Yosemite:  Maxine's Wall p1, Peruvian Flake, Central Pillar of Frenzy,
           East Buttress of El Cap  10/15-16/05 - Chris Chan

On Saturday morning we went up to do Serenity Crack/Sons of
Yesterday, but there were 2 parties at the base about to start it.  So I
led up Maxine's Wall (5.10a well protected) while we were waiting.  At the
belay I felt some raindrops, so I cleaned the draws and Chris TRed it
through the chains.  We could see rain at Middle Cathedral and also near
the Apron, coming toward us!  As it started sprinkling more, we headed
down, but it stopped again so we did Peruvian Flake.  It sprinkled more
when I was on top of this belaying Chris, but we walked off without
getting very wet.  We headed over to Middle Cathedral because the sky
looked blue over there.  It was nice, so we did Central Pillar of Frenzy
(a bit cool in the shade that day, though).

On Sunday the weather was perfectly clear, so we did the
East Buttress of El Cap.  I'm not the fastest climber, and it got a
bit dark on the last pitch, so we climbed that with headlamps and moonlight.
The descent took awhile (fortunately I know it well; it could have taken
longer), so we started driving back at 11:30pm and arrived in Palo Alto
at 3am.  It was great to get in some nice classic routes!