Pete's Eats

Great article on the San Francisco Chronicle’s website about the Yosemite Rock Rats – people who follow the nomadic, climber lifestyle – and how they’re disappearing to find less popular places to climb now.

This is really sad, but I guess this is what happens over time – it’s what makes legends legends in the first place. Years ago, I was first inspired to climb by tales of the mystical ‘Camp 4‘ in Yosemite, a place that a lot of the local climbing community called home. It was this very place and the people that inhabited it that inspired me to start climbing.

Personally, I’m hoping for a resurgence at Fontainebleau where the forest and sandstone make for a similar ‘vibe’.

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