Posted by katie on 6/12/2008 on katie's blog
Okay, so I didn't make it to Tahoe...seriously, do you know how much gas costs out here? $4.69. It's crazy.
Crazy, and not in the SD budget. So instead we hit up the climbing gym this evening.
And....drumroll please....that's it. That's my story for the day. I got nothin' else.
I think some folks are coming down here to go climbing this weekend so hopefully it'll be super exciting. :) Plus, I need to find a climbing partner to go check out the cracks at Mt. Woodson SOON.









redbear57 says:
Hey MT.Woodson.Looks like a lot of clutter at the top if it's the one I saw on a web site once. Me I like the 2 to three day hikes in to climb.
salad says:
its gonna start getting hot up at woodson, get goin! 90's all week, 87 on sunday. afternoons would be best.
salad says:
here's a list of some good ones at woodson...
Elsa's Crack 5.6 hands/fingers - lead, solo or TR from gear
Backside of righthand entrance boulder 5.7 fists - boulder (also the downclimb, could counterweight rappel)
Poison Oak Crack 5.7 fists - lead or solo (rappel or downclimb the route)
Tower 2 crack 5.7 hands/fingers - lead or solo
Sickle Crack 5.8 OW - lead or TR from bolts
Sunday Afternoon Boulder 5.8 crack - lead or TR from gear or solo
Slant Crack 5.9 hands - boulder
John's Crack 5.9 hands - boulder
Sunday Afternoon Boulder 5.9 hands - lead or TR from gear or solo
Sunday Afternoon Boulder 5.9 crack - lead or TR from gear or solo
Baby Robbin's Crack 5.9 off fingers - boulder
Grainstorm hand crack 5.9 hands - solo or TR from gear
Grainstorm finger crack 5.9 fingers - solo or TR from gear
Out of Sight 5.9 hands - lead, TR from gear or solo
Eric's Crack 5.9 squeeze/OW - TR from above, belayer sits in crack
Milkbar 5.9 lieback - TR from gear or solo
Robbin's Crack 5.10a hands - lead or solo
Elephant's Trunk 5.10a hands - boulder
Rockwork Orange 5.10a hands - lead, solo or TR from gear
Big Grunt 5.10a chimney - boulder (once you're in it it's secure, start is probably harder than 10a)
Hamburger Crack 5.10a hands - boulder
Blackfinger 5.10a lieback - boulder or TR from gear
Airplane Crack 5.10b fingers - lead or TR from gear
Manuel's Horror 5.10b hands/fists - lead, solo or TR from slung block
Backside of the Ogre 5.10b hands - lead
Crucible 5.10b OW - TR from bolts or lead
Marshmallow Tower crack 5.10c fingers & traverse - lead
Monkey Crack 5.10c hands/fists - TR from gear or lead
Razor's Edge 5.10d lieback - TR from bolts or solo
Digit's Delight 5.10d fingers - lead, solo or TR from bolts
Bat Flake 5.10d fists/OW - TR from bolts
Left Longs Crack 5.10d lieback - TR from bolts
Ride the Lightening 5.10d cupped hands, wicked steep - TR from gear or solo
Mariah 5.10d OW
Jaws 5.11a fingers to hands - TR from gear or solo
Ogre 5.11a OW to hands to fingers - lead or TR from bolts
Test Tube 5.11a Fingers/Funk - TR from gear
California Night 5.11b fingers - boulder or TR from bolts
Werner's Wish 5.11b fingers / hands - TR from gear
Hear My Train Acomin' 5.11c fingers - solo or TR from bolts (realistically 5.12)
Fall Semester 5.11c lieback - TR from gear, burly
Columbo Crack 5.11c tips/fingers - TR from bolts or solo
Summertime Blues 5.11c tips/seam - TR from bolts
Hard as Nails 5.11c tips/fingers - lead or TR from gear
Driving South 5.11d fingers - solo or TR from gear - steep!
Mother Superior 5.11d OW to fingers - TR from bolts
Right Longs Crack 5.11d OW - TR from bolts, need spotter as well
Starving in Stereo 5.12a fingers - TR from bolts or lead, stellar!
Aid's Victim 5.12a tips/seam - TR from bolts
PhD 5.12a tips/seam - TR from bolts or lead, longest route at Woodson
Vice Principal's Office 5.12a fists - TR or lead?
Undertow 5.12a OW roof - TR or lead?
Widow Bereft 5.12a fingers - TR?
Lie Detector 5.12b tips - TR from bolts, lead or solo
climbingtrash says:
Jez-ust...did you type all that up Salad? You were at work weren't you. (shame-shame-shame, everyone knows your name) ;^)

woodchuck07 says:
I think that's more routes total than I do in maybe 6 years.
rosieclimber11 says:
Where is this located? Sorry, but the FL girl has no idea where this is. Any recommends for the Salt Lk City area? Considering this area along others for a short vacation in October,poss.
Katie are you aware of the womens climibing seminar at Joshua Tree, Mid September? Hear that guys all chicks! It's like 5-6 days with clinics daily and camping. I'm considering that one too, trying to work out some logistics.
Happy climbing, hope you get to where you want to be!
Peace
RO
salad says:
Mt Woodson is in San Diego County. Lots of big boulders, hard cracks and dicey slabs. Sandbagged.
Here is a link that shows pics of some the classics:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=300496&msg=320824...
rosieclimber11 says:
I appreciate that!
peace
RO
climbingwall says:
Ummmmm salad, did you just list ALL the climbs there, if not, it must have more classics than all the places I've climbed put together, and that includes Boulder Canyon, AND Eldorado Springs Canyon. :^)
Cheers!
salad says:
thats not even close to all the routes at woodson. the list was comprised by someone other than myself and was meant to show some of the better quality cracks at each grade.
i referred to the list as 'good ones', not classics. the link i posted showed a few pictures of some woodson classics.
redbear57 says:
RC11 the rocks will be hot mid SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. are the time for Joshua Tree. thats where I first got intro to the sport about 9 years back. Great place You'll LUV IT!!! Have fun..
woodchuck07 says:
Agree.... too hot in desert states in summer, unless you get waay up in altitude. I missed my chance in March to enjoy some cool temps out at Red Rocks. Make up trip is now scheduled for August, so I'm gonna be quite limited due to the heat too.
redbear57 says:
Hey WC 07 look at it this way. You climb shadow to shadow. [ha ha] Any Climbing better then no Climbing!
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