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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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^^^ Ich auch!
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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You gotta get on your hands and knees and pray, which will show you the proper tunneling position. A good belly slide crux also improves the appreciation of the fruits of the labor.
I still remember a fine day about 20-25 years ago, where yo y mis amigos set out to find a climbing destination, spent all day alternating between the open blistering sun and tunneling on our hands and knees under the low chaparral canopy, and I think we got to the place at sunset. Too beat to climb, and more concerned about getting back, but it was still an awesome day.
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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Tunneling...LMAO.
I always thought the snakes were worse. Got into a snake pit once climbing up on Lawson Peak. Lucky I got out without a bite. My buddy was 30 feet over trying to find a better way and his blood curdling scream told me he found snakes as well. San Diego East County must be the rattlesnake capital of America.
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MP
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Bump for San Diego climbing/bushwacking.
Miss everything but the poison oak and rattlesnakes.
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F10
Trad climber
Bishop
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I remember a time climbing at Crest and going down the hill toward the golf course to check out some lower rocks. We were walking on top of the brush and were about 4-5 ft above the ground. Next thing we hear is a rattler right under neath us. We picked up speed and hoped the brush wouldn't give way and have us wrestling with a rattlesnake. Definitely lots of rattlesnakes in SD county.
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Mar 27, 2015 - 09:32am PT
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Anyone have any info on the length of the hike into Valley of the Moon if you do not have 4 wheel drive? Thinking about cruising out there tomorrow but thought I heard the hike is like 3 miles without the 4 wheel drive. Info anyone?
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Splater
climber
Grey Matter
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Mar 27, 2015 - 10:01am PT
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Most cars can go the first 1/2 mile to an overlook parking spot just before the concrete section.
Some ground clearance will get you another 1/2 mile to the saddle.
After that the road gets worse, but easy to walk.
It's about 1.3 miles to the camping areas, where there's some climbing. And then another mile to the main climbing.
But also, every year the road gets worse and they don't always even fix the first mile to get to the antennas.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Mar 27, 2015 - 10:02am PT
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fribit fribit ribbitt
!!! frog
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Mar 27, 2015 - 10:26am PT
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Awesome, thanks for the info Splater. Will have to check weather I guess and prepare for a long hike if we go.
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Dec 15, 2015 - 12:12pm PT
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Ramona Wall this last weekend, beautiful climbing weather.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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El Cajon Mtn, the other big crag, scene of many new sport routes, and nationally known bolting controversy BUMP this is why it is not the major winter hangCorte Madera, one of Eagle Peak's two sister crags, about five hundred feet high,
at an elevation of over 4,000 ft.
Snow capped Mt Cuyamaca in the background.
About fifty years of climbing history here, and lots of new sport routes on excellent rock.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 30, 2016 - 08:34am PT
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Ray Olson memorial bump...
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Nov 30, 2016 - 01:36pm PT
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One of the nicer aspects of Supertopo is being able to peruse the writings of some of our fallen. Ray will live on in these threads.
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Nov 30, 2016 - 03:45pm PT
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I didn't know Ray well enough to know his creative/artistic side but you can't help but see it in his posts on this thread. I mean, look at all of his posts. There is something pleasing to the eye about the way he frames his paragraphs. It looks like poetry. The fact that this is so obvious to an artistic philistine like me says something about Ray.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Nov 30, 2016 - 05:18pm PT
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Never climbed in San D., but this is a great thread!!
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Nov 30, 2016 - 07:23pm PT
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good stuff as always Warbler.
I find it interesting that the 3 big SD crags, ECM, EP, and CM all are roughly the same diamond on its side shape, tapering to either side, from about 500 ft high in the center, even as they lie around ten miles apart from each other. All south facing.
I can add something here I think, to help your understanding of the geology of the San Diego Backcountry. I am pulling this out of the deep recesses of my mind (read out of my ass), so seek confirmation. First of all these 3 crags all have a very similar geologic history and are all within the Western Peninsular Ranges. The Eastern half has a very different intrusion history. But also in the Paleocene Period, this mountain was eroded flat by large river systems. This erosion surface was then uplifted and tilted seaward, with further East being higher elevation. You must have noticed that at certain high points the world looks amazingly flat looking out towards the distance. THIS is the relict erosion surface left over from the paleocene. Because the crags are so close to one another they would tend to have similar elevations being made of erosion resistant material.
Hopefully Greg Cameron can call bullshit on this if it is wrong. I think I remember rightly tho.
Chris
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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One of the highlights of my year was getting out with Kevin on Crag X. Good times, great cliff!
Rick
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adenparker
climber
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Incredible day at EP today. Tried to do Southwest Face but the falcons kicked us off after pitch 2, so we moved on to the classic Cruise Line. That last pitch is amazing! Nice temps as well.
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