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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Mar 28, 2013 - 06:10pm PT
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GDavis, looks like the climber is on Baby Robbins but the background is nowhere near correct. Is it as simple as a flipped negative? Even so, I can't quite figure what the picture would be shot from, but I don't know the hill that well.
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deepnet
Boulder climber
San Diego
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Mar 28, 2013 - 07:13pm PT
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GDavis Beautiful photo regardless!
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Mar 28, 2013 - 07:19pm PT
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Haha yup that's me on Baby Robbins :3 took my friend whose a pro photog and he felt it looked better flipped :) lol.
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Truthdweller
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Mar 31, 2013 - 10:52pm PT
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edit: i heard it referred to as simply 'airplane crack' though, so it could be a different one. i think it might have been climbed/named just after the tragic TWA crash in North Park ('78) though!
Backside of Starving In Stereo, Airplane Crack, 5.10b
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This one'll stop you in your tracks at the top.
PSA crash, (People Scattered All Over), Flight 182, Monday, September 25, 1978, I was (16) living in Clairemont, and in an Architecture class @ Madison High School (Mr. Furuji, teacher). I asked to be excused because my father was returning from San Francisco (Flight 182 origin) that same day. Fortunately, it wasn't his flight!
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gonamok
climber
dont make me come over there
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Amen Gary, that woodson get together was a good time. Need you to come back and put on another one!
Theres a really obvious low angle 5.6 crack on a huge boulder thats behind and above the california night area, called airplane crash crack because a private plane crashed right at the base of the rock sometime in the late 70s. There used to be little pieces of debris from the crash scattered in the brush nearby. The crack is kind of a groove as i remember (and i dont remember too well these days), i think like #3-4 friends would work. Its a real secure 3rd class too. 50 feet of rope will lead anything on the hill, but youll need at least 80' to tr the tall stuff.
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Truthdweller
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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This thread is sitting WAY too far back...
I just watched a video of my little boy styling the seam on the northeast end of Dogpile Rock at Santee on YouTube and got homesick...man I miss San Diego. I'll help anyone who wants to step forward and put another fun fest together next year, or just keep me in mind as a resource.
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p-owed
Trad climber
Ramona ca
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Apr 25, 2013 - 04:12pm PT
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Anyone know where the hanger on sunday afternoon whent. Bolt and nut their hanger gone. Just one not two?
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darkmagus
Mountain climber
San Diego, CA
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Got out there on Saturday to give some friends a tour of the hill, and it was RIDICULOUSLY HOT! We hung out at the summit for a bit, did a few warm up problems, then started walking down. While we were hanging out at the top, my friend Steven went off by himself to check out the infamous Potato Chip rock. He came back with this photo:
There are a couple others, including him fully hanging from the thing. I'll have him send it to me and then post it here! Has anyone had any experience with this? Is there an established climb on that rock? Something called "Ride The Lightning" or no?
Anyway, we had a great day despite the heat. I took them to Big Horn and we bouldered a couple of the routes. We hit up Shawn's Knobs because it's in the shade (and it's one of my personal favorites):
Another stack of problems, some greasy mantels and some slabby faces, followed by some futile attempts on "I Would Die For You" (ughhh) and we were heading back down. I think we spent about 6 hours on the hill and we were all out of water and thrashed by the end of the day!
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gonzo chemist
climber
Fort Collins, CO
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darkmagus,
on those hot days, you gotta get inside The Big Grunt. Nice and cool in there.
edit: Airplane Crack was one of the first routes I ever climbed on Woodson.
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darkmagus
Mountain climber
San Diego, CA
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That's a good tip! We actually looked at it on the way by, but figured it would be all hot 'n greasy in there... damn!
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Theres a really obvious low angle 5.6 crack on a huge boulder thats behind and above the california night area, called airplane crash crack because a private plane crashed right at the base of the rock sometime in the late 70s. There used to be little pieces of debris from the crash scattered in the brush nearby.
Ron, I remember (if my memory is serving me correctly) that the president of Beechcraft crashed on the south side of Woodson in the '70s. I started climbing there in '75. I remember finding all kinds of debris from the crash up there, including shoes. Kind of unsettling for a kid of 17 or 18 who hadn't yet seen much in the way of death.
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gonamok
climber
dont make me come over there
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Yeah, i always got a creepy feeling walking around that area, you can feel death around you.
Havent looked at the woodson thread in months and there are only a handful of posts since then...so nothing is happening on the hill?
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gonamok
climber
dont make me come over there
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Re: climbing at woodson when its hot. Woodson is climbable year round if you keep the following in mind:
 dont even start up the hill until 2pm or so in summer. The walk up will kill you when the sun is beating down in the morning. Also, a nice breeze kicks in every day around 1pm, which makes it much more pleasant.
plan on climbing on the east side of the hill, where shade abounds.
avoid climbs that are in the brush or are surrounded by trees. Some trees are good for shade, but too many stifle air circulation. Shade isnt nearly as cool when its in dead air.
cracks are greasier and friction suffers in warm weather, so dont plan on doing any real hard face climbs. Its not impossible, but can be frustrating.
early evening can be a really nice time to climb, even after a hot day, but remember that rattlesnakes come out when it cools down, so walk heavily and keep an eye to the ground when in the brush late in the day. Snakes blend into the ground cover very well, so watch your step. If you encounter one, just turn around and find another way around. If you startle or threaten a snake it may attack. Otherwise they want to get away from you as bad as you want to get away from them.
Take plenty of water, but please account for your water bottles and pack them out. It always helps if you take any trash that you encounter out with you too.
Your best bet is to go up late and stay low on the hill.
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Jul 28, 2013 - 11:58am PT
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Bump for Woodson!
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Nov 11, 2013 - 01:53pm PT
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Super-Bump... The season is ON!!!
I've been out a handful of times and will be 1-3 times a week this winter! Have a lot of projects and things to explore, and am putting together little videos of the classics.
Hope to see ya out there!
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Truthdweller
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Nov 18, 2013 - 11:26am PT
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temps look primo today...wish I was there...
Is that guys name really Steve Wheeler doing that mantle? For I went to school with a guy by the same name, and this is what he owns, and performs in today:
[Click to View YouTube Video]
When I first read that above thread and zoomed in on him I thought it was Steve Belford of Poway!
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Nov 18, 2013 - 11:43am PT
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wooooot!
if you didn't feel hamburglers was 10a, try robbins next :) let me know next time you head that way! And the flake thingy was bat crack and it's BURLY.
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Truthdweller
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Nov 18, 2013 - 11:46am PT
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Haha.... "Some horrible 11-something flake that destroys forearms"
Betcha it was Bat Flake, 5.10d....;-)
Psst! Burch3y...
California Night is calling your name, it's only 11b (hehehe)!
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Truthdweller
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Nov 18, 2013 - 11:49am PT
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Hamburger Crack, 10b, if that helps the humility any (wink).
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Truthdweller
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Nov 18, 2013 - 12:00pm PT
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Whoa, sounds like you found Firefly, 11c?
"Got my butt kicked"
Transparency, that's good! How many times did I come off the Hill feeling shredded? Ahahahaha!
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