Watchtower Peak (Hoover Wilderness Area) trip report

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Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Aug 28, 2009 - 12:30pm PT
More great pics from a trip we all wish we'd been on!
kev

climber
CA
Aug 28, 2009 - 12:36pm PT
Hey Bob,

Nice TR. Looks like you've been busy this summer too. See you at the sand lot this fall.

kev
Doug Robinson

Trad climber
Santa Cruz
Aug 28, 2009 - 12:39pm PT
The more photos I see, the better the climbing. And future possibilities.

Wish I'd been there too.
tadhunt

Trad climber
Sunnyvale, CA
Aug 28, 2009 - 06:02pm PT
wow. bumpity-bump-bump. Can't let this FA TR goodness disappear!
Levy

Big Wall climber
So Cal
Aug 28, 2009 - 10:22pm PT
I typed a full trip report yesterday morning & as I posted it, my server crashed. I lost an hours worth of typing & editing. Shoot, I hate it when that happens.

I will re-post after this weekend, I'm off to the Needles to do some crankin'!

Levy
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climber
from the Leastside
Jun 3, 2010 - 12:13am PT
Thanks cragnshag and Levy . Hoover looks pretty rad . Center Mountain NW face >>
Banquo

Trad climber
Morgan Hill, CA (Mo' Hill)
Jun 9, 2010 - 12:04am PT

Geez that was fun. Photo looking back at north summit after Bob & I did the second route. The ugly red blotch is where to find the rap anchors.
tom woods

Gym climber
Bishop, CA
Aug 18, 2010 - 08:49pm PT
I'm glad this great post got bumped, but I still remain insanely jealous.

What an awesome spot.
rhyang

climber
SJC
Aug 18, 2010 - 11:00pm PT
Sweet, gotta make it back there next season.
cragnshag

Social climber
san joser
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 28, 2010 - 02:28am PT
Hey Del,

Will and Bill rapped their route using pins and nuts (I think their buddy David had a bum knee?). Probably easier to walk off if your knees are up to it.

One rap off the top to the notch, then some 3rd/4th class. The rest is a pleasant hike. As you know.
Banquo

Trad climber
Morgan Hill, CA (Mo' Hill)
Aug 28, 2010 - 11:17am PT
I wrote this trip up for the AAJ and to my surprise, they have printed it along with a small photo. Should be on shelves any day now. I haven't got my free copy yet but I have a PDF of pages 90 - 109 "Contiguous United States."

http://aaj.americanalpineclub.org/2010/07/

Although the AAJ now has a policy of not publishing reports for climbs unless they are at least grade IV, they seem to have liked this trip enough to overlook that. (Maybe they added up the 4 routes that our party did making it something like grade XI). Not many IV's going up so California only rates a little over 5 pages.

I had to compress this into 400 words but still managed to get 4 route descriptions and the names of all 8 FA climbers in.
ruppell

climber
Aug 29, 2012 - 09:57pm PT
Thanks for the info guys. Just got back from climbing the NE face in two pitches of simul-climbing. Just a super fun route. The rock quality is amazing. Unlike you guys my fiancee and I took the hard way in by foot. All in all that hike is pretty mellow over it's 14 miles. Only one other person in the summit register since you guys left it there and they came over from the saddle side. So looks like we got the second ascent. Wish we had time for those other lines but it will be there and so will that headwall.

PS: Thanks for the rap station.
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
Aug 29, 2012 - 10:39pm PT
sweet!
2 l l

Sport climber
Rancho Verga, CA
Jul 13, 2013 - 12:23pm PT
From internet - looks some fun cracks.
Banquo

climber
Amerricka
Jul 13, 2013 - 01:56pm PT
I need to get back there. Still some new routes that need to be done.
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