Fiddler
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Photo- Michael Crapo
Photo- Michael Crapo
Photo- Michael Crapo
Photo- Michael Crapo
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The Warden. Photo- Michael Crapo
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Wyoming
When September rolled around this year I found myself aching to do something different. The season was about to start in Yosemite, but I have spent a fair chunk of time there and was not that excited. Instead, I talked my girlfriend into a trip to the smaller, less frequently travelled granite venues of Fremont Canyon, and Vedauwoo. We spent a day in Fremont Canyon so that I could climb Fiddler on the Roof; a classic roof crack from the late eighties that has been on my ticklist since I first saw the clip of Steve Petro sending it on youtube. It met all my expectations, and I nearly flashed it. I swear my fingertips needed only a centimeter more on the jug and it would have been done. Happy with a second-go hike, we packed up for Vedauwoo. Vedauwoo is absolutely sick- It is one of those destinations that is unique in all the world. I would put it alongside Indian Creek, and Yosemite Valley in that regard. the "Voo" has lots of nice crack climbing, and even some face climbing, but what makes it special are the grizzly, flared, and often overhung offwidths. During our week long stay we mostly stuck to the classics. "Classics" at the Voo include things like V8 squeeze chimneys. I can't wait to return. Here are a few photos from the trip. Enjoy.
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Way to go YSL! Glad to see you out there getting it done!
ReplyDeleteCheers!
Russ
Hi - I'm a national newspaper journalist in England who is part of a group putting together a new 'extreme' outdoor sports and travel website. The site is also an environmental and social and enterprising in design.
ReplyDeleteAs I'm putting together articles and sourcing videos and photos at the moment, I was wondering whether there was any chance of you submitting some copy for us on climbing? I can obviously credit you and send you a link to the site when it's up?
Maybe you would like to submit things on a regular basis further down the line?
We believe we will have a lot of people visiting the site when it is ready and have people contributing from all over the world so our reach should be quite large.
Any help you can give us would be great. If you're interested, please get in touch at gemma.features@hotmail.co.uk
Many thanks for reading
Gemma Wise