Photos by lalamur

Named after Yosemite's select

Checking out the route on rappel.

Can be mossy at times.

The summit of Mt Whitney.

Looking back down at the Whitney portal from the summit of Mt Whitney.

Looking up the Mountaineers route.

The base of the Mountaineers route.

Approaching the Mountaineers route.

Whitney arena.

Approaching the Whitney arena.

Our camp at Upper Boyscout lake.

Rapping off Leonids (5.9) after a successful ascent, photographer at 1st belay of Triton Tower (5.11a)

The space rapp below triton tower.

An incredible morning at El Cajon mtn's Wedge, 6/19/2010. We went on to climb the classics, Leonids (5.9) and Triton Tower (5.11a).

A break in the fog allowed us to spy on the valley floor below.

The low lieing fog, or marine layer, went on as far as the naked eye could see.

An ocean of clouds, with what appear to be small islands popping out everywhere.

Incredible view of El Cajon mtn's prow with the morning light hitting it. Typically you could see all the way to the coast from this spot with such a clear sky. On this morning there was a sea of clouds stretching all the way to the mtn itself.

The fog settled about 300ft below us during the night.

The low lieing fog crept in on us overnight.

The tallest dome in Tuolumne Meadows.

The weather finally starts to break up as we reached the summit of Fairview Dome

Me at the summit of Fairview Dome via the Regular Route.

Looking down from the belay ledge atop P4.

The rain narrowly missed us the day we climbed the regular route on fairview dome. We were getting a little frightened when we saw streaks of water running off Daff Dome, just on the other side of the road.

Very intimidating weather the day we climbed the regular route on fairview dome.

The view from the small belay legde atop P2.

A wide shot of Crescent Arch and our team at the large ledge atop P3.

A close up of our team on the large ledge atop P3.

Looking up at Crescent Arch from the ground and start of the climb.

A view of Daff Dome and Crescent Arch from the trail on the way in.

Dave Gordy and Tom at the top of Crescent Arch's P5, and the Daff dome.

Very surprised to see this frog next to a piton after moving onto the face near the end of P4.

Tom passing what the guide book calls the crux of the route. We couldn't decide wether we were dissapointed or relieved that it was not. The exposure was enough of an intimidation factor. It was still a fun 5.8+/5.9 move however.

The pro gets pretty thin where Tom is at in this picture. We just ran it out and found better pro just around the corner of the climbers right.

Tom enjoys the exposure on P4.

The friction makes for great footing and probably the most enjoyable pitch of the entire route.

Tom follows Gordy up pitch 4.

Dave gets comfy on the nice large ledge at the 3rd belay.

Gordy leading P4, getting close to the belay ledge. You can see the 4th belay ledge in the upper left corner of the photo.

The exposure factor after leaving the crescent arch and moving onto the face was very thrilling.

The crescent arch ends and a piton lures you out onto the face.

Gordy just after making the supposed crux move of the route. We all agreed that P2 offered much more difficulty than P4.

Gordy making what the guide book calls the crux move of the route... it's not. The 3 of us agreed it felt like a 5.8+, maybe 5.9 move with good protection.

Gordy leading P4.

Gordy leading P4.

Gordy leading P4.

Gordy leading P4.

Gordy leading P4, the most exposed pitch of the route. Falsely labeled the crux in the guide book.

Dave following P2, the crux pitch of the route.