ElCap Reports

ElCap Report 5/26/12

By Tom Evans

Yo… The clouds and drizzle continued today into the afternoon. Blue skies were seen through a light cloud layer but intermittent showers continue. Traffic in the Valley is reduced considerably because of the weather. I was down at the Cap for a few hours this morning and caught a glimpse of someone on a line above LLL but they soon rapped back to the ledge. Mike has been posting, from the wall, on SuperTopo and writes they are doing fine. No one else is on the cliff at this time as far as I can tell, but I have not gone to look at Lurking Fear.

Quite a few climbers have been by the Bridge today, even though there is little to see, except the beauty of the Great Rock, bathed in storm clouds. Mark Hudon and Max Jones showed up today. Mark is hoping to solo Iron Hawk and Max is along for a couple of days to so some video shots of Mark.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

　

　

　

1)  ElCap from the Bridge in mid morning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

　

　

2)  Jingy, Roger Putnam, and Greg, taking in the view this morning.

 

By noon a pretty good contingent of climbers were representing at the Bridge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

　

　

3)  Greg, Clark Jacobs, ?, ?, Max Jones, Mark Hudon, Roger Putnam, Brian Law, Jingy, Luke, Lizzy.  Sorry for the ?? But I have a hard time remembering the names of all the people I meet at the Bridge.

　

The weather is supposed to be improving by tomorrow so stay tuned.

So that’s the way it is for this Saturday, the 26^th day of May, 2012.

Later, Tom