Bishop, California

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October 10th 2008

Published: October 14th 2008

With our gear selection limited, as well as our patience with the crowds, we decide to pack it in and head back down to Bishop where we had already stopped briefly before heading into Yosemite. We got back into town early enough in the day to stop at the local outfitters, East Side Sports, and unlike every other shop we visited, there was a combination of great service, great selection and reasona... Read Full Entry

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Me on the Lidjia Boulder

Jedi Boulder

this is the Jedi Boulder which is just past the Lidjia Boulder

Jedi Boulder

home to a beautiful highball route, Jedi Mind Tricks V4...cant do this one yet...but this is one DEFINITELY worth coming back for. It follows a creaky flake about 30 some odd feet up, really thin and sharp.

Owens River Gorge

atop the sherwin plateau

Owens River Gorge

across from the wheeler crest

us overlooking the gorge

taken from our campsite at the Catatcombs.

Sherwin Plateau Sunset

catacombs area

this area is so named for the looming rock formations which create a sort of maze around you when you walk in.

catacombs

overlooking the gorge. there is great potential for some pretty daring highball problems here.

Gigantor! V3

its really hard to tell in this photo, but the squarish block in the foreground is a 30 some odd foot highball problem. it is amazingly appealing aesthetically speaking but being leery of the rock quality I left this one be this time around...

catacombs

Monster Zero V3

couldnt quite get this one...

Monster Zero

Stef studying a problem

i forget the name of this one...note how featured the rock is... its fun at first but gets boring a lot faster than the granite does...

me on some unnamed V0

its a ladder but pretty fun.

Stef on the Bubbles Boulder

this is a pretty tricky V0

Stef on unnamed V0

this was the first problem we did at the catacombs. it was also one of the best ones there...

Church of Lost and found

the right side of the arete goes at V1, the left side is V3

The church of lost and found

this beautiful arete was the best problem at the catacombs.

The church of lost and found

I forget the name of this one

its on the right side of the church of lost and found block...its really high as the owens river gorge drops off below it, so a fall would be catastrophic... but it is only V0

14th October 2008

renae
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Bishop - bakery
Bishop has the best bakery, I can't remember the name, but it is on a main street, with yummy bread! Dan put in for a job in the forest dept. there, it is beautiful, a little expensive, but beautiful

5th March 2009

K2
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Not Mt Whitney
The picture you posted as "Mt Whitney I think" is not the 14,495 ft peak. Mt Whitney is the highet point on a ridge running north/south and the front range just above Lone Pine Calif. The east face is a 2,500 ft face that has a class 3 Mountaineers Route few class 4 routes and some delightfull class 5s on it. Was looking for some information on buttermilk country when I happened across you jouney blog. Sound like you had some fun.

31st August 2009

judith
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Hi I've been to buttermilk, so the name of the bakey is Erick Schat's.

16th March 2010

FRANCEN E GARY
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very nice pic,s. lived there early 70,s loved it. looking up old town old friend,s went school bishop union hugh ,1973 last year.

17th December 2010

Slackercruster
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Outstanding!
Thanks for the rundown on Bishop...Outstanding!

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