2000: Lake Tahoe & Yosemite, USA

The1st. of July we met at the airport in San Francisco.  Anita and Markus came from Austria by plane, and Martina had taken the bus from Seattle (a 20 hour ride). Diana and I (Anders) had spent a couple of days driving from Phoenix, and up along the beautiful coastline of California.
 
First official photo from climb2000.  From the left:
Markus, Anita, Martina and Diana.
The official opening of climb2000.  Markus G. Lechner in charge of the official opening of climb2000.
 
 
Lake Tahoe

First climbing day:

After getting a campground, we went for an afternoon climb at Twin Crags, where we did several short but quite hard pitches in basalt rock.
 

Second climbing day:
Peanut Gallery and Space Wall at Donner Summit, (Lake Tahoe)

Peanut Gallery:
Steep slab climbing.
Bolt Run (5.10d), Hecker (5.11a), Eyes of Silver (5.10 b/c), Middle Ages (5.8)

Space Wall:
Moon Shadow ** (5.10d), Black Hole (5.6)
Moon Shadow was a great route.

 Pictures from Peanut Gallery at Donner Summit, Lake Tahoe
 
 
 
 

Third climbing day
 

 Pictures from School Rock at Donner Summit, Lake Tahoe
First pitch of Junior High (5.6)
Diana is belaying on the top of Kindergarten Crack (5.5)
 
Anita climbing Junior High (5.6)
Resting area at School Rock
 

Forth Climbing Day

Diana's birthday.  Diana and Anders went back to School Rock, where Diana led the right variant of Kindergarden Crag (5.5).  A three pitch climb.
 
Afterwards we all met at Big Chief, Truckee River Canyon, Lake Tahoe, where following routes were climbed:
War Path (5.9), War Paint (5.9), Mohawk (5.10b), Witch Doctor (5.10c), Killer Bee (5.10c), Wicked Quickie (5.12c, not completed), and a couple of 5.10's at the South Wall
Diana's first 5.9 on lead. War Path.
Resting area at Big Chief.
 
Pictures from Basecamp in Truckee River Canyon
 
 
Martina is demonstrating Hilleberg tents.
 
 

Yosemite
 
Fifth climbing day
After finding a campspot at Camp 4 in Yosemite Valley, we went to Glacier Point Apron - East, and climbed on the Cow (5.5/5.8) and the Grack (5.6)
 
 

Sixth climbing day

At Manure Pile Buttress we climbed the 7 pitch climbs: After Six (5.6) and After Seven (5.8)
Anita is following on after Six (5.6)
On the top of the Manure Pile Buttress with Royal Arches and the peek of Half Dome in the background.
Diana and Anders at the same spot as above.
After the climbing we went for a swim in the river, before we drove up to the Glacier Point and watched a wonderful sunset, while a ranger spoke about the geology of the area.
 
Diana with Half Dome in the background.
 
Anders at the same spot.  Maybe one day on the top behind.
 
The sunset.
 

The seventh Climbing day

Markus and Anders Climbed the Royal Arches (5.7 A1), 17 pitches in six hours....
....while Anita and Diana were practicing their skills of nature photographing  in the Yosemite walley.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The day after we broke up the camp after a nice breakfast .
 
 
 
 

On the way back to Phoenix, Diana and Anders stopped at the Red Rocks, and climbed at the wake up wall:

Poundcake (5.8), Crack of Noon (5.8), Just Shut up and Climb* (5.11b)
 
 
"Just shut up and Climb" (5.11b) completed
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
At the bottom of Death Wally, which is below sea level, a soft drink tastes better than normal.