Some basic data: 3 pitches, 1st was about 100ft, 2nd was over 200ft (70m rope), 3rd was 100ft or so. About 5.8ish with a big fat X on the end of it. Not too hard but pretty out there. Gotta be super careful with each move. Soloing means one must climb the pitch, then rapp and clean it, then reclimb it on toprope, so you do a lot of work. Launched a lot of blocks down, all but one on purpose. Bigass block fell right down the middle of the pitch with my rope zigzagging across the face. Dunno how, but my rope didn't get beat to hell.
Protection was OK most of the time. Not really runout. Dunno what else to say. The rest was my experience.
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Oh yeah, check the spire. It's been a sorta quiet San Gabriel point of interest. Didn't climb it. If someone wants to go tag it, do it by its north face, which has a few decent cracks that I think end about 6ft or so below the top. Top is skinny enough that you could leave webbing or something, big enough for 1.5 asses.
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