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skamoto
Mountain climber
coalinga ca
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 2, 2013 - 07:58pm PT
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no one has ever climbed here before except me and a few people. it looks to have potential for "fun" but nothing a serious rock climber would travel out of his/her way too. but its the only local thing to coalinga ca. If your on your way to Pinnacles from fresno/ cen cal area if you take 198 to highway 25 its at most a 20 min side trip.have only TR all but one route so far so maybe its not an offical first accents but i really dont care about all that. there are tons of climbs here waiting to be done though on good solid rock once its been climbed a few times. some routes are perfect ready to go however. just thought i would share. if your ever in the coalinga ca area and wana climb message me. theres tons of new routes waiting to be climbed and probably wont be climbed till someone else does them as i am still a noob. theres also a awesome place to get a steak or country food about 1/2 hr away. its a little place called parkfield. maybe youve heard of it.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Hey, Jebus, watch it, I'm 1/4 real Bohemian and I'll be descent enough to prove it.
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skamoto
Mountain climber
coalinga ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 2, 2013 - 08:15pm PT
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T Hocking (tfpu) is new to me?
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Bill Mc Kirgan
Trad climber
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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For all in tents & purposes that is a Fun looking place to be. Thanks for sharing the adventure.
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skamoto
Mountain climber
coalinga ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 2, 2013 - 08:19pm PT
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Burch that makes since. i couldt think of anything to save my life.
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enjoimx
Trad climber
SLO
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Looks incredible
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Gene
climber
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irregardless, this crag has peeked my interest.
That's "peaked my interest."
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Uh, try 'piqued' yer interest...
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Gene
climber
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Really Reilly? LOL
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skamoto
Mountain climber
coalinga ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 2, 2013 - 08:31pm PT
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im always looking for local stuff to climb. saves $ on gas. not having much luck though. only found one other spot thats kindof like pinnacles rock, " kind of" but it crumbles alot easier and have only found one good solid spot to climb on it. its silica carbonate reef if that means anything to anyone. theres tooonnnnsss of cool minerals and rocks to find though thats usually why im there. mostly only climb this rock looking for new mineral pockets.
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doughnutnational
Gym climber
its nice here in the spring
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Nice, I used to go to Coalinga fossil hunting. Can you get to Three Rocks (Joaquin Rocks)legally at this time? That place is very cool.
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skamoto
Mountain climber
coalinga ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 2, 2013 - 09:06pm PT
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doughnut idk if you remember but we were thinking about going up to 3 rocks together and checking out the climbing. as far i know its still legal to drive to the gate at wright mt and hike in 4-5 miles to the rocks, though the gate has a false link in the chain making it accesable to drive to the rocks if you want to risk it. havent been there yet but as soon as i get back to california im hoping to go. the weather should be good. better than the 8 degrees here in minnesota
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doughnutnational
Gym climber
its nice here in the spring
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I do remember and I still want to go. I called the BLM office in October and was told it was not legal to go there. Maybe I'll just head out there and risk it (not driving in) and take my mountain bike in for a visit.
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skamoto
Mountain climber
coalinga ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 2, 2013 - 10:09pm PT
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thats wierd. i wonder why it would be illegal? i was in the area not to long ago on BLM land with permission and everything to see something called birdwells rock. a sacred idian rock with petro's on it. im going no matter what its on blm land and they have no posted signs saying its closed and theres no reason for it to be closed.
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cragnshag
Social climber
san joser
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RE: Joaquin Rocks
We parked at the gate and road mtn bikes along the EZ dirt road. Lots of ticks in the grass in the winter so check your socks/ shoes after walking between the road and the rock. Very cool looking sandstone rock out there.
I posted these pics a couple years ago here on the taco-
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skamoto
Mountain climber
coalinga ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 2, 2013 - 10:17pm PT
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cragnshag thats pretty sweet. i live sooo close and still havent been. did they look climbable at all? i know they have nice steep faces on them. is the sandstone like that down in clear creek area? super soft and useless
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thebravecowboy
Social climber
Colorado Plateau
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cragnshag you may win the Really Reilly award for largest testicular concretions.
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cragnshag
Social climber
san joser
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Whose got the biggest balls of them all?
The best rock is actually the balls themselves- some sort of patina that makes them.. uh.. harder than the surrounding rock. The rock there is OK in some places, crappy in others, however I'd say it's worth bringing a rope and some gear to set up a TR on a face or for some easy gear leads.
We included target shooting (not near the rocks) and mtn. biking when we went for a fun weekend.
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skamoto
Mountain climber
coalinga ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 3, 2013 - 12:27am PT
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sounds like a fun weekend. been thinking about hiking up to them from my house but Mt bike would probably be funner. you can shoot for days up there and no one seems to care. well in the clear creek area idk about by the rocks,but then again whos going to hear you? did you happen to feel any ghostly spirits passing by you up there? lol research mariana la loca if your bored. crazy interesting 3 rocks history
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doughnutnational
Gym climber
its nice here in the spring
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The closure had to d with asbestos.
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skamoto
Mountain climber
coalinga ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 3, 2013 - 05:52pm PT
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Donut i know they closed the OHV park due to the white stuff they claim causes cancer, from what ive heard though clear creek has the longfiber type of asbestos which does not cause cancer, only the short fiber does. anyway you look at it is should never be closed for hiking/exploring blah blah blah, if we can choose to buy cigerettes on our own we should be able to choose if we wana explore in asbestos areas on our own. I do understand closing it to OHV though as that puts the asbestos dust in the air which gets into canals and rivers and does damage, However i know for a fact the main roads through clearcreek are county roads and are open to all on road registered vehicles. that includes the road to the gate at wright MT, from there on its hiking on BLM land to 3rocks though i dont know why there would ever close access on that BLM land, I have friends who go up there hunting this year and have never ran into any trouble.
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skamoto
Mountain climber
coalinga ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 3, 2013 - 06:01pm PT
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Ron Anderson, those nests are high up on a wall soooo smooth and feature less i dont think chris sharma could climb up there and knock them off if you bet him 100,000$ to do it. i might be wrong but i think its safe to say there staying there for a long time to come. birds have nothing to worry about, atleast not from me.
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skamoto
Mountain climber
coalinga ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 4, 2013 - 04:48pm PT
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Klaus it isnt the greatest place but it is pretty fun. Around 5 easy to get to volcanic plugs. Some you could belay from your tailgate if you wanted to.
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jstan
climber
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Dec 14, 2013 - 07:45pm PT
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Ticks may carry serious diseases such as Lyme disease, which is transferred in only 3 to 5% of
the tick bites in Southern California. One of the fascinating aspects of the Lyme disease tick, the
Western Black legged Tick (Ixodes Pacificus), is that in the subadult stage it can be detoxified if it
bites a Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) or a Northern or Southern Aligator Lizard
(Elgaria coeruled and E. multicarinata, respectively) and then drops off. These lizards contain
proteins in their blood that destroy the spirochaetes of the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which
causes Lyme disease. In other words if you are bitten by a subadult or adult tick, either of which has
been cleansed by biting one of these lizards, you will not contract Lyme disease.
p206 A Naturalist's Guide to the Santa Barbara Region-Joan Easton Lentz
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 14, 2013 - 07:57pm PT
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I've made lots of first accents out at the rocks, but climbers don't seem to understand me.
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rmuir
Social climber
From the Time Before the Rocks Cooled.
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Dec 14, 2013 - 07:59pm PT
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Do accent rocks come in designer colors?
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thebravecowboy
Social climber
Colorado Plateau
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Dec 15, 2013 - 01:10am PT
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no one has ever climbed here before except me and a few people
what a great attitude!
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MisterE
climber
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Dec 15, 2013 - 01:29am PT
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I really like rhinestones - they are my go-to first accent.
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skamoto
Mountain climber
coalinga ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 15, 2013 - 06:49pm PT
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( ascent) sorry my spelling and english skills are horrible. We were always pushed to learn more spanish then anything in school. They said it would help us out more in life.....
Its not a attitude either cowboy im just saying. Would love for more people to climb here. Especially with a bolt kit.
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thebravecowboy
Social climber
Colorado Plateau
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Dec 15, 2013 - 11:46pm PT
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sorry to have been unclear: I like your outlook and your statement implies a great openness to the fact that whether or not it is indeed a first ascent it is fulfilling for you. cheers to you!
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thebravecowboy
Social climber
Colorado Plateau
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Dec 16, 2013 - 12:20am PT
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the big balls are sedimentary concretions DMT
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Dr.Knox
Trad climber
Salzburg, Austria
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Dec 16, 2013 - 06:09am PT
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My brother and me made 5 1st ascents on this nice 450 feet rock!
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Reeotch
climber
4 Corners Area
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Dec 16, 2013 - 07:26am PT
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Wow, that's some pretty cool rock. Climbers can often get to crystals that mere mortal geologists cannot.
I'm "lichen" it . . .
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skamoto
Mountain climber
coalinga ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 17, 2013 - 02:09am PT
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Thank you cowboy everyone else was making fun of me lol i just figured you were too. My bad. I am really enjoying climbing anything that i can.
DMT i have been told there old lava plugs from people that know a bit about rocks and minerals but they really dont feel volcanic or look like it either so im not sure. Definitely nothing like pinns. I too love the diablo range. Its very cool exploring around.
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skamoto
Mountain climber
coalinga ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 17, 2013 - 02:29am PT
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These rocks are like nothing ive seen around idrea or clear creek. Any time your in the area let me know i can show them to you.
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skamoto
Mountain climber
coalinga ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 17, 2013 - 02:49am PT
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Zinger thats pretty sweet. Wheres that at? City i mean not exact location.
DMT ill take some next time im up there. One day this week probably. Ill post them under this.
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Roxy
Trad climber
CA Central Coast
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Dec 17, 2013 - 01:08pm PT
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PM sent
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skamoto
Mountain climber
coalinga ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 17, 2013 - 05:59pm PT
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Roxy did u get any of my emails? Maybe there not going threw for some unknown reason
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