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Ivan Rezucha > Yosemite

I first went to Yosemite in 74. Did just about every climb from 5.2 up to about 5.8. Maybe a few 9s. In 75 I went back with my brother Paul and various friends. Day 1 (and 2) Paul and I did the North Buttress of Middle Cathedral at 10a. Crappy bivvy. Ran out of water on the typical 500' of "4th class" and got pretty delirious. A week later I did the Nose with Dick Saum in 3 1/2 days, and a week after that did Half Dome with Paul in 2 1/2 days. Decent times in those days, and no crowds! I've been back a half dozen times or more, but only got up one more wall, The Prow on the Column, A2 nowadays. Epic'd on the top in a blizzard. Ended up hiking 12 miles along the rim in 2' of snow in sneakers back to Yosemite Falls. There were numerous rescues on El Cap, and we were half hoping to be rescured ourselves. 2 other failed winter attempts on the Triple Direct on El Cap, one time rapping from Camp 4 in fog after an all night rain and ice storm only to have beautiful weather from then on. Other than that the usual free climbing, flailing on cracks, taking way too long on multi-pitch climbs, but loving it.

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