forest

YSMT1006

forest, mountains
Just two weeks after our last visit, Natalie and I made the trip back to Yosemite for our actual elopement. We got a really nice AirBNB in Yosemite West for two nights, and camped for the rest of the weekend. Marissa, our photographer, took photos of us on Thursday in a couple of places. Friday I was able to send Housekeep Face – Natalie resent it too. We had some fun on an easy traverse and checked out Pathway Arete (traverse?) V3 – definitely want to finish it, but would feel much more comfortable with another 2 pads and 2 spotters. Saturday we hiked to the top of Vernal Falls via Mist Trail, which was a bit much for Nat. We then reluctantly hopped on Angler in Curry Village – couldn’t make much progress on it given our tired state. Looking forward to seeing the photos from our elopement. Also couldn’t be more excited to be married to Natalie. Life’s good.

太陽と火

forest, landscape, mountains
‘Surely from time to time, for its vestiges never depart, it floats through our atmosphere.’
We ventured up the 395 to Lone Pine this past holiday weekend to explore some bouldering routes West of Rovana near Pine Creek.  We initially wanted to go a little further North around Mammoth area but due to the Creek Fire we were limited in how far we could safely go.  We camped across the road at Pleasant by the reservoir on Sunday night and then headed to Alabama Hills for some sport climbing.  The fire season this year has been among the worst California has seen, and it was somewhat surreal to be able to climb in a landscape that was painted in such a brightly de-saturated orange hue. All photos taken with my Fuji X100T