Tuolumne 2011

We took our annual August climbing trip to Tuolumne this year. Unlike years past there was some weather. Rain. Had lots of fun anyway meeting many of our climbing friends up there.

Bouldering by the lake

John at the Cube

Kitty on a beautiful route called Great Circle Route

Kitty at the base of West Crack on Daff Dome

John led a 5.10a, Steve Latif following

Kitty at Dozier

We took a rain day down to Mono Lake

We found the Mammoth hot springs

Mono Lake tufas

Camping with friends

Summit shot Daff Dome

Walking off Daff: Fairview Dome in the background

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The Hound: Aug 2011

Luna is five years old now. She has calmed down and grown to trust all of us. She can leap over tall barriers and crash through bushes and fences in pursuit of tennis balls and loves to do so till she is so tired she can't stand up. But, she also likes to flop down next to you and get a good ear scratching now.

Ready for a ball to be launched

The Girls: July 2011

Every year Sara comes to Santa Cruz for a month or so and Jennifer makes it for a week. This year was busy as we arranged and attended a 3-day meeting in honor of Bob Kraft. As always it was great to get caught up.

Jennifer Johnson, Frances Bolte and Sara Lucatello

The Leap

Kitty is back from UC Davis and the kids and I headed to Lover's Leap by Lake Tahoe for some climbing.

Campground had some spots and we did the Classic "Bear's Reach" after setting up camp. Beautiful evening. Up before it got too warm and over to climb "Hogwild" - and excellent face and crack climb. Rope got hung up on rappel and ended up leading it twice. By 1pm it was about 95F and we headed back to Santa Cruz. Saw two rattlesnakes on the trail.

Kitty on the first pitch

John leading the third to the top

The summit shot!

Lover's Leap campground

John leading the first pitch of Hogwild. Took an unusual variation left.

Guanaja Honduras

The Bolte Boys headed off for a little adventure in June 2011. Me, not-so-little-anymore John, Uncle John and the cousins Zach, Matt and Chris headed to Guanaja, a 2 mile by 10 mile long island off the coast of Honduras. To get there we flew to Houston, then caught a flight to Roatan (another island off Honduras with an airport that can handle 737s), where we hopped on a little prop plane to Guanaja. From there the dive master of the B&B where we stayed picked us up in his boat. 93F, 98% humidity.

The kids were there for the fabulous diving. 100' visibility, 80F water and a vibrant, healthy reef.

View of the house where we stayed (top) and the view from the house

Brother John and I were there to fish for bonefish

Johnny got certified just before the trip: he had a blast diving

The beaches and water there are classic tropical paradise

John on the dock

Gearing up for a dive

There were some classic flats

Bro John and I did our exploring for bonefish flats via kayak

The bonefishing was fabulous

Saw permit, barracuda, snook and lots of bonefish

The crew: me, Chris, Zach, Big John, John, Matt

The Pinns: April 2011

First climbing trip of the year! April in the Pinnacles.

There was a wild circle around the Sun

The steep start to the Regular Route on the Monolith

Regular Route

We ran into Jamie, Kristel, Kevin and Minga

Kevin on POD

The Valley with Steve

My friend Steve is a late comer to climbing but he has taken to it in a big way. He has morphed himself into a V5, 5.12 powerhouse in his old age. He thinks nothing about a 4:50AM start, 4 hour drive to Yosemite, climb all day and drive back to Santa Cruz. So, one Saturday in May, off we go. The plan was to find Imani (Steve's daughter) and Conor and their friends from Davis at the boulders behind Camp 4 then go climb some routes.

The kids were good!

Imani giving some beta

 

Steve cranking

Headed over for the Jamcrack Route to finish the day

A Stroll at Scott's Creek Beach

A beautiful day at Scott's Creek Beach with Kitty and Haylee.