My Crest Jewels

Yosemite Valley – Yosemite NP.
Crest Jewel (10b, 10 pitches, “Trad”)

An endless slab climb on Yosemite’s famous granite. We started climbing at 8:30a and topped out at 1:30p. This is the ultimate: “Look Ma, No Hands” type of climb. Purely because there are no hands, only upwards foot scooting for about 1000’. It takes a pitch or so to get really comfortable on this and you quickly become selective with the orange versus black polish characteristics of the rock. Black polish = good friction = happy feet.

All in all, a rest day for our hands and a lot of “downward dog” needed to stretch out our cramped up calves!

Location: Yosemite National Park, Ca

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