Re: TR: Cathedral Range July 2017 — Epic Fail + Questions
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 10:18 pm
You are probably the most accomplished outdoors person on this board. It's too bad we've never met.
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By Jove, I think you've got it! In yet another context it is quite clear that Fritos = lembas and 18 year old Aberlour Scotch = miruvor. What else could one possibly need on or off trail?Hobbes wrote:Remember the line in "The Graduate"? One word: plastics. Likewise, with respect to trail food, one word: Fritos.
Yes, I have been through the archives and come across what I believe are the few TRs out there, which have been helpful and attract me to the area. If I find myself in extended Class 3 I will certainly turn around and find some other on- or off-trail way around. Going to the west side and poking up into each basin individually is certainly in the cards -- I have ten or so days for this first part of my trip with no other goal than getting acclimated to the elevation and seeing some fine Sierra territory.Hobbes wrote:More on topic, the Cathedral range is difficult. You can search hard and long @ HST for trip reports, but they are few and far between. The one I think most recall is Cam's ie the blue Pothole. I've said it before, but there's a reason Roper routed the SHR up Vogelsang to TM. Class 2 with mini-bits of class 3 is ok, but hard-ass mountaineering wasn't what he intended.
WD,Wandering Daisy wrote:The pass you are considering is on this skyline, probably hidden behind the larger massive peak on the right (Pt 12358). The big peak on the left is Florence (I think). Not 100% sure I am correct on the peaks on the skyline.
Correct. If 12358 had two more feet of mean prominence above the saddle connecting it to Maclure it would rank 15th on SummitPost's list of Yosemite's highest peaks. It's a fun scramble from the saddle, and an imposing sight from the long, narrow-waisted lake beneath it in Hutchings Basin.Stanley Otter wrote: After horsing around with Google Earth and using the track from your map, I *think* Peak 12358 is on the left in this photo and that the large gray mass to its right is Mt Maclure.
My wife and I took our freshly graduated daughter (high school) to Europe last summer as a present to see a bit of the world and to satisfy her Sound of Music jones in Salzburg. Since we were in the neighborhood , I insisted on four nights of hut-to-hut hiking in the Dolomites in the Südtirol. So, yeah, I suppose the contrast between them there civilized alpine villages they have in Europe and Yosemite Village was a real eye-opener for your friend. The Dolomites are very scenic -- I should post a TR on the Other Places board sometime. And if you aren't making good time to your next hut, why, you can just drop down to the valley and take a bus 'round the mountain to the top of the next pass. Ask me how I know this... Anyway, I hope you enjoy your trip to the Czech Republic.Hobbes wrote:Got it. Andy did the SoSHR a few years ago; there may be a trip report somewhere around here. Or you could contact him directly (Bluewater) if you have any questions.
Our Czech friend we met on the JMT did the SF to YNP shuttle after flying here from Europe. He had no idea what to expect, but coming from a region near the Alps, imagined some kind of nice, high-end village environment. Boy, was he in for a surprise, especially about the 'Gateway to the Sierras' (sic). It has been a source of amusement since. He came back out again last year for almost a month, and hung out/re-supplied in the town I introduced him to when we first met - Lone Pine - between forays.
My wife & I are doing a Euro road tip this fall, including Czech, so we plan on stopping by to visit. Merced is the answer to many of our jokes. Oh, and also the Rockies. Like many of us, he has become quite the Sierra snob. LOL (He has a good friend in Boulder whom he has visited, and while he likes the Rockies, knows firsthand it doesn't quite compare in terms of visual/overall aesthetic.)
My sister-in-law lives in Half Moon Bay, south of SF, so I know the area better and have someone to rescue me and a place to land if things go awry. I am familiar with that bus though, since it is how I get back: EST bus from Lone Pine to Mojave, Amtrak Thruway Connector bus to Bakersfield, Amtrak train to Emeryville, Amtrak Thruway Connector bus to Transbay Temporary Terminal, BART to SFO. That one's a *long* day. I like public transportation, but it takes patience sometimes.Hobbes wrote:PS If you're not completely locked into SFO, LAX is actually the easier/better option. It's s $35 taxi/Uber ride to downtown LA, then a train ride up to Lancaster. From there, Inyo runs a shuttle up to Mammoth. My Czech buddy has done both, and prefers the LAX option. (Of course, you do miss out on Merced, sigh.)
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I checked to see if I had a photo of Peak 12358 from my trip, but I must have been so intent on finding a way down from Peak 12499 that I didn't take one. I do remember everything to the south being backlit at that time of day, and I tend just not to take photos in those cases. I will take your word about the "fun scramble" -- I will be content to view it from below should I be lucky enough to get there and be on my way to Ingraham Pass. A much better name, in my opinion. Thanks for the information.ndpanda wrote:Correct. If 12358 had two more feet of mean prominence above the saddle connecting it to Maclure it would rank 15th on SummitPost's list of Yosemite's highest peaks. It's a fun scramble from the saddle, and an imposing sight from the long, narrow-waisted lake beneath it in Hutchings Basin.Stanley Otter wrote: After horsing around with Google Earth and using the track from your map, I *think* Peak 12358 is on the left in this photo and that the large gray mass to its right is Mt Maclure.
(So imposing in fact that I'm surprised R.J. Secor resisted the temptation to name it after one of his friends, as he did with nearby "Sluggo Pass," known to Yosemite locals as Ingraham Pass for decades prior to publication of his guidebook.)
You bring back fond memories.Stanley Otter wrote: My wife and I took our freshly graduated daughter (high school) to Europe last summer as a present to see a bit of the world and to satisfy her Sound of Music jones in Salzburg. Since we were in the neighborhood , I insisted on four nights of hut-to-hut hiking in the Dolomites in the Südtirol. So, yeah, I suppose the contrast between them there civilized alpine villages they have in Europe and Yosemite Village was a real eye-opener for your friend. The Dolomites are very scenic -- I should post a TR on the Other Places board sometime. And if you aren't making good time to your next hut, why, you can just drop down to the valley and take a bus 'round the mountain to the top of the next pass. Ask me how I know this... Anyway, I hope you enjoy your trip to the Czech Republic