20110227 SA Falls and Apple Valley Crags
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:47 am
Johnny and I wanted to go see if SA Falls froze up, since it was 20 in Chino. We drove up Baldy Rd (as is often necessary to reach SA Falls), and walked up the nicely snowed-in SA Falls Road.
ZOOM
POW! Literally.
Going up the Maxon trail
So, that ended in us doing a lot of odd postholing and getting our feet soaked in the stream, which is much wider when you can't see that sumbitch under all the snow and weak ice covering it. Needs to be cold for longer or something for this high-flow falls to freeze.
Check out my new waterproof wallet!
We then headed down Baldy Road, to go attempt different objectives for the day. Rocks were falling from the cuts in the road as we drove down, and one fell right in front of us...
Crap. Blew out the right rear.
We changed that, then headed out to go try our luck in the desert. One of those socal things where you can ski on snowy peaks, then offroad in the desert and shoot things/blow things up, then go surfing, then get drinks at a world class bar in the city. All in one.
Headed out to Apple Valley Crags...
Lightning Crack 5.8 (old-school 5.8)
Go Johnny Go!
My usual leg shot
Following
We then headed over to another area on the hill to climb some routes Johnny had done not long ago.
Super classic 5.10, I think it's called "Necessary Evil", though I could be wrong.
Look at all that gear! What are you guys up to?
Aiders? Uhoh...
Doing some aid climbing.
It takes awhile...
...then you switch to free climbing when aiding becomes essentially pointless.
Johnny climbed up from the belay slot to the top, where we set up a rapp anchor off 3 cams, then redirected and re-established off some bolts/links.
Johnny at the top
I begin my rapp
Johnny on his way down.
We left, vowing never to come back to such a nice place with such good climbing. ;-)
Johnny got in a bouldering problem he wanted to tackle...
Off we go...
Lightning Crack at center
The SB's
The other week, I fixed up a bike my friend gave me and rode it from my place in West Covina up frontside (south section) of GMR a little bit, and back. Turned back before Newman Point, as it was hailing and my ass really hurt from the seat. Rode back in pouring rain, which was a lot of fun, and made it home in a timely manner. 40 miles round trip.
Adios
ZOOM
POW! Literally.
Going up the Maxon trail
So, that ended in us doing a lot of odd postholing and getting our feet soaked in the stream, which is much wider when you can't see that sumbitch under all the snow and weak ice covering it. Needs to be cold for longer or something for this high-flow falls to freeze.
Check out my new waterproof wallet!
We then headed down Baldy Road, to go attempt different objectives for the day. Rocks were falling from the cuts in the road as we drove down, and one fell right in front of us...
Crap. Blew out the right rear.
We changed that, then headed out to go try our luck in the desert. One of those socal things where you can ski on snowy peaks, then offroad in the desert and shoot things/blow things up, then go surfing, then get drinks at a world class bar in the city. All in one.
Headed out to Apple Valley Crags...
Lightning Crack 5.8 (old-school 5.8)
Go Johnny Go!
My usual leg shot
Following
We then headed over to another area on the hill to climb some routes Johnny had done not long ago.
Super classic 5.10, I think it's called "Necessary Evil", though I could be wrong.
Look at all that gear! What are you guys up to?
Aiders? Uhoh...
Doing some aid climbing.
It takes awhile...
...then you switch to free climbing when aiding becomes essentially pointless.
Johnny climbed up from the belay slot to the top, where we set up a rapp anchor off 3 cams, then redirected and re-established off some bolts/links.
Johnny at the top
I begin my rapp
Johnny on his way down.
We left, vowing never to come back to such a nice place with such good climbing. ;-)
Johnny got in a bouldering problem he wanted to tackle...
Off we go...
Lightning Crack at center
The SB's
The other week, I fixed up a bike my friend gave me and rode it from my place in West Covina up frontside (south section) of GMR a little bit, and back. Turned back before Newman Point, as it was hailing and my ass really hurt from the seat. Rode back in pouring rain, which was a lot of fun, and made it home in a timely manner. 40 miles round trip.
Adios