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Trip Report: Winter Storm Warning in Idyllwild... Who wants to go to Tahquitz???

Following up on Greg and Doug's relatively successful Tahquitz trip a week ago, Doug, Greg, Robb, and I checked the weather every day this past week in hopes of a repeat performance.  We knew a storm was coming, and the mid-week storm (albeit a weak one) that rolled through encouraged us even more.  For decent ice to form at Tahquitz, it needs to be unusually wet and cold and these storms gave us some hope.  And wet it was.  Our only concern was the temperature.

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Video: Gut Buster

More great problems went down this weekend, with this one-move-wonder being one of the better ones despite that fact.  A pinch on a xenolith for the left hand and a tiny, sharp, quarter-pad crimp for the right set you up for a big move to a solid hold, then jugs to the top out.  Here's Bryan nailing the FA after about 5 tries.  Nice send, Bryan!

 

Video: Captain Donger

Named after an interesting dude we encountered out near the boulders that day.  Apparently the guy likes to hike in the nude.  Well almost... Bryan, Kenna, and Josh apparently saw him wearing some sort of a codpiece when they passed him on the road.  Captain Donger - this one's for you.

I went for the Youtube "audio swap" on this one and didn't end up with what I picked... oh well.  I'm too lazy to change it again now.