Trip Reports

Middle Cathedral Rock I met up with my partner at 6:30 at the pullout where the approach starts. We had only climbed together one time before but had a smooth time going up nutcracker the previous October. I had packed all the gear the night before but we grabbed his rope and headed up the approach trail. We got there as one party was just starting and another party at the base, not too bad for a weekend of perfect weather on the mega-classic that the EB of middle cathedral is....

Sarah and I met up with Andrea in the parking lot of the Home Depot in Pleasanton as usual. We chose to get some garlic noodles but he made the wiser choice with Chick-fil-A. Well fed we headed off to Tioga pass. We didn’t end up pulling up to Saddlebag lake road until around midnight. So we pulled out the sleeping pads and slept in the back of the Volvo. The next morning we woke up while it was still dark, ate a couple bars, chugged some cold coffee, and started the hike through the campground....