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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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Green Wall Essential

this is really technical problem with polished holds. it goes at V2 but felt pretty stiff to me.

Unnamed Problem

Stef unlocking the moves for this unnamed V0 on the Green Wall Boulder

Stef Pulling the crux

unnamed V0, green wall boulder...this is the right side of the boulder as seen in the overview picture

The Peabody Boulders

These are the centerpieces of the Buttermilks. The larger of the two, is called Grandpa Peabody (foreground) and Grandma Peabody is the smaller in the background. These massive boulders are between 45 and 50 feet tall.

The Essential Peabody

this is the start to the V0 highball on the backside of the Grandma Peabody boulder. Not hard, but high and therefore, scary-ish.

The Essential Peabody

an artsy shot, courtesy of Stef who has applied her artistic talents to the doctoring and editing of all of the photos which appear here...

Essential Peabody

this is probably my favorite picture of me, after Stef touched it up.

The "Thank God" jug

when you tag the bucket-sized hold 30 feet up Grandma Peabody, you can't help but feel relief-- which is followed quickly by apprehension because getting down will now be your big challenge...

Top of the Peabody Route

this was taken at the same place as the preceding photo...putting the height in context...

In the Shade of Gramma Peabody

with out the need of a belayer... stefanie had a lot of fun with the camera (and photoshop)

im there, just small. i love big rocks.

Sunshine Boulder

so...I just go straight up?

Sunshine Boulder

This was really a most enjoyable climb. High enough to keep you focused, not strenuous, but balancy with awesome friction to make your footwork stick and really good movement.

Sunshine Decap

maybe she's trying to tell me something... in any case this was a fun move.

Sunshine Boulder

so named for the fact that it is in the sun nearly all day. It has many highball moderate routes. Great fun.

Approach to Lidjia Area

on the backside of the main area lies the secluded Lidjia/Jedi areas

Lidjia Boulder

This is an area found around the backside of the the area containing the Peabodies and the Sunshine boulder and GW Boulder. It was completely isolated due to a 10 minute extra drive and a 15 minute hike.

Stef on the Lidjia Boulder

this is a V0/1 highball. not hard but pretty wiggy up high.

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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