bivvy on Beckey-Chouinard
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anyone have any experience with the bivvy on Sandy Ledges during the Beckey-Chouinard route in the bugs? |
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I stopped and had lunch there but that was it. It looked big enough to be fairly comfortable, better than Big Sandy on Half Dome! Carrying bivy gear and possibly water too would seriously diminish the fun factor on the route though. If you bivy at East Creek you should be able to do it in a day fairly easily. We simul-climbed the 1st 3 pitches (5.7 or less) & the last few pitches (5.5 or less) to speed things up. |
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carrying that much weight up there for a planned bivy would make no sense to me...can't always assume availability of snow/water either, depending on conditions...either comfortable day climb from East or long day from Applebee...not a great route for moving slow |
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It depends on whether you think you can do all 17-18 pitches and descend safely in one day. If you're a confident 5.10+ trad leader that's probably realistic, but in our case it wasn't and we opted for the bivy. It's a great ledge but you'll need to carry water. |
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The bivy is great! We climbed the route like the ol'timers did with a planned bivy on the 50th anniversary of the first ascent. The view was great with magic sunset colors! Do it! |
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First time I climbed the route we bivied at the big ledge. We had left the Bugaboos for a few days because of bad weather and came back just for this route, and so we started from the parking lot. By the time we began climbing it was around 2pm. Like the previous poster, the next day we started late as it was quite cold, but we still had plenty of time to top out and hike out to our car. It was a cool experience. |