Ascensiones en Northern California como Tick

Fun. Beautiful. Sketch.

reachy

Great day out at 9 hours CTC. Bit of a slog, but stunning views from the summit. Looking forward to doing more technical routes in the future.

very fun, but needs two directionals to TR

hard hand jam crux

With Gina. At the top, Gina led up the staircase, and we descend via slabs to the right. Very satisfying and accessible scramble to the top.

This time with wet shoes. This is a great problem.

I'm still surprised when I get to the top.

Fun!

Climbed straight up.

Founds some fun dynos starting on the two handed jug low and to the right.

Did it L -> R then R -> L

The key is to not look down at the log when you're stemming on bad holds.

Found some different beta for the mantel.

It shares its crux down low with the Wilderness Traverse. It's so tempting to continue up past the flake, but I had my reservations about the fall if a hold should happen to break.

After brushing away some dirt, this was funner than I expected. Wet shoes make this feel harder than it is.

Very fun. A little intimidating to get around the bulge. The moves might actually be V1 difficulty.

Aside from the short crux matching on a small hold, the real challenge was to avoid all the spiders!

Certainly there are easier ways up, but what's the fun in that?

Very good. Nice jam at the beginning. Not too hard (could be V1) yet still overhanging enough for safe fall. Approach: swim. Descent: jump.

Very fun. Garter snake was sunning itself at the base. Probably not a first ascent, but I'll suggest a name for the problem. Ápsuun is Karuk for "snake". Upson Downs is a historic parcel of land near Seiad. So Ápsuun Downs seemed like a good pun. Phonetically it sounds like "ups and downs" or "upside down" which is what you might be if you climb this problem.

Juggy holds make this a fun and easy problem.

Back and forth and back and forth 'til I fell off.

Fun. I'm glad the shoes were dry.

Onsight.

Fun warmup on the arete. It's worth doing the chimney on TR after leading.