Yosemite:  Nabisco Wall, Beyond the Fringe, Catchy Corner   4/13-14/91

     Went to the Valley with John Imbrie, my college climbing partner and
(at least) annual Valley visitor.  We worked on a checklist of classic
cracks to get into shape for doing the Nose in 2 weeks.  Hetch Hetchey was
snowed in pretty good, so we drove to El Cap Meadow for standard bandit
camping below the Nose.  At the Cookie, we did the easy way up the
Nabisco Wall (pretty audacious for John "off the couch"):
 Bev's Tower 5.10a (C led), arrived just ahead of other parties.
 Wheat Thin 5.10b (J), 2 foot slips, and C felt shaky.  From the belay on
  top, we saw a guy take a 35-foot fall from Waverley Wafer (from the top
  of the final layback).  He got back on and finished it, though.
 Butterfingers 5.11a (C), reversed start twice to get in gear, pretty pumped
  on final hand crack.  There's a new 2 bolt anchor on top.
Then over to Reed's Pinnacle area:
 Old Five Ten 5.10d (C), J fell once trying right var. from last bolt, then
  cranked the up and right version.
 Lunatic Fringe 5.10c (C), some hangs for J due to running low on strength
  (sleep deprivation, etc.) and floppy shoes.
 Beyond the Fringe 5.10c (C), good stems.
Ran into Joe Shiefman there with Chan and Jack Menendez.
Sunday:
Pat+Jack Pinnacle:
 Knob Job 5.10b (J)
 Sherrie's Crack 5.10b/d (J), a fall while reversing after getting gear in.
 Trough of Justice 5.10b (C), middle 3 bolts have been replaced/relocated.
  Ran into Tom Davis, Kelly Rich, and Dan McDivett, doing Knuckleheads, a
  new bolted direct start (up arete) and left finish.
Cookie:
 Catchy 5.10d (C), nice fairly new anchor and belay ledge on top.
 Catchy Corner 5.11a (C), could use new anchor? (our rappel hung up at first)
 Outer Limits 5.10b (J), not bad for "off the couch"!