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| fossana | again  Date Climbed: Oct 17, 2009 | |
| With Dave. Incredibly had the route to ourselves on a lovely Oct Saturday. | |
| Posted Oct 18, 2009 3:13 pm | ||
| ChugachMan | Agreed.... classic | |
| Often swamped with people, but one of Tahquitz' best. Some fun memories from various trips up this route. The first pitch is more fun when your fingers are too cold to feel too! | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2009 2:18 pm | ||
| fossana | traffic jam Date Climbed: May 24, 2009 | |
| Climbed with Jascha. Popular route compounded by a holiday weekend. Still fun despite waiting 30-45 min at each belay. The parties in front of us refused to link pitches adding to the pain. | |
| Posted May 25, 2009 1:58 am | ||
| Groundswell | awesome | |
| always a good indication of how mentally fit I am. | |
| Posted Mar 18, 2009 12:42 am | ||
| baloodh2000 | Brilliant Date Climbed: Oct 20, 2008 | |
| Whodunit was empty. WE jumped on it. Was a little cold at the start, but warmed up quick. I lead the first pitch with 3 moves of aid through the think finger section. Might not have gone the right way. Looks like you could undercling a section or move out way left and up to the anchor. I just went straight through the middle. Was going to run the first and second pitch together with some simulclimbing however my pro caused a bit more rope drag than I wanted. Oh well. | |
| Posted Oct 24, 2008 1:27 pm | ||
| Dave Daly | Tahquitz Classic Date Climbed: Oct 3, 2008 | |
| Deb and I enjoyed this super classic 'jam, stem and slab friction' climb every step of the way! As many have stated, the first pitch seemed to be the crux pitch. However, the following two pitches provided some fun challenging 5.8/5.9 moves as well. Although I thoroughly enjoyed the amazing 5.8 jamming up most of the route, I marvelled at the nostalgic position of being on the Chimney pitch, just like Chuck Wilts in the Tahquitz guide, looking down with a huge smile on his face. Would DEFINITELY do it again! | |
| Posted Oct 6, 2008 10:06 am | ||
| bighornmonkey | Sustained. Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2008 | |
| Wonderful climb that we did as a party of 3. We hauled a couple packs through the chimney section. The route was in the shade the entire time (we got on the route at 9am and summited at 4pm). The difficulty is pretty sustained IMHO. | |
| Posted Sep 22, 2008 11:55 am | ||
| jmc | Tahquitz classics two-fer Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2008 | |
| Open Book in the morning and Whodunnit in the afternoon. Steve Larson lead all of the hard pitches on both routes. Even though I was mostly following I was TIRED by the end of the day. | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2008 12:31 pm | ||
| baumann_pat | Finished in 5 pitches Date Climbed: May 18, 2008 | |
| Good mix of face and crack climbing. Several roofs provide great exposure. The whole route can be well protected, especially with small to medium nuts. The chimney is pretty cool. We finished with enough time and energy to climb Open Book on the same day. | |
| Posted May 19, 2008 8:28 pm | ||
| Sam Page | 2x | |
| I climbed this twice between 2000 and 2002. This was just about at my technical limit. I've led every pitch on it, including the chimney twice. The big, loose block at the top of the chimney was scary. | |
| Posted Apr 20, 2008 12:36 pm | ||
| atthecrux | 10 stars IMO Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2007 | |
| This is the best climb I've done yet! It was a little chilly for the first few pitches but warmed up nicely. Nick and I ran it in 5 roped pitches just before th last 5.2 overhang. Some great sustained 5.7-5.8 climbing on this classic. | |
| Posted Sep 27, 2007 11:03 pm | ||
| Steve Larson | Shoulda done this a long time ago Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2007 | |
| Climbed this on a hot day with Joe LeMay. We hit ti in the morning, so we had shade until the last pitch of scrambling at the top. What a hoot! | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2007 2:23 am | ||
| Desert Solitaire | A Tahquitz Classic! Date Climbed: May 6, 2007 | |
| Climbed w/ Brian E. A cold cold morning (don't wake up too early for this climb... wait until the sun soaks it up!) led to awesome climbing all the way through to the top. The cracks and chimneys are a-w-e-s-o-m-e. | |
| Posted May 13, 2007 3:52 pm | ||
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