Boulders with cracks in SoCal?
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I'm a relatively new trad leader & suck at jams. I was thinking bouldering with cracks would be great practice to nail down technique. |
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Mt. Woodson or Point Mugu. |
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can work on crack jamming by practicing along the ground, on boulders like you want to, or also along the bottom of taller walls. Stoney Point has scattered boulder and wall cracks at ground level, or short toprope cracks that you might well want to hop on. the mentioned little Point Mugu Boulder is laced with short but steep cracks, if you don't mind tourists watching |
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Rubidoux has a few nice cracks: Turtleback Dome and Half Dome immediately come to mind. Hard to beat the ease of access and vast quantity at Woodson though. |
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Horse flats off highway 2, the tunnels if you into sport climbing, out in the desert NJC and josh. |
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Mt. Woodson |
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+1 Mt Woodson |
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Thanks for all the suggestions! Sounds like I'm heading down to Woodson soon - horse flats or point Mugu for an afternoon burn due to proximity. |
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Jam crack at Stoney. run laps on it. Perfect hand jams. Thumbs up jams with both hands, thumbs down with both hands, switch it up. Eyes closed laps, one leg laps. It's so fun. |
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A note about Woodson. Many of the finer cracks tend to be in the 5.11 range, with some folks wanting a TR. If you go there, it would be beneficial to have a partner and a 80' piece of cord and two draws to work some of these. Not to say they don't get 3rd classed all the time, but just in case..... |
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This place is basically a pile, but it's a great place to learn how to handjam. |
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Horse Flats is great, but not that much crack climbing. Really. |
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Thanks again! |
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Crack climbing is its own game completely, especially when you throw in off widths. I would highly recommend Woodson I learned crack climbing there and it's a great place to learn how to build gear anchors. For a new crack climber give elsas crack, poison oak crack, and baby Robbins a go. It turns into an oven during the day though lots of water and some sunscreen. Also jump on YouTube and look up wild country crack school if you don't have a good teacher. CheerS |
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Woodson is great, if you want to make the drive. |
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Pt mugu is one Boulder in asphalt parking lot but it's all crack. There is another good crack at stony point I think called Maggie's Farm ? |
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they recently found the body of a Vinci city manager there, about 7 weeks ago. detectives Ani Bezzerides, Ray Velcoro, and Paul Woodrugh been on the case, well, just two of them now, after one got shot last night. there also been shady land deals, mob intrigue, monkey fuck congestion, big street massacre, rampant corruption, mansion orgies, 3-stab knife kill, fugitive sex. they should close the case in another 6 days, by Sun |