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

Sunday, 28 February 2010 04:00

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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Trip Report: Baby Greg's Red Rocks B-Day

Friday, 19 February 2010 14:56

Fun climbing during the days with Jason and some solid partying at night (just ask Eliot how he felt on Monday).  Thanks, Greg, for organizing this fun trip.

After doing "Loose Lady", "Sidewinder", "Skinny Dip", and a couple of others in JTree on Friday, Jason and I ticked off the twin cracks of "Topless Twins" (5.9), a 5.6 crack, the cool lieback/dihedral "Varnishing Point" (5.4, 5.8+), and a variation to "Birdland" (climbing the crack system 50' to the right to join "Birdland" at the 5th pitch) on Saturday, and then "Prince of Darkness" (5.7, 5.10b, 5.10a, 5.9, 5.9, 5.10c) on Sunday.  Great weekend.  Enjoy the photos.