Heading to Mount Conness

I will playing hooky tomorrow with a friend/co-worker and am heading up to Yosemite to climb Mount Conness. First we will climb her sister, North Peak, then will traverse the linkup to the North Ridge. Here is a pretty sweet shot of the North Ridge:

Lots of class 4 climbing on sticky, slabby granite with huge jugs. All of you who know me well know what a big fan I am of grabbing the latter.

You'll see two "towers" on the ridge before the summit. Each of those requires rappelling instead of a 5.6 - 5.8 downclimb. The second tower will require two rappels.

The weather has been clear since Sunday, so it looks like we'll get one more day of money climbing in before winter hits. I don't think I'll take Ian's advice and climb under the influence of gin.