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Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Jan 21, 2012 - 02:00pm PT

Mid-winter bump...

gonamok

climber

dont make me come over there

Jan 23, 2012 - 12:14am PT

Ive been exploring the back country of san diego county off and on for over 30 years and I can tell you the amount of climbable rock is staggering. At present only a fraction of it has been developed (the most accessible, of course), and the rest is waiting for those intrepid enough to go out and get it.

bajaandy

climber

Escondido, CA

Feb 24, 2012 - 12:49pm PT

+ 1 to what Ron said. So much cragging in SD county that it boggles the mind. Access is usually the issue. Most everything climbable is on someone's private property. That crag above that claud posted out off the end of North Broadway is a prime example. Climbed there in the early 80's and got run off by a shotgun toting owner/manager. Maybe things have settled down a bit since then.

mooch

Trad climber

Old Climbers' Home (Adopted)

Feb 24, 2012 - 04:39pm PT

and the rest is waiting for those intrepid enough to go out and get it.

....the lot of it on private property or across the border.

Jonnnyyyzzz

Trad climber

San Diego,CA

Feb 24, 2012 - 06:36pm PT

Dirt clod I'm go out all the time up here around Escondido and the surounding areas checking out the crags and climbing what I can solo or rope solo. It's hard to find people to do the hard work to develop an area. I put in a lot of work last year at a nice crag out at Elven Forest with the blessing of the ranger at the park only to have his boss from somewhere show up one day and post no access signs at the trail head and chop all the anchor bolts above 12 of the climbs and all the bolts on the three sport routs. I was pissed but that's how it go's. I hope that place can be opened up someday its pretty sweet with easy access. I'm always up for checking new stuff out and doing some work if the climbing going to be worth it. I have two places I really want to go have a look at before it gets hot this summer. If anyone wants to join me or if you want someone check something out with you hit me up. I got a mecettie and a Hilti.

dirt claud

Social climber

san diego,ca

Feb 24, 2012 - 10:54pm PT

Sounds good Jonnyy, I'm down to do a little bush whacking, I'll get the machete ready. PM sent

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Jul 7, 2012 - 01:15pm PT

Cat in the bag bump...

dirt claud

Social climber

san diego,ca

Nov 19, 2012 - 11:11am PT

1st El Cajon Mt trip of the year, the season has begun!!

Eric Beck

Sport climber

Bishop, California

Nov 19, 2012 - 01:01pm PT

Hi Claud. This is a trip into my distant past. Your third pic, showing the trough up thru the red rock, I think is the start of an ancient route of mine, maybe mid 60s, that I did with Jerry Hooper.

Here's a tidbit from that climb. I had climbed up to the top of the trough, 5.8, and found a good stance, maybe 2 inches by 10 inches and was drilling. I almost had the hole completed when the good stance came off completely, leaving me hanging from the drill holder. Amazingly, the drill didn't break. I found some smaller holds and finished the bolt. I remember a 5.8 section immediately above and some more 5.8 with nested pins for protection. Four pitches altogether.

Back then we were able to drive up the road off to the east. It was a 20 minute brush free walk to the rock.

dirt claud

Social climber

san diego,ca

Nov 19, 2012 - 01:52pm PT

Man, It would be nice to have that type of access still. That hike is a bitch. Thanks for the background story. Didn't know people were climbing there back in the 60s. Lots of rock up here in SD that has not been touched since the 60s/70s it seams. Brian S. and Chris H. have done a lot of killer work in the ECM area and more routes have opened up on the rocks to the south of the main wall that is shown in the 2nd pic. That would be cool if there were any old ECM pics around.

mooser

Trad climber

seattle

Jan 16, 2013 - 10:14am PT

bvb wrote:

in december, january, february, and march, winter storms will blow through san diego with lots of cool temps and rain, then the storm will clear out, the sun will be brilliant in a scrubbed sky, sometimes you get an offshore santa ana thrown in for good measure, and the grass and mustard just pops. it's gorgeous and the granite can feel like flypaper. when the conditions are just right in san diego, as they are so often during the winter, nothing else compares. it's simply the best.

Yup. Well said.

bajaandy

climber

Escondido, CA

Jan 16, 2013 - 12:55pm PT

One of those cold, crisp, after-a-storm afternoons in San Diego of which you speak...

Tarbuster

climber

right here, right now

Jan 16, 2013 - 02:16pm PT

+1 on the BVB taste.
Quite a stash of really nice writing by Ray Olson in this thread: nostalgic and clear as a bell!
The Ron Amick passage is sweet too.

bvb

Social climber

flagstaff arizona

Jan 16, 2013 - 04:26pm PT

Today is one of those perfect days. Conditions do not ever get better than this. It's absoltely primo.

dirt claud

Social climber

san diego,ca

Feb 24, 2014 - 03:14pm PT

Great time at Corte Madera this weekend. Thanks to all who have made the spot such a great place to climb, great setting, clean routes and awesome rock!!