North American Classic Climbs
Tahquitz Rock
Whodunit / Hoodenett Route
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Tahquitz Rock Whodunit / Hoodenett Route |
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Tahquitz Rock from the town of Idyllwild. |
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Tahquitz Rock from the parking lot (Humber Park.) The Northwest Recess is in the middle, the Whodunit dihedral defines the left edge. |
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The route from the base. |
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Hiking talus to the base of the climb. |
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Scrambling around on the slabs at the base, looking for the start. |
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Looking down at the first belay. |
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At the crux of the route on pitch 1 - a small overlap. |
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Looking back on the second arriving at the crux. |
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Starting out on pitch 2 (from a belay at the double-bolt anchor on the immediately adjacent "Edge-hogs" route.) |
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Looking out to the west from the wall. |
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On pitch 3 a chimney appears, which pinches down at the top. The leader is bypassing this to the right because of melting snow. The bypass is the same difficulty. |
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The second on our pitch 3 (pitch count may vary depending on your choice of belay spots.) |
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Arriving at the belay, our pitch 3. |
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A belay spot at the top of our pitch 3, just left of the dihedral. We rejoined the dihedral easily at this point. |
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Leading on about pitch 5. |
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Looking down on the second from high on the rock - more classic dihedral climbing. |
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Arriving at a belay high on the rock. |
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Following the penultimate pitch as we did it. It is not obvious where the main dihedral should be exited. It appears we exited a bit early to be on the official route. The climbing was still continuous and of high quality. |
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Steep rock, good holds. |
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Leading the final pitch, a slab up to a small overhang (apparently not the official last pitch, however.) |
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Arriving at the top, where a set of large sculptured boulders are artfully arranged. |
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The descent on ubiquitous climbers' trails to the west. |
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*Climbers & Photographers: Gary Clark, Lynn Clark
