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shakey legs
Trad climber
san diego ca
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 16, 2005 - 07:40am PT
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With all this bad whether we have been getting I am thinking to go south this weekend. Has anyone climbed any long routes(or short) around Tacate? I know there are some walls down there somewhere but I can not find any directions.
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Good Morning!
climber
Prescott, AZ
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Feb 16, 2005 - 06:03pm PT
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You mean Tecate?
Sorry, but it's a secret.
How much you offering for info, amigo?
edit: So much for fraternity amongst climbers... PAY UP!
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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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Feb 16, 2005 - 06:13pm PT
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hey Good Morning, I'll give you beta on how to get your stupid Tri-Cams reslung.....?
nah, forget it...Tri-Cams suck anyway.
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Good Morning!
climber
Prescott, AZ
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Feb 16, 2005 - 06:27pm PT
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Nice try Lambone! Very Good!
Edit: (And now for the troll: )
TRI-CAMS ROCK!
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Good Morning!
climber
Prescott, AZ
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Feb 16, 2005 - 07:01pm PT
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Ok, I was kidding around. Just bein' a wisenheimer...
As a matter of fact I know nothing about climbing in the Tecate area except that there's gotta be something there. Probably pretty cold up there though, don't ya think?
Anyone else help this guy out with info?
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museman
Big Wall climber
Poway, Ca
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Feb 16, 2005 - 09:07pm PT
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Canyon Tajo....The Poor Mans Patagonia, don't ya know? Being from good ol' SD you should already know of the area and it is no freakin' secret how nice the place is either. You have bouldering, cragging and sort of big wall climbing to be had there and all in a wildeness atmosphere, You'll have to brave adverse weather conditions, which adds to the adventure. Don't be a puss, get down there and climb something real! You fag, puss, woman, bus rider, mama's boy!
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F10 Climber F11 Drinker
Trad climber
e350
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Feb 16, 2005 - 11:57pm PT
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Head east out of TECATE and just before you get to La Rumorosa drive south. Keep driving and look around, it's part of the adventure.
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Feb 17, 2005 - 12:56am PT
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Perfect beta 511Drinker hehe!
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Juan Maderita
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Feb 17, 2005 - 01:42am PT
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The forecast is for heavy rain through the weekend. The area is in the mountains and it will be cold as well.
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ground_up
Trad climber
portland, or.
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Feb 17, 2005 - 11:01am PT
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Beware of the dirt road heading south off the hiway...had a two day epic gettin my car outa there when a rock punched a hole in my oil pan...never got to the climbing ...hiked out ten miles, hitched all the way back to S.D. rented a u-haul drove back down, etc...epic..etc...epic...it was grim
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Shane
Trad climber
CA
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Feb 17, 2005 - 12:07pm PT
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Canyon Tajo is a wonderful place to climb. Great routes. Some big walls. Recommend Great White Throne but I recall we needed to "boulder" our way down to the base of the climb. Take bicycle gloves to protect your hands. Can get lost very easily on the dirt roads. We used the rule of thumb the first time going in (1986) which is "When in doubt, go left." Somehow, we got there. Only bad part was one of the locals pulled up in a beat up Chevy pickup with his partner holding a Winchester rifle who proceeded to place the barrel out the window in our direction when they approached us. They stopped and began to stare us down. (We were located in the camping spot where the Polish Solidarity emblem is chiseled on a large boulder.) After getting no reponse from my partner who spoke spanish and not knowing what to do next, I decide to placed my left hand behind the seat in my pickup truck bluffing as though I had pistol when it fact I grabbed an axe. Standing in that position, the silence seemed like an eternity as the moment was frozen. Slowing the truck pulled away and the guy with the gun pulled his rifle back into the truck. Anyhow, we stayed for a week and was never bothered again. Went back next year and had a ball. Not sure how safe it is these days.
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museman
Big Wall climber
Poway, Ca
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Feb 17, 2005 - 02:07pm PT
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I was wondering if John Smallwood still patrols the place? I got the impression he thought it was his own "Private Idaho" when he came into our camp and proceded to tell us his rules about leaving the camp clean and such. Like we would trash the place or something. Most of the trash really comes from the locals who also camp there.
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Senor Pinche Wey
Big Wall climber
OB
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Feb 17, 2005 - 03:17pm PT
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Yeah he is still down there yapping like a rat terrier on crack. "So how did you guys find out about this place anyway?" 'I dunno, somebody was giving out fliers at the gym--whadya think 'bout dat you swaggering tool?' Hey John ever do anything except sport climb when you are down there?
OLE!
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Juan Maderita
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Feb 17, 2005 - 03:55pm PT
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What's sport climbing?
If you have a specific complaint, why not take it up with me directly?
John Smallwood
Takit4granite(at)aol(dot)com
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Juan Maderita
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Feb 17, 2005 - 04:10pm PT
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Last I heard, he has most likely dropped his plans to publish.
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museman
Big Wall climber
Poway, Ca
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Feb 17, 2005 - 04:26pm PT
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Thought I "Wood" post a few pics of the place just to piss the "let's keep this thing a secret crowd". Sh#t, with all the stories of guy's gettin' held up by gun point, there will be no problem having the place to yourselves.
Steve
El Gran Trono Blanco
Never hike down the south gully with pigs!
Lee Lang, The maw, Pan Am route
Tom Thompson, second ascent of Leaving on a Jet Plane
Summit shot
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messygfunk
Trad climber
kansas city, mo
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took a trip down there this past march. after driving around in the dark for a couple hours on dirt roads we finally found the place. we were only there for 3.5 days and didn't see another living soul the whole time. heck we didn't even see a f*#kin airplane. anyways the rock is really darn good and finding it was part of the adventure
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Messygfunk,
That is cool you found the place. Your right a big part of the adventure is finding the place. You really do get the feeling of being out there with no one else around. Did you do a wall route or free climb?
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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canon tajo is a climber's urban myth. i'm a san diego native, and was instrumental in perpetrating the hoax.
those "trono blanco" shots are actually photoshopped pics of mission gorge.
don't bother...you'll just get held up by banditos and wind up eating bad mexican food in tecate.
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