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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 14, 2015 - 12:37pm PT
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Went over to check out the Old Zoo this morning to see if it had any bouldering potential. It's dirty, covered in paint, graffiti and hot and dusty. So essentially it's just like Stoney Point. It has some great off widths and overhangs and a few that reminded me of Bottomless Topless on the Snowshed Wall at Donner Summit. If you go I recommend bringing a good brush, especially for the bottom few feet of the walls that tend to be pretty dirty, the higher you go the cleaner it tends to be. I do not know what the legality is for climbing there but I had 3 city workers drive by or walk by as I was bouldering and they didn't seem to care. I would avoid it on weekends as it looks like from the tons of wrapping paper that it's a popular place for birthday parties. Worth checking out if your in the area.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Apr 14, 2015 - 12:42pm PT
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Kids playing in a old zoo exhibit. Funny and interesting. TFPU
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 14, 2015 - 01:02pm PT
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I think if your not in the act of tagging or stabbing someone the powers that be will pretty much leave you alone.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Apr 14, 2015 - 02:05pm PT
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thank Batrock!
never been over there
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 14, 2015 - 02:07pm PT
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I'd like to go back with a chord and TR some of those OW's. Looks like plenty of stuff to anchor off up top.
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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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Apr 14, 2015 - 02:15pm PT
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Thanks for the pics...never seen that place in color. Only B&W pics.
It's in a guidebook I have somewhere. If I come across it, I'll post the info.
The last I heard, it was not a place to be after dark.
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10b4me
Social climber
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Apr 14, 2015 - 02:27pm PT
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Doesn't P-22 live there?
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 14, 2015 - 02:46pm PT
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A few more.
About a 2 minute walk from the car. It's up behind the Merri-go-round and Shane's Inspiration Park near the Crystal Springs Ranger Station. It also sits just below Bees Rock.
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Onewhowalksonrocks
Mountain climber
Ventura
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Apr 14, 2015 - 04:29pm PT
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First of all hi.
Back in 1994, I took friends and a rope and climbed every line, cracks. No problem for two months. Even had LEO hang out one day for an hour.
Then one day they had a movie filming up there and a landscaping supervisor overseeing the job . He shut us down.
There is a law on the books banning any rope rope climbing in the park. This is because of early years of the Sierra club on Bee Rock.
Good fun climbing there and you'll find anchors using long runners.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Apr 14, 2015 - 04:32pm PT
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Batrock, I live in South Pasadena- hit me up for a Monday or Friday early evening session. I love me some O-dub!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 14, 2015 - 08:42pm PT
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Who needs Vedauvoo and Lucille!?
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rincon
climber
Coarsegold
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Apr 14, 2015 - 09:18pm PT
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Just one of many places my buddies and I used to explore as kids growing up in Burbank. It was closed to the public back then, rundown and overgrown and you had to hop the fence. Suprised it's still there.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 14, 2015 - 09:45pm PT
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Rincon,
Where did you grow up in Burbank?
I've lived there my whole life, born and raised and raising my kids here now. If you have to live in LA Burbank ain't a bad place to live.
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rincon
climber
Coarsegold
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Apr 15, 2015 - 07:26am PT
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Batrock we lived on Lincoln St. near Magnolia and Buena Vista. Went to JBHS. Yeah Burbank is nice! My wife always makes fun of me because I always talk about how great it was living there.
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