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15 years ago and exactly one year before Silas was born, we celebrated Manu’s birthday with a hike up to Piute Pass fueled by Schat’s Bakery’s pullaway bread. This birthday celebration shared similar themes. Silas and Manu started the day opening presents in a lovely campground outside Bishop near the Buttermilk Boulders. We tore down camp, headed into town for gas, water and a mechanic to help figure out why the tire on our behemoth kept losing air. Next was a stop at Schat’s for pullaway bread, which Manu very heroically waited to tear into while we drove north and then west into Yosemite National Park via Tuolumne Meadows. The pullaway was devoured at Tenaya Lake. We then meandered our way down to The Valley, set up camp in Upper Pines, and then hiked over to Curry for pizza and beer. Too stuffed and tired, we decided to save the cake for breakfast the next morning.

Yes, the “hike” for pizza wasn’t quite on par with Piute Pass, but just you wait. More hiking (and then some!) to come on this trip… 😉

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East side of the Sierra Nevadas, California.

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Van is in the shop for waaaaay longer than expected. The trip must go on!!!

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Our amazing Yosemite trip has come to its finish. All four of us squeezed in one last good quality send of T-Rex, V3, with Ivan amazing us all with his unique beta on the opening move: go with the left hand??? Whaaaat?!!

All else will have to wait until next trip:

It’s good to have problems to come back for. I mean, how sad would it be to climb-out The Valley?! 😉

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Our 7th Thanksgiving in Yosemite Valley now, we enjoyed another feast cooked over the fire and Coleman stove: a homemade nut loaf, Brussels sprouts, mashed potatoes with gravy, cranberry sauce, pickles and olives, bread and butter, champagne, and sparkling cider for the kids. We made a special trip all the way to Oakhurst for pumpkin pie this year so we even had a proper dessert too! All of this goodness was cooked up after a morning of routes and a little bouldering with some new friends we met last year, who also come to The Valley for the holiday. After the feasting we reconvened over a fire, us parents sharing adventures while the kids all playing happily late into the evening. What a wonderful Thanksgiving Day.

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I did it!!!!!!  The Hexentric, V7!!!!!  A classic Yosemite Valley boulder problem!!!!!  My primary objective for the trip and quite possibly the YEAR!!!!  (And yes, all the exclamations imply that I am VERY excited about this one. For Part 1, read here).

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Rest day!

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Paul making quick work of yet another classic on Yosemite Valley’s top 100 ticklist, 180 Degree Arete, V8.

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