I spent the first part of my time in Bishop with Vic Copeland, a friend of Simon's from Sac and a longtime Eastside climber. He gave me an awesome tour of the Sads on my first day, just touring around and doing the classics. I like the Sads a lot more than the Happies, it feels a bit more like climbing and a little less like being in the gym. On our second day, Vic and me got super psyched up on Golden Shower in the Pollingrains. We woke up early and rallied Rob's Honda up the Buttermilk road as far as possible and then tried to walk the rest. Considering out pad quiver (one full pad, two half pads, and a piece of closed cell foam) we were hoping that there was a decent amount of snow below the bloc. The Pollingrain approach is normally made by driving around Buttermilk mountain clockwise, but we opted for a counterclockwise approach. It turned out we did not have as good of an idea of where the boulders were when coming form a different direction. Minus some wet and cold feet, we had a great time tromping through the snow with no one in sight even though we never found the Pollingrains. After warming back up at the Looney Bean, we opted for a few evening laps on Atari. Here are some pictures from the volcanic tablelands. Buttermilk country to come.
Vic on an stunning but unknown arete in the Sads
Vic on his own Los Locos in the Sads. You cannot tell it, but there is a 10 to 15 foot deep hole below him.
The immaculate Atari, Happy Boulders
Ryan sends Strength in Numbers while the CC crew watches, Sads.
The volcanic tablelands looking to the east
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