‘ upcoming trip there, but were you aware that you could stay abreast of the daily happenings on El Cap? We’re talking full on spray down here – bails, sends, whips, cheatsticks, one days, multi-days – EVERYTHING. Our man on [...]
