Climbs I've Done in Yosemite Valley


This is a list of climbs I've done in Yosemite Valley. By "done" I mean I've at least been on them; sometimes I never made the anchors, but most times I did. Following Karl Baba's notation, # indicates I've done the climb more than once, and + means I've soloed it. (You'll notice a distinct lack of + marks.) This page is almost always out of date.

I've added a further notation: * means it's a project (i.e. I've never done it without falls). Once I do, I remove the *.


Arch Rock: Short Circuit (11d) * | Gripper (10b) * | Midterm (10b) * | New Dimensions (10b, 1st pitch only) *

Cookie: Beverly's Tower (10a) * | Enigma (10a)

Cascade: Sherrie's Crack (10c) # | Knob Job (10b) *

Lower Merced: Snatch Power (10c) #*

Knob Hill: Pot Belly (7) #+ | Movin' to Montana (8) | Sloth Wall (7) # | Anti-Ego Crack (7) # | Turkey Pie (7) #

Reed's: Reed's Direct (9, 1st) #, (9, 2nd) *, Iota (4)

Mojo Tooth: Fluke (9 yeah right!) #* | Highway Star (10a) #

El Cap: Sacherer Cracker (10a) | La Cosita Left (7) | La Cosita Right (9) # | Moby Center (10a) | Pteradactyl Terrace Left (10a) | Pine Line (7)

Manure Pile: Jump for Joy (9) | After Six (6) #+ | After Seven (8) | C.S. Concerto (8) | Nutcracker (8) #

Lower Brother: Positively 4th St (9) #

Rixon's Pinnacle: West Face (10c) #*

Swan Slab: Lena's Lieback (9) # | Grant's Crack (9) # | Oak Tree Flake (6) #+ | Bay Tree Flake (5) #+ | etc...

Five Open Books: Munginella (6) # | Commitment (9) # | Try Again Ledge (8) | Caverns (8) | Observation Point (9, right; shut down at 4th class section) *

Sunnyside Bench: Regular Route (0) #+ | Bummer (10c) # | Lazy Bum (10d) # | Jamcrack (7, 1st) #+, (9, 2nd) # | Guide's Route (6) *

Lost Arrow: Lost Arrow Tip (8, A2)

Yosemite Falls: Arrowhead Arete (8)

Church Bowl: Church Bowl Lieback (8) # | Revival (10a) | Aunt Fanny's Pantry (4) #+ | Church Bowl Tree (10b) #* | Bishop's Terrace (8) #

Serenity Area: Trial by Fire (8) * | Super Slab (9) | Serenity Crack (10d) # | Son's of Yesterday (10a) # | Maxine's Wall (10a, 1st p) | Peruvian Flake (10a) # | Peeping Tom (10a) # | Royal Arches (7 A0) # | Arete Butler (10a) * | Y Crack (10a) *

Washington Column: South Face (8, A2) # | Astroman (11c, to 4th) *

North Dome: Crest Jewel (10a) *

Yasoo Dome: South Face (9)

East Quarter Dome: North Face (9, A2) *

Half Dome: Snake Dike (7) #, Regular Route (5.9 A1) #

Apron: The Cow Left (7) | An Udder Way (10a) | Grack Center (6) #+ | Goodrich Right (9) | Chouinard Crack (7) # | Harry Daley (8) #

Cathedral Area: Lower Spire, Reg Rte (9) | Braille Book (8) * | East Butt Middle (9 A0) #

Rostrum: Notch Route (4)


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