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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Dec 11, 2017 - 09:25pm PT
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Prospecting here soon.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Bump
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 8, 2018 - 09:38am PT
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Strawberry Peak
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Pete_N
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Back in the early to mid 90's I worked for A16 and a co-worker, Dave Casper, introduced me to a quarry east of Rancho Santa Fe and (probably) approaching Olivenhain. As I recall, you worked your way through a maze of roads past fancy houses and horse properties and then bumped your way over a short 4wd track through the chaparral. Dave and his friends had bolted 5-8 short (35-40'?) sport routes from 10a to 12- on some funky metamorphic rock. I've tried to find again, during the odd trip back to visit family in the area and couldn't do it. I'm sure the land was private, but we never got hassled. It was a pretty fun spot, particularly for being so close to the coast and having it entirely to ourselves. Sound familiar to anyone? I've spent some time on Google Earth, too, trying to find it, but that area has been built up since then, and I haven't gotten anywhere.
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Hubbard
climber
San Diego
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Pete, you are thinking of Spooks Canyon. It was blasted to dust. All gone. A house is there now. Nobody in this case had the vision to build the house onto the crag.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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I love this thread. Always curious about the north side of Strawberry Peak. Interesting that despite its current obscurity, older climbers such as John Mendenhall, etc., had put up stuff on it.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 8, 2018 - 12:27pm PT
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When I was helping Troy Mayr put together the first So Cal Sport Climbing gude RJ Secor sent us a hand drawn too of the North Face of Strawberry Peak that he had received from John and Ruth Mendenhall, I wish I knew where I put it, I am sure I will stumble upon it someday. That same year 1992? I climbed a route on the right side of the face on New Years day. I just remember it being super loose and way runout. Godzilla Revenge at least the first pitch is fairly solid once you clear the dirt out of the cracks.
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Pete_N
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Damn. Thanks for the info about the quarry. Is there a poetic beauty about that particular set of memories having been obliterated?!
Just for the obscura record...has any one mentioned People's Wall in La Jolla? Not much broken glass, though, so maybe it doesn't rate! ;-)
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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Mar 10, 2018 - 08:52am PT
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Alex, Big wall rack for a 20-foot climb lol!
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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Mar 10, 2018 - 04:06pm PT
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Grandpa sending 7B+ still going good! Chad says come out with us sometime we shall see the real deal.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Topic Author's Reply - May 5, 2018 - 05:32pm PT
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So Cal big wall. South of Lone Pine between the Sierra and the Nevada line.
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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How big is that thing? I mightknow it, but I have never walked out there.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Topic Author's Reply - May 11, 2018 - 12:56pm PT
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Tom,
The picture above is a section about 400’ but there is a tier above that rises another 400-500’. If you know what road to take you can drive to within a quarter mile of the wall but it’s a steep quarter mile. Check you FB messages, I sent you some more info on it.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Topic Author's Reply - May 24, 2018 - 03:03pm PT
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New routing in the desert.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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May 24, 2018 - 10:43pm PT
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Lookin’ gorgeous!
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Somewhere just east of Pt. Mugu?
Perhaps near the Morrows of SLO- foliage seems wrong for this area.
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Roots
Mountain climber
Redmond, Oregon
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So much rock in CA!
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