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Novil
May 30, 2013, 2:56 PM
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I would like to have my first visit to Yosemite, but i need your help to know which is the best Sport climb guide for the area?
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USnavy
May 31, 2013, 5:19 AM
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Yosemite is not a sport-climbing destination. There are a few sport climbs here and there, but if you are looking to clip bolts all day, Yosemite is not for you.
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csproul
May 31, 2013, 12:41 PM
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I agree that I don't really think of Yosemite as a sport climbing destination. I'm not sure I've ever done a sport climb in Yosemite. Here is the TR/sport Supertopo guide to Yosemite. Not sure what's in it, but check it out and see for yourself. I'd guess that there are dozens of threads asking the same question.
http://www.supertopo.com/...limbs-top-ropes.html
(This post was edited by csproul on May 31, 2013, 1:27 PM)
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shimanilami
May 31, 2013, 6:44 PM
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Macnamara's Supertopo guidebooks for Tuolumne and the Valley are the most comprehensive ones out there (as far as I know). They are organized by area rather than "sport" vs. "trad", however, so you'll need to leaf through them to pick out the "bolts only" routes.
As others have said, you'll find that sport routes are few and far between in Yosemite.
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marc801
May 31, 2013, 7:47 PM
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shimanilami wrote: As others have said, you'll find that sport routes are few and far between in Yosemite.
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billcoe_
Jun 5, 2013, 7:46 PM
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Plenty of just bolted routes, but the bolts are further apart on some of them. Plenty of safer stuff left over though.
Glacier Point is a good example. You can get to the top of Lucifers Ledge after getting past the crux 5.9's and then shit your pants on a full pitch no bolts 5.7 1400' or so off the deck. A mistake on the pitch and you'll be screwed trying to get off it. You know the seriousness is ramped up when you step on something like Misty Beethoven, look up at the bolt a long way up a bunch of bright shiny polished granite, and the shoe rubber makes a squeaky noise, but some of those other routes can sucker you in. LOL.
Anyway, there is only one concession for guiding in Yosemite. http://www.yosemitepark.com/...climbing-guides.aspx
Good luck and have fun!!!!
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