Last week Trevor and I completed the ever-so classic TMC Link-up. This involves climbing Tenaya Peak (II, 5.5), then hiking over to Matthes Crest (II, 5.7) then hiking over and climbing the SE buttress of Cathedral Peak (II, 5.6). You complete it by hiking out and hitch hiking back to your car.
After our foray up Matthes Crest with Sue last month, Trevor got pretty stoked on the idea of the link-up after I told him about it. I personally have always wanted to get it done, so when I managed to score new Yosemite permits we drove up and gave it a go.
We soloed Tenaya Peak and Matthes Crest (we skipped the summit to avoid a cluster -f*ck with some slow climbers) and simul-climbed Cathedral Peak in 2 pitches. The climbing parts went fast, the crux is hiking in the heat! We managed to find a couple of nice ladies at the parking lot to drive us back to our car. The whole thing, including a 30 min stop/detour to filter water at Echo lake took us 10 hours.
Very fun!
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Peak 1 - Tenaya Peak
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Trevor solos Tenaya in the dawn light
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Looking back at Cloud's Rest, Half-Dome and Mt Watkins
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| Filling water at Echo Lake |
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Trevor on Matthes Crest
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Glorious Matthes Crest
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Cathedral Peak
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