Bail up

Spaghetti Western V 5.6 A3 Mountain Project page for this route with pictures In summer of 2015 Steve Bosque, Josh Mucci and decided to head up to Ribbon Falls to start a new line in the back left corner of the amphitheater (approx 100 feet to the left of the back wall). As the falls raged and I was unable to look up at the route without the falling rain making it impossible to see through my glasses, we prepped our gear and put our faith in the weather report that promised us a break in the rain the next morning. While we waited, we took in the scene: nature at its most majestic with the power of the falls in stark contrast to the wild flowers and delicate bright green frogs that were unfazed by the rain, but frightened by our footsteps in a place that seemed both part…

Climber writes: Looking for some advice for the South Face of Washington Column: Where should we park? I've heard valet at the Ahwahnee, but is that still an option? Rap or hike for the descent? Like most people climbing it, this will be our first big wall so I'm sure we'll be the annoying slow guys. Does it matter which day of the week we start (End of Sept or sometime in October)? I'm curious if there's a big difference in traffic on the route starting on a weekend vs midweek. Thanks in advance for the help :) Park at the Ahwahnee (Grand Majestic) Hotel parking lot. No need to valet. Get there early and you can snag a space over by the valet parking area which is closer to the trail, otherwise you park about 100 yards further away, whatever. Don't need parking permits, I've left my car there…

I avoided work for a bit answering a question on Mountain Project’s Bigwall Forum about prewall prep. Felt like a good response came from it so I’ll post it here.

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No time to write up something bigger just yet. Blue Collar V A3 - Hourglass Wall, Yosemite (With Mucci and Bosque) Bigwalls forum post for Blue Collar  Blood & Coin V 5.7 A3 (solo) - Lost Brother, Yosmite Bigwalls forum post for Blood & Coin