In the last week or so, I’ve made the trek up to the Stratostier, aka Wolcott’s Upper “Upper” Tier, several times with Kristine & friends to check out and climb the few established routes. However, there is so much more potential for new routes up there from crack lines to sporty face climbs. Maybe we’ll have to see what we can do in the next few years in terms of new routes up on the Stratostier. For now, enjoy some of the pics below from last week:
Kristine climbing Illumination (5.8) – quite a hard 5.8 in my opinion
Kristine again on Illumination (5.8) at the Stratostier
Me leading Lazarus (5.8+). However, I give this a 5.8++ rating as the roof seams like a really tough 5.8/easy 5.9 sequence of moves
Lazarus sequence of pics #2
Lazarus sequence of pics #3
Lazarus sequence of pics #4
Lazarus sequence of pics #5
Lazarus sequence of pics #6
Lazarus sequence of pics #7
Lazarus sequence of pics #8
Kristine working Lazarus (5.8++)
Many thanks to Dianne Oelberger who graciously videoed me up one of my favorite sport climbs on Wolcott’s Upper Tier called Osso Bocco (5.11-). I don’t think I’ve ever had someone video me while rock climbing so I enjoyed critiquing myself. I have been having some tendonitis in my right forearm, thus the shaking out of my arm quite a bit. Maybe I shouldn’t do these crimper-type climbs and let the arm heal, but its just so hard not to. Hope you enjoy the video:
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