Oh yeah, it was so nice out in the Valley this weekend. Michele was actually pretty sick so she didn't get to enjoy the weekend to the fullest, but otherwise it was a fantastic weekend. We had a big crew from the East Bay and our friends Mike and Steve from Utah were out for a week so we hooked up with them as well.
The highlight of the weekend was Lyn's ascent of Thriller [V10]. You can scroll back in the show browser of the Kyte player, or here's a direct link. It was great to be there to see Lyn climb this classic. Though the lighting in the video isn't great, the audio captures the excitement and the positive energy during the ascent. Way to go Lyn!
On Sunday a large posse swarmed on the Sentinel boulders, which was our first trip there. We had a great time climbing some of the classics on the B1 boulder. Can't wait to go back there again.
The lowlight of the weekend was Steve's finger injury while climbing The King. Apparently Steve was casually hanging open handed on a decent edge when there was a loud "POP" and that was it. Seems like a pulley ligament, but hopefully Steve will get a real diagnosis and heal up quickly. Bummer!
Anyway I posted a bunch of various random (mostly live) content throughout the weekend when I found good connectivity. Check my flickrstream for some other photos that i didn't post to Kyte. Enjoy.
Tech notes for the geeks: seems like around Camp 4 the signal strength varies dramatically with the terrain/tree cover. El Cap meadow had great coverage though i'm not sure this is always the case. I found little/no coverage at the Cathedral boulders area, and a spotty-at-best signal at the parking for Cathedral boulders. Four mile trail head parking had good coverage. The Cafeteria has consistent full coverage and this is the only place i've been able to upload full size videos. Uploading the 18 mb video of Lyn took about 1 hour! Even at best, the EDGE network in the Valley is slow as hell, the same video in SF on 3G network would take about 10 minutes to upload.
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