i went up to the central gorge this morning hoping i'd be able to meet up with someone and get some climbs in. i got a belay first thing in the morning from this team of asain kids who were flying up 5.11s on the great wall of china (it seemed kind of funny at the time). i felt a little peer pressure to get on something a little harder than a 5.9 so i hopped on a 10a, i made it up it but man, that wasn't a good route to warm up on.
after a quick nap a little later in the morning i hooked up with a party of three dotcomers spent the day climbing with them. we flew up some 8s and 9s, it was a great because they were right about the level i wanted to be climbing at.
charles came down to bishop that evening hang out and climb tomorrow. while i was waiting for him at shat's bakery i got to talking with the old guy who calls himself the sierra phantom. he could tell a story, said he'd spend most of 50 years living up in the sierras. said he'd been in national geographic, reader's digest, and a bunch of other news sources. i'm not sure how much i belive but i'd like to do a little research on him.
Posted by drewish at June 16, 2002 08:52 PMI, too, was in Bishop and met the Phantom. I spent the day with him fishing at South Lake, just outside of Bishop. I told him I would take him fishing and try out the flys he was selling and buy them if they worked. During the time my girlfriend and I spent with him, from 8 am till the sun set did I hear stories, the most unbelivable stories I have ever heard. I checked them out just as soon as I got home on the net, and all is not what it appears! If you're interested in some amusing entertainment then contact me at site22(at)aol.com.
Posted by: Eddie at August 25, 2003 09:31 PM
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