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Open Book & Left Ski Track
The weather at Tahquitz was looking unseasonably warm and nice, so Luke and I planned a midweek trip to get in some climbing before it got snowed out. When Luke mentioned attempting Open Book a second time, I was fully onboard. My finger was still out of commission from tearing…
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El Camino Real
When I finally catch a glimpse of my cams passing by, the rope is still loose. Which means I’ve got plenty more falling to do. This is all to be expected though, as I definitely signed up for this. The rope finally pulls tight, which means now I’ve just got…
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Open Book
More like ‘Open-Can-of-Whup-Ass’. I think we were both expecting this to be easier. This would be the third 5.9 route that Luke and I were to attempt at Tahquitz, and if it was anything like the first two (Whodunnit, Dave’s), it should be cruiser. At least that’s what we thought…
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Snowy Piton Pooper
Oh boy. Did we get ourselves into it. We took a casual approach when we saw snow in the parking lot. I mean, we were going where it was vertical, shouldn’t be too much snow there, right? Seemed reasonable at the time. Today Luke and I were aiming for Daves…
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The Whodunit?
This was an incredible day. After feeling like Fingertrip was a snooze, Luke and I were looking for something a bit more serious. And this route delivered, and then some. A great amount of challenges, none of them too difficult, incredible flow and pacing, and so many memorable sections. And…
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First Fingertrip to Tahquitz
You never know who you’ll meet online. I’ve only met cool folks, but it’s always a bit of a crap shoot. But Emma tweaked a pulley pretty bad, and despite her inclination otherwise, she was going to sit it out until it healed. It was the right call, but it…