Acceptance into International Climber's Meet Yosemite Valley

[dagibbs]

Or, to put it another way, I'm going climbing in Yosemite this fall! w00t!

The ICM is an event hosted by the American Alpine Club, inviting international visitors for a week of climbing in Yosemite, I applied, and was accepted, this year. Yes, I'll have to camp -- but I think I'll be able to handle that for a week of climbing in Yosemite.

I am very excited about this.

Comments

[soul-diaspora.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[ironphoenix.livejournal.com]

Conga rats, and enjoy!

[redrunn.livejournal.com]

Neat. Yosemite is an excellent park, and as (I assume) the club is arranging your stay it'll be much easier - the park is good, but is overwhelmed by the local population, thus getting a spot to stay there can be difficult.

Will half-dome be one of your climbs? I suspect they'll tell you the info, but when I visited (1986) they were very specific that anyone camping had to store food up on poles due to bear problems.

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

Camping spots are, I think, pre-arranged, as is food. I don't think I'll need to deal with the bear issues, but I expect they'll be properly handled.

Half-dome is not likely to be one of my climbs. I don't think there is a reasonable climbing route up half-dome that I would be able to get done in a day.

[iclysdale.livejournal.com]

Sweet!