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Hair Raiser Buttress climbs the left side on 400 ft of slab
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Well the field season has been cut short by persistent cold, wet weather throughout the Sierra. I went to explore Granite Basin, a large batholith of (yep) granite east of Mono Lake. Our mission was Hair Raiser Buttress, a classic 70's slab route established ground-up by Vern Clevenger; the route has since sprouted a few more bolts to ease the devastating cheese-grater fall potential. This still ain't no sport climb; I definitely had to check my head a few times while contemplating my skins textural resemblance to a block of fine white cheddar. Cord and I had been watching the thunderheads building and dropping out around us, and nearly 300 feet up it started to sprinkle, just as I finished leading. There was no mercy for Cord as he climbed the wet slab in a shivering, drenching deluge. Then we bailed! But we're going back real soon to finish this east-side gem...
1 comment:
sounds scary...be careful out there Neil!!!
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