Trip Report
Ice Climbing North Face of Tahquitz

by poop_tube
Tuesday February 2, 2010 5:55am
I've heard rumors before that this face can form ice on rare occasions. Once every few years it might develop enough ice to climb.

So last Friday at 7pm my buddy Shaun Byrne calls me saying he suspects that there will be ice on Tahquitz because of the recent weather patterns. The phone conversation went something like this:

Shaun: Kia, Let's go to Tahquitz tomorrow.

Kia: I can't, I already made plans to go skiing at Baldy with a bunch of friends. Besides, it might not be in shape.

Shaun: Come on! What are you gonna do if you go back to work next week and see a trip report on supertopo of people climbing it? Then what? Or you could be the one making the trip report next week....

Kia: What time you wanna meet up?

Shaun: 4am


Enjoy! http://vimeo.com/9151211

We suspect it might be in even better shape this weekend. Maybe I can go ice climbing and surfing on the same day??? Gotta love SOCAL!

Cheers!

Kia

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poop_tube is a big wall climber from 33° 45' N 117° 52' W.

Comments
Mark Hudon

Trad climber
On the road.
  Feb 2, 2010 - 11:13am PT
Good one!
james Colborn

Trad climber
Truckee, Ca
  Feb 2, 2010 - 12:23pm PT
Nice adventure! I had to mute the Van Haggar, sorry.
Iron Mtn.

Trad climber
Seattle Washington
  Feb 2, 2010 - 02:46pm PT
Agreed, the Van Hagar kills the mood....
Dirka

Trad climber
Hustle City
  Feb 2, 2010 - 09:26pm PT
That was sweet. ThAnks for the pics!
yodelray

Trad climber
CA
  Feb 3, 2010 - 03:00pm PT
After Larry and I climbed Trough and went to the North side, we saw a party up there. It must be you guys. Nice climbing!Here are few pictures from our climb[photoid=143884].
Jordan Ramey

Big Wall climber
Calgary, Alberta
  Feb 3, 2010 - 05:58pm PT
awesome!
poop_tube

Big Wall climber
33° 45' N 117° 52' W
Author's Reply  Feb 3, 2010 - 08:26pm PT
Ya, I remember see you guys in the parking lot. We figured you guys were going for the Trough since we didn't see you on the north side.

Cheers!
Sam Page

Mountain climber
Orange County, CA
  Feb 7, 2010 - 10:19pm PT
Wow, nice video (and nice climb too). How do you make a video like that? Any educational links will be appreciated.
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