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2nd day of US gov shutdown. El Cap shines on

ryguy

3-Oct-2013
6:03:30 PM

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fighting gravity and the pigs in washington.

pulled this off reddit
http://imgur.com/qPh3QEv

IdratherbeclimbingM9

3-Oct-2013
6:27:40 PM

Oh goody, a guess the routes competition!
I reckon I know them all, but to let others have some fun, go ahead...
(Hint: Two of them are trade routes!)

If the answers come up too easily, then the next comp is to name the pitch/feature where the bivvies are located...
;-)

argos44

4-Oct-2013
2:03:23 AM

Free rider, The Nose, Mescalito, Zodiak?

Neil

4-Oct-2013
2:03:08 PM

2 days ago the nose was a logjam from the ground to the great roof. Everyone on the ground had until 3pm today to leave.

Most of the lights on the nose are not near any ledges. :-)

gfdonc

5-Oct-2013
9:19:12 AM

eff, eff and eff.
We are currently in Florida with flights to SFO on Monday and bookings in Yosemite for Tuesday. This is a s h i t.

Contemplating other options in California unless congress passed something today.

Ben_E

5-Oct-2013
10:32:29 AM

Bad luck, gfdonc, I was in YNP 2 weeks ago with Bones - very lucky in our timing.

Owen's River may be an OK alternative this time of the year, I think it's still open?

Edit: You've probably got a list of alternatives already, if not, one at

http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2237634/List-of-NON-CLOSED-climbing-areas-please-contribute

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