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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 11, 2012 - 01:17am PT
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located North L.A right off Highway 1.
This thing is so fun.
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The traverse is a great pump.
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Cole
Trad climber
los angeles
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Sep 11, 2012 - 01:30am PT
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Yo Pyro! I love that little rock too. Some really fun highball cracks. I usually try to run a few laps when I take the 1 on my way up to Ojai to visit my mom.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Sep 11, 2012 - 01:40am PT
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With such a flat/ innoxuous landing a harness looks a little out of place, but sweet yeah.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 11, 2012 - 01:40am PT
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That thing looks like kick ass fun!
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 11, 2012 - 01:47am PT
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lots of people come to watch whale's, surf and the climber!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 11, 2012 - 01:53am PT
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It f*#king west of LA, almost in Ventura County, for gosh sakes! Good for you it's HIGHWAY ONE!!!
Ha-ha?
It's benign neighbor is a choss heap that gets in more TV commercials than El Capitan, Half Dome, and Mount Shasta combined.
It's a lovely five minutes for the ladies type of summit.
Bob Dylan's ranch is not more than a ten minute drive up the hill from just EAST of the Mugus.
Woo hoo?
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Kenygl
Trad climber
Salt Lake City
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Sep 11, 2012 - 10:29am PT
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My best friend pulled off a hold when topping out at Point Magu back in 87'. He crushed both of his heels and still hobbles around today. I met him for the first time at Stoney point a few weeks after his fall. I was bouldering at Stoney and this dude on canes was shaking his head at me saying I should really be roped up. I thought "who the f@(k is this guy". We've been best friends ever since. I think he was on the 5.11 something face on the right. I think about that particular fall every time I see that piece of rock.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Sep 11, 2012 - 10:35am PT
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Ha, ha, ha....brings back some memories, climbed there with Chouinard a "few" years ago.
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Sep 11, 2012 - 10:35am PT
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best l'il crack workhorsehouse in the west. but that's point mugu pebble, lad. the main rock has climbing too, technically a no-no, but climbed nevertheless and, as i understand, not all that bad.
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Sep 11, 2012 - 11:27am PT
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medusa reported that a CHP dude stopped at the tunnel crags recently and told him, "i don't even think that's legal". he replied that he has talked to many rangers there who have never had any problem with it, and it's been climbed regularly for a good 15 years. dude went away.
amazes me the people we get enforcing the law who don't even know the law. i got a ticket for driving past a "road closed" sign on mt. pinos last winter, a full two inches of melting snow on pavement. i was cited for violating a statute which restricts traffic for road construction. the judge asked a simple question and dismissed it outright. "ignorance to the law is no excuse." i want the interest on the $193 of bail they sat on for four weeks.
"i don't even think that's legal." these guys need to get a little better education than cadet school.
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10b4me
Ice climber
dingy room at the Happy boulders hotel
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Sep 11, 2012 - 11:29am PT
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Looks like fun, but I am bummed that they don't allow you to go left
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Kenygl
Trad climber
Salt Lake City
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Sep 11, 2012 - 11:36am PT
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I'm sure the memory fades as you get older chief. The guy who drew the topo is one of the most prolific climbers I've ever known. To anyone who was active in the so cal scene on the 70's and 80's he was a standout. Not so much for climbing accomplishments, although he climber thousands of routes at a very enviable grade, but for sheer knowledge of the sport and technical skill. His father preceeded him as a river guide, climber, actor, educator and in general brilliant guy. Maybe you WERE a 5.12 climber on a good day, we all have good days, which some of us actually remember. Anywho just thought I'd throw the subjective topo into the mix since the subject of Mugu came up.
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Kenygl
Trad climber
Salt Lake City
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Sep 11, 2012 - 11:47am PT
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Absolutely ;)
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Sep 11, 2012 - 01:19pm PT
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I was speaking at some work conference in LA about a decade ago, and took a diversion after my session to drive up there and spend an afternoon. It was disappointing as a destination for multiple hours of driving, but it's a great spot for what it is. Lot's of graffiti when I was there.
The cracks are definitely cool, and highball enough to get your blood pumping but not cause self-recriminations.
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Menlo Park
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Sep 11, 2012 - 01:24pm PT
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Wow it would be a real bummer to get hobbled by Magu rock .
He should change his story to , "fell off the crux of Sea of Dreams in a hailstorm " or something .
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Sep 11, 2012 - 03:03pm PT
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amazes me the people we get enforcing the law who don't even know the law.
Not amazing at all when you consider the amount of new laws and regulations passed each year. Adding to that many of the new laws have some amount of overlap/conflict with prior laws. This is partly due to a regulation happy government that wants to pass a new law for every new situation rather than develop a wider set of principals by which to govern. Another contributing factor (region dependent) is the propositions that get passed by voters. Propositions are not fully vetted before being placed on the ballot. These propositions often conflict with prior laws and need to be taken to court. Soon there will be so many laws no one will be able to keep track of them all and it will become increasingly easy to get falsely busted by confused police or to get busted for a legit but obscure law (same applies to lawsuits).
This is just the pages in the tax code!!! Imagine how much more there is for other federal laws, state laws, county laws and local laws! How can anyone keep up and possibly know if what they are doing is right or wrong?
RANT/OT THREAD DRIFT OVER
back to climbing...
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 11, 2012 - 06:55pm PT
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random people watch and say hello!
the guy in the picture said hello!
he then walked onto my rope!!!
Matty good to hear from ya!
P.S Donini ur a fossil! :)
chief lets see some old mugu rock stuff.
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Sep 12, 2012 - 10:44am PT
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matty, sweetie, please learn a new mantra: ignorance to the law is no excuse.
repeat that sucker until it sinks in.
the CHP is not charged with enforcing the tax laws. people who enforce tax laws generally graduate from both college and law or other professional school.
let's put it another way. my smarty kids recently got through college. lots of their high school chums went to ivy league schools. most of them are lying around trying to figure out what to do. if their families have a little money, they go to graduate school for a few years and then try to figure out what to do. there's lots of bright people competing for not too many jobs. an ignoramus giving out tickets which can be dismissed outright in a court of law should not be allowed to walk the streets with a gun and badge.
back to topic here, it'd be nice to see or read a little about the bigger mugu rock out there. seaside rocks can look chossy, but salt exposure sometimes cements the choss into something climbable.
was at echo last weekend--what a sauna. mugu is a guaranteed pleasant stop all summer long.
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Sam E
Boulder climber
Malibu
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Sep 12, 2012 - 12:30pm PT
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Nice shots Pyro and Chief!
Cool to see it pre whitewash.
Check out the rock down by the water in the alcove past the main wall.
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