Weekend 5.11+ Sport Climbing / Owens River Gorge; Bishop CA 4/29/17 (Day I)

Late April I had the exceptional opportunity of joining Greg Cooper (Nursing Student) and Jeremy Fries (Mechanical Engineer), of Reno NV, on a weekend of high-level sport climbing down in Bishop, CA.  We left Reno Friday night and made it to our camp site near Owens River Gorge at about 1030PM amidst 20MPH winds and freezing temps.  Saturday morning our stove proved nonfunctional, and so, without the aid of climbing coffee, we set out for the Upper Gorge.  We hiked into the Gorgeous Towers and arrived at about 10AM warming up on the Gorgeous Arete, a classic 5Star 5.10 climb characterized by good edges, exposure, and good protection.  Greg really lead the charge all weekend, jumping from 5.10 to 5.11+ by 11AM with the route, Nothin But Trouble, a 4Star vertical face climb, crimpy at the bottom, pumpy further up, finish on slab.  Greg and Jeremy climbed and cleaned 3 more 10's/11's before the days end.  Later we visited Cinderella, a 5Star 5.9 stemming climb, 100FT, with really good movement, that was my one lead for the weekend hahha.  On our way out Greg noticed a clean looking 12+ overhanging climb with a sizeable 5FT roof mantle towards the top, while not able to complete the route the effort was very impressive to see.  Day two was spent at Pine Creek Canyon, to follow in the next post.

Personal Review of Area : Rock/Climb Quality 10/10 - Size 10/10 - Accessibility 8/10
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