High Sierras (Part 2)

We took it easy the next day. We drove up to Bishop to take care of some business. A number of our climbing shoes were in need of some kind of repair. We spent some time in a few of the mountain shops and then headed out to find some climbs and a new campsite.

We drove around a lot trying to find certain areas that we had read about. We finally decided to stay in the Pine Creek Canyon area. We had some daylight left and decided to get some energy out on a climb.

We did the first pitch of a two pitch climb called "Merman" on the Fashion Slab. It was pretty fun but we ran out of daylight and decided to come back to finish the climb in the morning.

We camped a little way down the road. We had breakfast, packed up and got ready for out climb.

Everyone managed to make it up the 200' two pitch (5.7) climb, although it did take us all a while to complete it. There were a couple of pretty challenging spots but everyone did great. Christian led as usual. Emily led a second rope using dad's placements and then Caitlyn and I followed and I cleaned the gear on my way up. By the time we all rappelled back down, it was time to go.

We were still near the Bishop area so we had quite a ways to go to get home. Before the sun set, we pulled over near the Little Lake area to have some dinner. While I worked on dinner, Christian and Emily went to do a bit of climbing on a small volcanic rock wall that was nearby.

Caitlyn just read her book at the base. The sun started setting when dinner was ready. I guess there was a fire out there somewhere so the sunset was especially pretty. When we finished, we continued on our way. It took a lot longer than we had intended as there was road work everywhere. It was insane. But alas, we finally made it back home in one piece and have to get back to real life.