Good Looks and Cam Hooks: A Month of Climbing Tall Things in Yosemite

Hello all!

Three weeks ago, I got back from a month in the Valley with three of my buddies. We made four-man ascents of SF Washington Column, WF Leaning Tower, RNWF Half Dome (it goes!) and the Nose of El Cap, along with several other small climbs. I've written in-depth trips reports with tons of photos for all of our climbs, and so I thought I'd leave some links for y'all from our blog.

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SF Washington Column: goodlooksandcamhooks.wordpr…

WF Leaning Tower: goodlooksandcamhooks.wordpr…

RNWF Half Dome: goodlooksandcamhooks.wordpr…

The Nose, El Capitan: goodlooksandcamhooks.wordpr…

Also included are TRs for Nutcracker, Braille Book, East Buttress of El Cap, as well as some first ascents with a guidebook author in Colorado and some bouldering in Bishop.

Enjoy!

Great trip reports, awesome story. I remember reading the original thread about 4-man big walling and, like everyone else, thinking that it sounded like a long shot. In this case I am very happy to hear that I was wrong. You guys really pulled it off, and in great style at that.

There is one thing I would like to object to, though. From your Nose trip report:

Alex Wyvill wrote: I realized that my fledgling climbing career may be coming to a halt in the near future. Adult life doesn’t allow for enormous climbing trips as does a college graduate’s final summer.

This is not true, or at least it doesn't have to be. Adult like is MORE conducive to climbing a lot and going cool places, if you play your cards right. And based on how successful you were on your first trip to the Valley, I suspect you'll do lots more rad stuff in the future. Just keep at it.

This is awesome.