Bishop Vagabond Inn

With Tensions running high and not much climbing getting done, the group decided to dismantle on nov 1st. It was a good time, we all took some great memories from it but we all had other things in our minds by the end so we each went our way. Apples drove ...

After 3 weeks with the kids we are heading back home. Our 1st stop was Yosemite National Park. We only had about 5 hrs to take it in but what we saw was breathtaking. The granite rocks are mostly flat and straight up. We were able to see Glacier Point, Bridal Veil, El Capitan and Tunnel View. As we were leaving the Park via the Tioga Pass we got a great view at Olmstead Point of clouds resting in the Miountains.
Next stop....Las Vegas,baby.

... Mt. Whitney. I'm sure most of you already know this, but in case you don't, Mt. Whitney is the highest peak in the lower 48. Standing at 14,495 feet, this peak and its sisters, (Keeler's Needle and others), are often rendered as the Patagonia of the Eastern Sierra. The Mt. Whitney range, a little Patagonia Ben climbed Mt. Whitney ...

... for Mule Days so I hate it when it's over.  Like leaving Disneyland at the end of a really fun day when you know you won't be back for months!  :(





Today we are stalled at the house trying to figure out our packing/storage/moving/RV pickup issues.  Never a dull moment, I tell you.  >:P  GRRRR!!!!!!

... figured we had a couple of climbs in us and so we headed down to the China Wall in the gorge. I led one route, Tim led another and then we were waffling as to whether we should leave or not. Tim said he would lead on more route and so we jumped on what we thought was a 5.8. After a lot of struggling, cursing and falling, Tim made it up to to the top of the climb, only to come down and have some other climbers ...

... day - I love the sun....it feels good to wake up in the morning and have sun rays tickle my nose - even if the temps are sub freezing..it doesn't matter.. Today I am going to drive to Big Pine where I hope to meet up with John Svenson - a climber from Haines who comes down here in search of sun and climbing as well - after the weekend I am headed towards Indian Creek to practice the mean cragging skills...

... Grandma used to live in. Once back in Bishop, Emily noticed that the next door neighbors have a lot of cats. Seven, minimum, by her count. The cats were brought to her attention when one of them was caught spying on us through a knot hole in the fence. This was clearly unacceptable behavior per my Grandma's cat. Fortunately, war was averted. After an excellent dinner ...

... lake were missing. Back tracked and found a side path just beside the sandy beach ... the Beach was the lake bottom, as it's a snow melt fed river it means in autumn there is no water .. no lake, no river, no wonderful cascading waterfalls, sigh .... oh well at least the trees were pretty ... got lots of nice photos anyway, and a 4 mile (7km) walk in ! Headed of south down highway 41 towards Fresno with the ...

... for me on my own, let alone share with Jane! Anyway, I managed to fall asleep whilst we were driving along the nice smooth straight freeway. Unfortunately for me, this didn't last. When we hit the country roads (you now the type, twisty n bumpy) I was rudely awaken by a falling sensation I was about to fall out of the bed and onto the hard floor below. Lucky for me I stuck out an arm n managed to grab hold of Jane's leg n hoist myself back up before hitting the deck... Needless to ...

... 491 feet was actually very easy for us after all the miles we'd put in. We were so acclimatized that even on the summit we felt absolutely no different than any other elevation we'd been. On our way down we passed a guy that looked like he was about ready to keel over and die, but he was only 10 minutes from the top, so we said good luck and continued down to camp. Later that night the rescue helicopter landed about 200 feet from our camp at Crabtree Meadows. It was stopping ...