EISPIRATEN

Ho Man, I used to love to visit Coldwater Canyon and the Eagle and Gold Dollar mines (and San Antonio Ridge) in the late '70s. All those places felt like the end of the earth. I've been to that tumble-down shack on 3 separate occasions. The “use” trail from Coldwater Canyon to the cabin was steep, b...

can you post the link on the other forum (summit post- - - or?

what route did they take? any idea?

hard to tell specifically which canyon, ridge.. etc from the pics. not that i've ever gone up it via any direct west ridges ...

for rockclimbing, only way to go is Joshue Tree.

Vertical Adventures (Bob Gaines) is a great start.

or call the climbing shop in JT. they'll hook you up w/ the best guides/ schools

any old skool dudes remember BITD? used to be wooden stairs that led to a tunnel which deposited you a couple hundred yards upstream from the First Falls.... whereupon you'd hiked along a cool cat-walk above the stream for a ways before you actually touched ground. could scramble up 4 or 5 falls B4 ...

AW wrote:I suppose, ...

...Off the soapbox for now.... 8)

huh?

this ain't my forum, i got no "skin in the game"... ... but yikes. i read one post from Fight On and it's clear the dude is a TOOL. i deleted saying that previously since i was tryin to be N-I-C-E but there is no reasoning with a Tool and yea, I'd stealth camp at the base of the Crystal La...

cool. i like the idea of a lil crag that sees little traffic

edited .. just wanted to say the guy giving del taco a hard time is way off base the South Tower looks pretty good. I'd not place bolts tho, if i can sling a tree 50' downhill and drap the cord over the top. Is the summit of the South Tower easily reached via the back side? BTW, the South Tower look...

Hey guys,

I am a fan of scrappy San Gabs cragging (when I can be pried away from my mtn bike, which is never).

These days I tend to solo top rope. Think I’d find some entertaining moderates on the Crystal Lake Crag?

Here's hoping Highway 2 stays closed a long time. Driving conditions are far safer w/ less traffic on ACH. Tourists doing the loop will result in more injury and death (which are way down these last few years on ACH).

Sorry Wrightwood. Rather harder economic times but safer driving conditions. IMHO.

I think every so often, an intrepid couple of climbers take a stab at the NF of Strawberry. Last TR I read was on Super Topo or Todd Gordon’s JT climbing forum (JMC- who has since moved to Tucson wrote about it,, There is a lot of real rock up there- but the good stuff is all the crack-less face cli...