Yosemite National Park, CA Nutcracker 5.8
October 31, 2004 Melanie Rives and Brian Biega climbed the Nutcracker on the Manure Pile Buttress. Click images to enlarge!
Yosemite Valley w/El Capitan & Half Dome
Above: Original start to the Nutcracker.
Right: Thumbs up after pulling the mantle						Left: Pitch 4
Right: Melanie make her way up the featured face
	Left: Velley View with the Royal Arches and top of Half Dome in the background
Right: Melanie pulling the last move
Below: Screem'n doggies!							Below: Sentinal Rock (Click image to enlarge)
Above: Melanie playing in the wind								Above: Brian & Melanie enjoying the evening light
								Below: Starting the descent
Below: Is this the right way?
								Above: Horsetail Falls, El Capitan
	Left: Sunset on El Capitan's West Face