| Email Address: | on file - send a message to Rob Yang |
| City, State, Zip: | San Jose, CA |
Mostly interested in technical ice / rock - have led ice to WI3, followed to WI4;led trad rock to 5.7, can follow to 5.9-ish reliably; mixed to about M5.Trained in basic glacier travel / crevasse rescue, wilderness first aid, alpine / waterfall ice climbing, belays, anchor placement, dry tooling / mixed climbing.
Other stuff:
- 6/13/04: Needham Mtn (led by Bob Suzuki);
- 7/24/04: Mt. Shasta via West Hotlum glacier & Hotlum-Bolam ridge (guided trip);
- 8/21/04: Mt Ritter (led by Stephane Mouradian);
- 8/30/04: Mt. Shasta 'Hotlum Direct' alpine ice route - 6 pitches, 900', 55 deg (guided trip).
- 9/26/04: Dana Couloir, 40 deg neve/ice, 7-8 pitches (guided trip)
- 10/9/04: North Peak North Couloir, 50 deg water ice, 4 pitches (Steve Larson led)
- 2/05: Bard-Harrington (3x) & Main walls in Lee Vining Canyon, WI3+ to WI4, 1-2.5 pitches (K. Chaltikian led).
- 3/27/05: Short WI2 mock lead on TR (Lee Vining right side).
- 4/15/05: Pinnacles Nat'l Monument, Discovery Wall, single pitch following5.6-5.9 (J. Lechmanik led).
- 4/29/05: Pinnacles, Discovery Wall, Tiburcio's X, 5.6-5.10a (John Lechmanik led)
- 5/7/05: Yosemite Valley, Sunnyside Bench, 5.5, 3 pitches (Matthew Holliman led)
- 5/21/05: Mt. Starr-King (9092'), 5.0, 2 pitches (Matthew Holliman led)
- 5/27/05: Lover's Leap, 5.7-5.8, 2x 3 pitches (John Lechmanik led)
- 6/11/05: Mt. Whitney (14497'), mountaineer's route (CMC)
- 6/18/05: Dogma Dome, 5.7-5.10a slab, single pitch sport (K. Chaltikian led)
- 7/30/05: Cosmic Wall (Castle Crags state park), 5.6, 5 pitches (Matthew Holliman led)
- 8/28/05: Lovers Leap, 5.9 (Scimitar), 2.5 pitches (K. Chaltikian led)
- 9/4/05: Tower Peak, class 3 (solo)
- 9/18/05: Checkered Demon left (Kindergarten) couloir (swapped leads with M. Forjan)
- 9/25/05: Dana Couloir (solo)
- 10/23/05: North Peak right couloir - WI2 (swapped leads - led 2 of 3 pitches)
- 11/12/05: Cosumnes River Gorge - Gutenburger Wall, 5.7, 4 pitches(Mike Zelinski led)
- 12/4/05: Tollhouse Rock - Elephant Walk, 5.7, 4.5 pitches (Mike Zelinski led)
- 12/11/05: Lee Vining Canyon, Bard-Harrington Wall (K. Chaltikian led)
- 2/06 : Ouray ice park (5 days with Calvin Kilcrease)
- 2/06 : Mixed climbing seminar (Doug Nidever, multipitch on Hobnail Boots)
- 3/06 : Bard-Harrington, LVC (twice, led first pitch, followed to WI4-)
- 4/06 : first multipitch trad leads, 5.3 - 5.7 (Yosemite Valley, swapped leads with Mike Zelinski)
- 6/10/06 : Mt. Shasta, Casaval Ridge (catwalk varation, solo)
- 6/17-18/06 : Lovers Leap, led first pitches of Corrugation Corner, Pop Bottle, East Wall (5.6 - 5.7, swapped leads with Mike Zelinski)
Also interested in scrambling, snow climbing (especially couloirs), and glacier routes.
For more info, see my profile on summitpost.org.
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