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Guck
Trad climber
Santa Barbara, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 23, 2015 - 10:44pm PT
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I was totally surprised to find this painted rock at the top of Whodunit in Tahquitz. Does anyone know the story behind it?
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Ward Trotter
Trad climber
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Jul 24, 2015 - 05:04pm PT
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Could be a sort of memorial to someone who died climbing over there. Does anyone know if that could have been the nickname of the climber who pulled the block off climbing Sahara Terror last July?
Just a wild guess.
It definitely looks like a stream smoothed rock brought from elsewhere.
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Jul 24, 2015 - 05:18pm PT
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Or maybe...
It was put there to confuse a group of old white guys on an internet forum somewhere?
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Ward Trotter
Trad climber
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Jul 24, 2015 - 05:47pm PT
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Confused "old white guys" and "Internet forum" were the first things I thought of as well. But I don't think so.
BTW where is Sportbikeville?
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Jul 24, 2015 - 06:01pm PT
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BTW where is Sportbikeville?
Just East of Wheelie Town.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Jul 24, 2015 - 06:02pm PT
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Look out...the cairns are coming...they're already all around town...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 24, 2015 - 06:07pm PT
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Good to hear you got to the top of Whodunit, Gunk. I've never dunit.
The slick round rock fell out of someone's solution pocket?
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Ward Trotter
Trad climber
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Jul 24, 2015 - 06:08pm PT
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Cairns...noooooooooooo
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Jul 24, 2015 - 06:50pm PT
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Didn't see it when we topped out. But then again, I wasn't on route the first time and maybe I wasn't the second time either.
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Guck
Trad climber
Santa Barbara, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 25, 2015 - 10:21pm PT
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Bump!
Thank you for the leads. I now believe that it was left by ET on his way home. It is definitely a new case for the NSA.
(skcreidc, the alien marker is probably still there, just below the top of p5, in a small alcove. It might have been placed there to confirm that you are on route :))
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 25, 2015 - 11:40pm PT
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Another egotistical jerk who thinks that it's OK to do with Nature whatever they feel like.
The next step is shooting a Rhino to use its tusk for a knife handle.
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Jul 25, 2015 - 11:46pm PT
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who thinks that it's OK to do with Nature whatever they feel like.
can I just say I feel so violated once again?!?!
oh... Nature with a capital 'N'
n/m
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