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Doug Tomczik
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Bishop
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Apr 24, 2011 - 02:32am PT
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BVB dude,
Cruised up to Woodson later this afternoon with Mark and Lauren. After doing a couple climbs I ventured off to search for the tips crack. Not knowing what boulder to shwack to I circled Starface a few times trying to find the path of least resistance (relative term). Without any good options I dove in to the most heinous shwacking I have ever experienced. I tried to boulder hop, but quickly realized that I had to battle in the trenches because peering through the canopy revealed 20 foot drops to the leafy floor. The effort was pretty dismal really since I was just going off of the beta of 10 minutes west of starface, but I pressed on psyched on what the next turn would reveal. At one point I was walking around a boulder when the manzanita closed in forcing me to tunnel/chimney underneath the cap rocked boulder. On the other side, manzanita closed in and I smelt the smelly smell of Ants. I had run out of light as well so I reversed my steps with no Holy Grail in sight. Going back tomorrow with Eliot.
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frog-e
Trad climber
Imperial Beach California
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Apr 24, 2011 - 09:58am PT
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Alright - bvb has a partner, hate to think of him wndering alone @ woodson :-)
Cool, now, about additional woodson "guidebook" or topo information, and the
Means to compile it.
My thoughts are to start with images taken from google earth of Mt. Woodson.
Find and index all the boulders, and boulder clusters, using arrows, dots, and
Numbered circles, etc. Draw these onto the woodson images w/ illustrator
(Or similar)
Take care to pick the right angles in google earth, so the climber can relate to
The topography, based on the map. 4 views of woodson? More?
For many boulder clusters, etc, knowing the right place to leave the road is key,
Images of these places keyed to the various boulders and boulder groups is
Needed.
Mapping the general and specific trails on google earth images would - it seems -
Help a lot.
FYI I still plan to make a topo of some additional climbing otherwise
Undocumented in SE SDC, and will be using google earth images as a
Foundation.
This summer will be anice time to hike around and compile additional images
On a consumate trip down "memory lane".
Have fun everyone - I will be back to give henny a hard time. :-)
 Ray
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gonamok
climber
dont make me come over there
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Apr 25, 2011 - 12:13am PT
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Update on my giant trail project. It starts at masters of the universe and links up with the pipeline trail fairly low on the southern escarpment and turns west. When you are almost below ricks ramp the trail turns uphill (north) toward the playground, and turns east at the first rock band. This is where the good stuff is. If you continue east the trail spits you out at slant crack.
Theres good stuff down low by the pipeline, but what was needed was an outlet on the west end of the trail, in the playground, and I cut that link through today. Its a trail through all new boulders that runs from the playground to the tv screen. Lots of climbing everywhere you look. Check it out.
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gonamok
climber
dont make me come over there
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Apr 25, 2011 - 12:31am PT
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heres the upper section, from low playground to slant crack
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henny
Social climber
The Past
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 25, 2011 - 01:59am PT
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How interesting - nobody has posted a picture of Loch Nessie yet, er, I mean the tips seam by Starface. Good luck with that one. Needless to say, any claims of a sighting are going to need to be substantiated with pictures.
And no, a Google overview with an arrow pointing at some random pile of boulders isn't going to be acceptable.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Apr 25, 2011 - 11:46am PT
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OK, had a memory flash -- an epiphany, even -- last night. It's entirely possible that piggot took me to that tips crack by striking out west past rockwork orange. Having dredged the polluted river of my memory repeatedly, I don't remember the approach being all that heinous, by Woodson standards. One of my missions over Memorial Day is going to be to find it -- but hopefully someone will beat me to the punch. I'd rather spend my time crushing the 5.8+ circuit with Ron and Rick and Jeff and anyone else eager to observe just how far I've fallen...
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Adam Mashouri
Trad climber
Encinitas, CA
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Apr 25, 2011 - 02:30pm PT
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My buddy Stephen and I went up the hill on 4/22/11 and met up with Mark, Lauren and Doug. We climbed Robbins (my first Traditional lead, although I only placed 1 piece) and then switched over to Lie Detector. After a successful go by Doug, mark was inspired and sent as well. We then headed off to Jaws area, where Lauren came so close to sending Jaws. Here are a few fun pictures I managed to shoot off. enjoy
First trad lead :)
Stephen roping up
Failed attempt leads to some crack climbing 101 by some young guns
Dougs send sequence on Lie Detector
lauren starting Lie Detector, I didnt finish up with her top sequence (I get lazy :/)
Mark K sequence of Lie Detector
Lauren M sequence of Jaws
Dougs sweet shoes
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Apr 25, 2011 - 03:10pm PT
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no photos showing, babe. repost.
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BeeHay
Trad climber
San Diego CA
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Apr 25, 2011 - 04:09pm PT
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Oh, thought he said 69 partner...must've been mislead by the handle "deepnet".
BH
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Adam Mashouri
Trad climber
Encinitas, CA
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Apr 25, 2011 - 04:34pm PT
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The photos came out pixelated, I will shrink them down next time. The compression of the photos on this site pixelates them :/
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Adam Mashouri
Trad climber
Encinitas, CA
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Apr 25, 2011 - 04:53pm PT
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nay, thats where the trouble starts. when the next dialogue box opens, it gives me the option of step 2. open a file. when I follow the links all the way to selected photo and click open, Im redirected back to the dialogue box of step 2. I'm sure I'll figure it out soon. thank you for the help
Edit: I just manually uploaded it to my profile and I'm in the process of uploading them to the thread now
PICS UP AT ORIGINAL POST ^^^^^
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gonamok
climber
dont make me come over there
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Apr 25, 2011 - 09:27pm PT
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Way to go on your lead, Adam.
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gonamok
climber
dont make me come over there
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Apr 25, 2011 - 09:32pm PT
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P-owed, nice meeting you on the hill saturday, especially in the middle of my new trail. I went back sunday and saw all the clearing work you guys did, thats way cool - thanks for the help. You wont recognize the west side of split rock now, all that stuff that was pressing against the face is gone.
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p-owed
Trad climber
Ramona ca
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Apr 25, 2011 - 10:10pm PT
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gonamok IT was good to meet you to! I'm going to head back up to that trail and try to get to some other rocks I was checking out Thanks for taking your time to show us around some.
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Horvath
Trad climber
CA
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Apr 26, 2011 - 12:09am PT
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Nice work on the trail Ron!
Let me second the fact that there are lots of fresh boulders in the lower playground area that Ron has developed. Seriously! lots of new stuff for people to get on-I highly recommend it for anyone!
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Doug Tomczik
climber
Bishop
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Apr 26, 2011 - 01:02am PT
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lockless monster?
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henny
Social climber
The Past
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 26, 2011 - 01:39am PT
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Excellent!!!
bvb is vindicated. (I assume that's it - looks like the description)
Both are good names. (lochless vs lockless?)
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henny
Social climber
The Past
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 26, 2011 - 01:45am PT
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That's a hand for scale, right?
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eliot carlsen
Social climber
San Diego
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Apr 26, 2011 - 02:19am PT
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That's Doug's hand reaching above the bushes for reference. It's tall and steep and hard!
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