Progress

Freerider.

JC has been making mathematical models of the drying of Freerider on El Cap. It is quite a complicated situation. There must be snow on top that melts down all the time. Every morning it is soaked and when the sun hits it it starts to dry up and by evening looks mostly dry (except for the ear and a few pitches above the spire!).

Anyways more progress has happened. We have climbed Freeblast and a few more pitches and have hauled gear up to the top of hollow flake. Was cool to spend a night up on the wall and we had some great learning experiences on hollow flake...

So now we wait to see what to see what tomorrows bad weather does to JCs model and then charge up as fast as we can to be there right as each pitch dries enough to climb them.

Does anyone think the Teflon Corner is climbable running with water? Looks like rain for a couple of days here and then another fine spell starting Thursday. Hopefully the rain will wash of whatever snow is left on the ledges and things will dry up properly in time for us to give it a good shot.