The two horns

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The two horns

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You don't see this every day!

HANG DOG!

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John Hegyes

Apr 10, 2008

“The two horns”

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Hanging out on the Traitor Horn. Photo by Jessica Olson

DANIEL GONZALEZ

everyone has their version of true horn photo. here's mine.

shar heel hooking the horn

Met this little guy at the top of the route. his party took a different route, but he was super chill & happy to be out & about.

Chris Owen posing on the Traitor Horn (c) Mark Goss 1989

You don't see this every day!

The two horns

HANG DOG!

Pulling the horn.

Traitor Horn; the true horn seen in the background.

Tony Tennessee on the True Horn at the crux. (c) Chris Owen 1989.

Great view and position in the "niche" before the horn. Establishing on the horn was trickier than expected, and the moves off it easier IMO.

Surmounting the Horn at the beginning of P3

Sorry Chris M.

Traitor Horn.

Nathan Fitzhugh belaying Agina Sedler as she starts onto the horn.

Pointing the way to the Traitor Horn and feeling shunned in my efforts...

Traitor Horn<br>
Cooper Hanging out enjoying the view and a nice stretch

Katie committing to sending this pitch :)

top of P4/5 depending on whether or not you combine P2&3

A picture says a thousand words. <br>
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(Jonny leading the Traitor Horn on 4/06/08)

Cleaning gear on the 2nd pitch

Just chillin'

The Traitor Horn as seen from Mechanic's Route

Davis gettin' on it

Buddy atop the True Horn

Looking up at Traitor Horn and company on the SW face of Tahquitz

How not to have an epic on Traitor Horn.

X marks the spot for loose.block on T Horn.

Getting on the horn. Photo by Dave Daly at the belay.

Thi-Ly Hayes climbing up into the big recess that leads to the True Horn. You can see almost the entire "The Edge" with a red sling at the infamous beay, and also visible is "The Last Judgement", which takes the crack with that bush.

Looking down from atop the true horn.

Broke ankle on fall from crack next to true horn. Rappelled to ground using pitons before crux as well as the anchors for The Edge (70m rope).

Traversing from the El Camino route to the final pitch of "Traitor Horn"

Climbing topo for Traitor Horn at Tahquitz. The most up to date version of this topo can always be found at https://bitbucket.org/ben-crowell/tahquitz

Thi-Ly Hayes getting set to do the cruxy traverse that gets you over to the actual horn move.

My buddy on Traitor Horn. The Traitor is in the foreground.

Traitor Horn - you know it's the traitor, it's cracked.

Tina Tip-toeing around the corner on Pitch #2 of 'Traitor Horn'.

Chris gets down to business on the true horn.

Grab life by the horns

Did you climb it if you didn't get a horn shot??

Chris Carr on the Horn

Belaying from the Traitor Horn.

Starting the traverse from Coffin Nail under the "Traitor Horn".

Good place to belay if linking from Coffin Nail.

#2 ball nut right before hitting the true horn. BTW, that rock angle is all off with the wide angle lens. It's a bit steeper.

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