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tansofun
climber
Long Beach, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 25, 2007 - 02:06pm PT
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Hi all,
I was wondering how to get off Turtle Rock. The Vogel book doesn't mention anything specific, and I didn't see anything last time I was there.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks
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Bart Fay
Social climber
Redlands, CA
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Sep 25, 2007 - 02:28pm PT
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Never found it. Always had to down climb something on the NEast end.
Sketchy descided it to me once. Someplace on the SWest end.
Short Desc at bottom
MtnProject...Why not search the Internet !
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Sep 25, 2007 - 02:51pm PT
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I remember walking off the back side in the directions of the picnic area. It goes.....if I remember right.
Peace
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slobmonster
Trad climber
berkeley, ca
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Sep 25, 2007 - 03:31pm PT
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I remember getting down Turtle Rock w/ some significant head-scratching once, years ago. I think I ended up doing a scary rap of a barely-slung flake.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Sep 25, 2007 - 04:29pm PT
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It isn't that bad or difficult to find but wanders back and forth and does take longer than most of the routes.
Walk down the tiers away from the NE face untill it gets untennable and then switchback down the tiers on the picnic area side untill you can go down a short chute.
I think the common mistake is to get into some serious down climbing that leads no where. It really is a "walk off"
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GDavis
Trad climber
SoCal
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Sep 25, 2007 - 08:12pm PT
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if you can amble your way over to the north side (right near the benches, about 200 feet west of the main face thingy) you can get close enough to a series of ledges that are maybe 10-15 feet. Take the rope (that you inevitably have handy), quickly wrap it around a boulder thats just in view, and hand over hand your way down. Pull rope, all done!
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Sep 25, 2007 - 09:01pm PT
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Un-roped rappel;....fun;...but you can only do it once....
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Sep 25, 2007 - 09:20pm PT
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......the big question is - Are you still up there and querying from your Blackberry?
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GDavis
Trad climber
SoCal
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Sep 26, 2007 - 01:19am PT
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" Un-roped rappel;....fun;...but you can only do it once...."
It's like 15 feet, and ends in the dirt, so if you really wanted to just jump :D Its maybe 5.8 friction but if you just wrap one end and hand over hand half dome cables style it goes fast. If you fall doing that and somehow manage to hurt y ourself, well theres always golf :D
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