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In celebration of both a glorious Sierra summer and the long awaited arrival of winter, I thought I would share some 'Deeper' stoke from a pair of High Sierra adventures that Jeremy Jones and I knocked out recently.
About a month back we chased out to the high country of Yosemite for a little recon and rock climbing on the Matthes Crest. While the images should give you an idea of what tip-toeing on a mile long granite knifeblade might look like, the feeling of climbing this soaring razorback must be experienced to be understood. The only way I could describe the rush and exposure is that it's f@!king incredible! Amazing rock quality, ridiculous views, and one wicked hand traverse after another. If you haven't run the Matthes Crest yet get out there next summer. The approach is only a couple hours and the climbing is fairly easy. We simul-climbed a bit of it, free-soloed most of it, and belayed the 5.7 summit pitch.
The call of the High Sierra shook us out of Tahoe yet again last week when a ferocious storm stopped summer dead in its tracks. On October 13th a 36 hour tempest pummeled the Sierra dropping up to six feet of snow above 10,000 ft. Insta-base….or so we hoped. It was enough snow to get us racing down to Mammoth and parked at the base of Tioga Pass the day after the storm cleared anyway. A couple grand worth of gruesome talus climbing later we found what we were looking for though….Winter!…and of course…our first ollies and toeside slashers of the season.
Enjoy the images and get ready for a lot more Deeper insanity as the snow flies. It’s only October. We got seven months of Deeper dayz still to come…Bring it on Ullr!