Ascents in Yosemite National Park by Hard Landin' Brandon

P1 only. Fingers to hands to fists to offwidth, this had it all. Very sustained. Pulling the bulge at the top felt like the easiest move on the route!

Super polished liebacking leads up to tight jams that I wish went on forever.

Mantel crux is sharp and height dependent, but the moves were all very fun.

with Adam. Super fun steep climbing requires a variety of techniques. Very easy to protect.

Led P1, P3, P5 with Adam. The mantel is heady, but so is P4. Very fun.

My first roped solo aid. Slooow. Maybe ~1ft/min. C1 or C2? The tree at the base makes an excellent anchor.

with Jan. The Bay Tree is a bit awkward and comes at the crux. Slung two boulders for top anchor.

with Jan.

with Jadian & Jonah. Our first big wall. Cloudy and windy, but the NOAA forecast was excellent. Jugged P1, led amazing P2 5.10b variation (and fell!), jugged P3. Lunch at dinner ledge. Racking up for P4 when a storm rolled down the valley. We and 3 others quickly bailed, sharing ropes and passing off haul bags. Rainbow across the face of Half Dome was unforgettable. Snow accumulated up the valley. At one point it snowed at one end of a rope and rained at the other. We'll be back!

with Jadian. First aid climb ever. P1 only. Good fun! We did laps.

with Jadian. Combined both pitches into one mega pitch. Wished I had a BD #4 and an extra #3 at the top, but luckily I did save those #2s 'til the end. Also used up #9, #10, and #11 hexes! Fantastic climbing.

with Jadian. Pulled the roof in a couple of different ways, but never bothered finishing the rest of the route. Good fun!

with Jadian. Good fun!

with Laura. Led P1 & P2. Good fun knob hauling, but Laura decided she prefers cracks. Plugged enough gear that it didn't seem as runout as supertopo suggested. Purple link cam for the win!

with Laura and Jadian. Link up after After Seven. Led P3 and P5. Followed up P4 on unprotectable 5.6 face to the left. We climbed the alternate 5.8 thin flake/roof finish on the last pitch, which was awesome fun. Beautiful views up top. Laura had a blast!

with Jadian and Laura. Led P1. Continued up After Six.

Excellent face climbing up thin edges.

Super fun heel hooks.

Set up a top rope. Struggled, bled, and gave up. My partner had better success.

Slid 2 feet at one point before my feet found new purchase on the slab. Would have been an exciting lead, to say the least.

Led P2 to the intermediate anchor and rapped to avoid storms. Just plain fun, and hilarious to watch my much larger climbing partner squeeze under the flake.

Should be renamed Awesomeview Dome. Cold all day. No sun exposure 'til 2 or 3pm. Very windy. Hollow Flake var. totally worth it. P1 was 5.10a and very wet. Watch out for slow parties. Party below us took 3hrs on P1 and probably epic'ed (started 9am, still on P6 at 6pm). Fantastic stances for almost all belays.

Led P2, second P1 & P3. Captain Slow and Mr Molasses kept us from The Caverns and Selaginella. Next time!

Second P1, led P2.

Only climbed the first pitch that day.

Fun flake!

Led to set up top-rope.

Fun move followed by good fingers. Wish it were longer.

Interesting move near the top. If only it were 100 ft longer!

Epic free solo. Alex Honnold, eat your heart out.

Fun easy climbing. Led the middle pitch.

Super long day. I suppose the advantage of summiting at sunset was having the whole dome to ourselves. Descending the cables by moonlight was unique. Approach was tricky to find. 3rd class slabs above the route were scarier than the runouts. Stunning views. Found many knob tie-offs. Kept the harness on for descending the cables with biners and slings (I can't believe hikers do that in running shoes).