Yosemite Bound

There is a feeling you get when you strap on your harness grab a rope and start racking up  your gear for the climb your about to do. It may be Bunny Face at Smith Rock in Oregon or Monkey Face,Sphinx Crack in south Platte Co, Super Crack in Indian Creek Utah or your local aid or mountaineering route. It's this feeling of nervousness ,excitement, or scared shirtless. But we'll do it time and time again and we will never forget that first climb we climbed.
My Name is Steven Lozano im 28 and live in Portland Oregon, and i will never forget that 1st lead on Classic Dihedral 5.7 on  the Bucksnort Snort slabs In the south Platte Colorado. I will also never forget my climbing mentor Woodie. And man who sat me down at the top of a climb and told me about respecting yourself,  respecting others, respecting mother nature and the most important the Rock. A speech that has changed my life forever.
 12 years ago i seen a picture of El Capitan  and on it was the THE NOSE  V1 5.13+ or 5.9 C1 OR 5.8 C2. I knew i wanted to climb it and 3 years later i was standing at the base of it. Getting that feeling you get when you don't know what lies ahead. Unfortunately we got 13 pitches up and had to retreat back down. Defeated by the beautiful beast but not forgotten. After a few days rest we were able to to climb many great classics in the Vally including Astroman, 5.11.c a great classic climb in Yosemite.
Now I'm ready to go back to the Vally with different climb on my list, Salathe Wall VI 5.13B or 5.9 C2. With great history of this route i knew i wanted to fallow the steps of Royal Robins, Tom Frost, and Chuck Pratt. On May 5th i leave Portland via train headed to Yosemite to look at the mighty El capitan again. Read along on my Blog please as once again i  prepair with Great help from the sponsorship from NEXT ADVENTURE in Portland Oregon for another life changing event in my life.