TR: Savoring and Surviving the Steck-Salathe

There are many routes that have a reputation. When you drive through Yosemite, the various formations call for attention. I’ve often stared at the tall dark face of the sentinel. The Steck-Salathe is the easiest line up the wall but features endless wide climbing and rewards you with a long loose descent gulley.

Thanks! Really cool route.

I also tried the Chouinard-Herbert this year which is very similar. Just replace the wide cruxes (Wilson, Pre-Narrows, Narrows) with 5.11 pitches.

Another TR:

dreaminvertical.com/2011/11…

Enjoy!

- Luke

Sweet....

Nice one Luke. Man, I did that thing in July a few years ago with temps 95 on the valley floor and a liter and a half of water. Soooo thirsty, but what a route! You had a pretty sweet valley ticklist for the year...so, Crucifix on the list next year?

I can't believe you did it with so little water. Despite the shade it can be WARM in summertime. Much different on the C-H we just over 3 liters for the two of us.

Yeah the Ticklist for next year is pretty exciting. Gotta stay fit!!

My partner wants to tick off some harder single pitch stuff first then it will hopefully be a handful of these:

Hotline
Beggars Buttress
West Face of El Cap
Vortex (Leaning Tower)
Big Juan (Slab Happy)
Crucifix
Chouinard-Herbert (redpoint)
Free-Blast (redpoint)

I'd also like to try some of the less well traveled ones like
Ribbon Candy, Gates of Delerium, Windfall, and a few others.