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hashbro

Trad climber
Mental Physics........
Mar 3, 2015 - 08:17pm PT











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Tar and Feathers (aka Woodpecker Crack), Suicide Rock
skcreidc

Social climber
SD, CA
Mar 4, 2015 - 06:15am PT
Pretty dang wintry up there today...probably stay that way for a while longer. Everyone in town is hoping for a 'March Miracle'...we desperately need the precip.

I'll try to post up a recent pic asap...it's really quite beautiful right now.

Thanks for the update. And we all really need a miracle March in California. I need to get up there really soon and just wander around up there some.
apogee

climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
Mar 4, 2015 - 02:55pm PT
Here ya go....


Clear as a bell today...pretty warm, too...

Forecast is more of the same all week long, which means a lot of it will be going pretty quickly, but anything that's north facing is gonna be wet and cold.
Friend

climber
Mar 4, 2015 - 03:05pm PT
Thanks for the photo Apogee! Looks chilly. get out your real camera and snap some more :)
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
Mar 4, 2015 - 03:18pm PT
As i recall the north side of Tahquitz can serve up some stellar mixed routes. You dudes in SoCal....get down to the basement, dust off your tools and send!
skcreidc

Social climber
SD, CA
Mar 4, 2015 - 03:38pm PT
Looks beautiful Apogee!! I've led Northeast Face West before (rock climb). Who wants to show me how this mixed stuff works on that route? I have warm gear, boots and crampons, but missing the axe pair. What do you think? Too nutty for a noob? Poor beginning route selection?

Either way, thanks for the shot Apogee!
apogee

climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
Mar 4, 2015 - 04:02pm PT
I seriously doubt there's much of anything up there in the way of decent ice right now...there just hasn't been enough consistent precipitation this winter, or cold temps to go along with it. Probably a lot of wet, sloppy snow, occasional soft ice patches, and lots of water running everywhere.

Of course, there's no such thing as mixed conditions being 'out of shape'. Just depends on how scrappy you like it....
skcreidc

Social climber
SD, CA
Mar 4, 2015 - 04:10pm PT
Ah, figures Apogee. Patty and I had an invite to head to Tahoe a few weeks back to learn how to Ice climb. Of course the invite was prior to winter hitting and Ernist basically told us to not bother coming up unless we wanted to go mountain biking. So it looks like no ice for us this year.
apogee

climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
Mar 4, 2015 - 06:00pm PT
That's a nice shot. Taken from the N side of Tahquitz, towards the 'Palisades'?
skcreidc

Social climber
SD, CA
Mar 4, 2015 - 07:50pm PT
Holy sh!t 15x15, that looks incredible! So there IS some ice to be had. I have to say, I'm having a hard time placing that face with all the snow and ice on it.
looking sketchy there...

Social climber
Lassitude 33
Mar 4, 2015 - 08:05pm PT
The Pirate is a complete classic. A few pin scars don't change that one iota. Sheesh is the nicest way I can put it.
apogee

climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
Mar 4, 2015 - 08:36pm PT
"You actually got good sticks today? I stand corrected."

As do I. That's a funny thing about the north side of Tahquitz...it's sunny and warm in town, but that side can be waaaaaay different.

Did you top out on something, x15? Which route?
dhayan

climber
los angeles, ca
Mar 4, 2015 - 11:08pm PT
What is the route in that photo of Lynn Hill that Hashbro posted? Looks familiar but I can't place it...
Craig Fry

Trad climber
So Cal.
Mar 5, 2015 - 07:59am PT
It's Tar and Feathers

Spencer Lennard did the FFA in 1978

Camster (Rhymes with Hamster)

Social climber
CO
Mar 5, 2015 - 09:39am PT
I didn't look through this entire thread, but no Solid Gold, Todd?
Even if that's their list ... well, you know. Cammo
Todd Gordon

Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 5, 2015 - 09:44am PT
Cam....it's TEN CARROT GOLD...(Solid Gold is out in joshua tree)....AND I agree...that is one of my favoite climbs;...but now a days....climbers don't like the run out 2nd pitch with 2 bolts in the whole pitch......(just keep moving and it usually works out fine...right?)..


Big Al Bartlett on the "window pane " pitch, Ten Carrot Gold..

Photo by Robs Muir
"borrowed" by Todd Gordon from Google images......
Camster (Rhymes with Hamster)

Social climber
CO
Mar 5, 2015 - 10:05am PT
Oh, yeah. Both routes are superb. Thanks for the correction.
Friend

climber
Mar 5, 2015 - 10:50am PT
Killer shots as usual x15. Love it.
Craig Fry

Trad climber
So Cal.
Mar 5, 2015 - 05:34pm PT
It was so long ago
It must of been the early 80s when I did all those routes.

I only vaguely remember Tar and Feathers 5.11d
We top roped it.

It's a super hard lead, that's why there is a great photo of Lynn Hill on it.
Spencer did a great FFA on the thing in 1978.

How many folks TR it these days?
everyone? no-one?

The nearby Chisholm Trail is fun leadable route.
According to my guidebook, I checked off "The Man to fell to Earth" but can't remember a single thing about it. Must of been late 70s.

Caliente was one the few not checked off.
nathanael

climber
CA
Mar 6, 2015 - 10:21am PT
Any update on the conditions here? Temperatures look warm but probably pretty wet? Was considering going up on Saturday to climb something on the South or West face.
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