Yosemite - June 1987

My earliest archived email trip report -- was sent
from TSPINTL AT SUWATSON.BITNET
to   CASPAR AT JILA.BITNET  (for Joel Ager)
on   6/29/1987

Note for Joel Ager:

Joel,
     Good to see you have arrived safe and sound in Boulder.  I'm sure
you'll be back in California before long;  the rocks will remain in the
sun.

Climbs with John Imbrie:  East Buttress of El Cap, La Cosita Right,
Sacherer Cracker, Mr. Natural, Royal Arches + Crest Jewel (complete
with all-night fire bivvy because we couldn't hitch out on Tioga Road
that night), Outer Limits (1), Steck Salathe (both headlamp batteries
dimmed out 2/3 down descent gully, used "impulse power" to reach road
by 1:30am).

Sorry I missed your departure; I spent that Sunday with Nancy.
By the way, we are now "officially" going to get married, probably
in Boston this fall.  Last weekend we went to the Meadows.  Soloed
Great White Book again, this time taking a record 2 1/2 hours (getting
a booty #1 Friend -- I had to borrow a nut pick from a slow party
behind me).  Then we did West Crack on Daff Dome with Dave Coombs
and Will Silva (an old HMCer living in Seattle).  Spent that night
at Lake of the Domes.  Sunday we did Hobbit Book before a big hail
storm set in (spent calmly in the tent).  Scored a booty # 2 1/2
Friend on the approach below Hobbit Book.  Also ran into Phyllis +
party that morning at Lake of the Domes.  They were looking for Oz,
and I pointed down....

Haven't done the finish to Lunatic Fringe yet -- it's slated for this
weekend, with Nancy, Jim Lutz, and Steve Carroll as the crew.
We are also planning on doing the corner left of Silent Majority,
with Steve taking a crack at freeing the first pitch mantle.