I don't see it on the route list. Is it called something else now, or is it just too easy to bother with? Anyway, it was my first big lead. Easy but long and high. Pretty thrilling for a youngster. Dragged my friend Ed up once and have great pix of him high up on the rock. He died too young, so I treasure those pix and the time we had on this beautiful rock.
Climbed with Steve and Laura. We're not actually sure which route we were on, but it was enjoyable and there seemed to be some nice 5.7- 5.8 moves, so I have no complaints :)
Steve led all 6 pitches. Caught in a thunderstorm on the final 5.3 pitch, but it cleared up after a half hour. Full value !
Didda lotta routes here... Date Climbed: Sep 5, 1976
First route climbed was NE Face in 1976. Last route climbed was a free-solo of The Trough on November 10, 1999--spooky crux move. In between those years, I did a lot of routes here. 'Twas sad to watch the forest slowly die off, and the smog get worse and worse.
--Steve
I started rock climbing on Tahquitz in 1973. Great rock type for climbing. Worse experience was being in the face during the great 1974 San Jacinto fire. Smoke limited visibility to a few feet.
Wrong gully (but still lots of fun) up to the saddle for the first of 7 peaks today. Took twice as long as planned but that would continue throughout the day. Not the easy bumps that we envisioned. With Bob Burd
Vicki and me climbed Traitor Horn on Sunday August 31st 1008. Very fun climb, with a exposed crux, 5.8, in the "real" horn.
Next day we climbed El Wampo. Another nice climb, with a fun 5.7 crack in the 2nd pitch.
Monday after Thanksgiving Date Climbed: Nov 26, 2007
Another late fall day on Tahquitz. Climbed Jam Crack to Piton Pooper to Upper Royal Arch with Penelope May. A bit windy and cold, but we had fun, as always. Nobody else on the rock.
I saved a turkey's life today. Date Climbed: Nov 21, 2007
My first time at tahquitz. Perfect weather and freakishly devoid of other climbers. Climbed fingertrip w/fossana. Fun short route. Wanted to solo the trough before descending but realized that our beta did'nt have an approach section. What's with the vagisil in the summit register?