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FreeCoffee
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 24, 2015 - 03:11pm PT
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It's that time of year in Joshua Tree National Park, and a pair of prairie falcons have once again chosen The Outback to nest. To give this burgeoning family some space the following formations are temporarily closed to climbing and bouldering:
Patagonia Pile
The Heap
Labor Dome
Wall of Biblical Fallacies
Iron Door Cave
Voices
Tidal Wave
Tilt-O-Meter
Lizzy
Dino's Egg
Chuckawalla Boulders
Please also avoid playing loud music and screaming in these areas.
Due to the proximity to Hidden Valley Campground, this will be a very challenging area to enforce a closure. Please be respectful and tell your friends. Last year's birds in The Outback successfully fledged their young. Thanks to everyone who gave those birds the space they needed.
Closure dates: April 24, 2015- June 30, 2015
Thank you very much.
Bernadette Regan
JT Climbing Ranger
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10b4me
Social climber
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Apr 24, 2015 - 06:27pm PT
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Respect the closure.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Apr 24, 2015 - 10:32pm PT
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Please also avoid playing loud music and screaming in these areas.
I wish I lived in a world where this did not need to be said.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Apr 25, 2015 - 08:35am PT
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I wish that climbing areas were a place where that did not need to be said.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Apr 25, 2015 - 09:55am PT
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I used to carry a ghetto blaster around while climbing. Pantera etc. One day rockfall smashed it to smithereens. I took the hint...
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Apr 25, 2015 - 09:59am PT
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.....playing loud music and screaming in these areas. The definition of cognitive dissonance.
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rincon
climber
Coarsegold
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Apr 25, 2015 - 10:30am PT
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I like to climb at crags where you can blast Pantera all day long and not have to see any other climbers.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Apr 25, 2015 - 10:45am PT
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Maybe the reason you don't see anybody (or any other lifeform) at the crags is because of the Pantera?
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Apr 25, 2015 - 11:00am PT
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I like to climb at crags where you can blast Pantera all day long and not have to see any other climbers.
Hey do you remember that day in the ORG when that German couple showed up? I still have a good laugh over that one. I've never seen Pantera put to better use.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Apr 25, 2015 - 11:10am PT
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this much is known: falcons raised in the presence of harp music go on to make bad choices
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rincon
climber
Coarsegold
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Apr 25, 2015 - 11:14am PT
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Kris, I think it was Metalica.
This is the first time I've ever heard of bouldering being closed because of nesting falcons. But there area is still open to the public apparently. But you can't go inside iron door cave because of falcons.
Maybe the reason you don't see anybody (or any other lifeform) at the crags is because of the Pantera? Hmmm....maybe :)
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Apr 25, 2015 - 12:21pm PT
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Yer right, Metallica.
"You vill turn ze muzik off now!"
"What? Turn the music up? Sure!"
E moderates, we will lower the music while the guy climbs.
We oblige, turning it down to a whisper as he starts up the rock, but as soon as he dangles from a bolt...
The Gorge was dead empty but they had to do the route next to us, they walked up and tossed some of their packs on our tarp etc. We were a-holes but it was funnier than sh+t.
Shortly we were done with our route and left them in peace...
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