North Lake Tahoe

July 1-2, 2006

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Donner Summit - July 1, 2006

Sarah and I coordinated our outfits and then drove up to Tahoe early Saturday morning to meet up with Kirsten and Karl who went up the night before. Stanley pulled into the parking lot right behind us and a day of fun and frivolity began. We went to Green Phantom Rock and climbed Phantom Staircase Left (5.8) and Phantom Staircase Center (5.9), Yellow Jacket (5.9), and Road Kill (5.10). Blood sugar levels went up, then down, then up again... Kirsten got in a bunch of kicks... Karl doubled over with laughter... Stanley showed support... and Sarah kept us all in stitches with her boundless energy.

Cute girls in matching outfits

Sistine Chapel - climber version

Kir on the sharp end

Craggers

End of the day happiness

Cute couple

Tall Kirsten, Tiny Leslie

Kirsten gets her kicks

Stanley leads

Karl's "laughing belay"

Indiana Jones

BFF close-up

Kir contemplates Leslie

Donner Lake

Kirsten sandwich

Rock goddess

Stanley on the way up

Karl with his trusty belayer

Sweet girls

Rope nudge

Karl at the top

Leslie looks for holds

Kir does something interesting

White skin burns

Tiny Leslie runs away

Big Chief - July 2, 2006

After a mellow morning of yoga, coffee and breakfast, we headed out to Big Chief for the day. We got there in time to do one climb in the shade and then spent the next 7 hours roasting in the 100 degree heat. We climbed Wampum (5.8), Warpaint (5.8), Warpath (5.9), Too Light to Wait (5.10b) and This Toilet Earth (5.9). Kirsten and Karl headed back that night and the rest of us followed suit the next morning.

Craggin' at Center Wall