Trip Report
A quick trip into the South Gabilan Range
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Saturday December 19, 2015 10:37am
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seems that this is becoming an annual trip...
with a lot of fun, this year including more participants. Certainly the invitation is open for more to come in the future if they find themselves in "The City By The Bay" this particular time of the year... and have a moment and the inclination to play hooky...
Climbing on the remains of the Neenach Volcano, which have had quite a ride over 23 million years... displacing to a location that often makes a great winter climbing destination when all others are resting in the wet or the cold (or both)....
Reliably, a place to bask in the soft winter Sun...
and to journey with friends from afar for a very mellow outing
even if the day ends all too early
Ed Hartouni
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About the Author
Ed Hartouni is a trad climber from Livermore, CA.
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Comments
MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Dec 19, 2015 - 11:03am PT
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Basking in sun would be nice, as would climbing on rock.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Dec 19, 2015 - 11:09am PT
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Climbing with Ed and Larry--now that's a treat!
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Dec 19, 2015 - 11:42am PT
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That looks dreamy Ed, as I set looking out on a winter landscape from my window.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Author's Reply
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Dec 19, 2015 - 12:32pm PT
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haven't been to Neenach, but it would be an interesting trip, if only to see the other half of the formation (which doesn't appear to have the same climber appeal at first glance).
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Reeotch
climber
4 Corners Area
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Dec 20, 2015 - 09:47am PT
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Is this the Pinnacles or the other 1/2 of the formation which was separated by a fault?
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Dec 20, 2015 - 10:05am PT
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Whose fault is that?
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Dec 20, 2015 - 10:45am PT
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300+ km of offset in < 24 MY
Neenach flow-banded rhyolite correlates to the lower part of the northern Pinnacles volcanics, not the rhyolitic breccia that we climb on at Pinnacles.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Author's Reply
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Dec 20, 2015 - 10:57am PT
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there's more to climbing than climbing!
thanks for the details t_t...
the fantasy would be that you could climb around SF at the Pinnacles, or around LA at Neenach and have the same sort of climbing... but alas, the geology abides...
or maybe we should celebrate!
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Dec 20, 2015 - 12:26pm PT
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With a few hours more drive you could be climbing on clean, solid granite like this ER route above we just did less than two weeks ago. Often climbable throughout the winter when the Sierra is buried.
Or this undisclosed locale which I snapped this pic of a week ago. Lot's of Yosemite like crack climbs here. The lower greenish wall is 200+'.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, Bozeman, the ocean, or ?
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Dec 20, 2015 - 01:46pm PT
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Very nice...plus a lesson too!
Susan
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Dec 20, 2015 - 02:35pm PT
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Great day, great company. I especially treasured conversations on the drive, this time ranging from fusion power experiments and why Mars travel won't work, to finding acceptable brew & burgers in Hollister.
Linda & Ed on The Ordeal
Bela & Linda on Wet Kiss
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mtnyoung
Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
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Dec 20, 2015 - 04:47pm PT
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I got the rare treat of climbing with my older daughter last Friday in that part of the Gabilan range. It's not worth its own thread, but maybe I could piggyback a few photos on yours?
It was sunny, but man it got cold once that sun was going down!
Daughter Katie and our friend Laura on top of Photographer's Delight:
A really cold Tuff Dome summit in the sun's last rays:
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Author's Reply
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Dec 20, 2015 - 06:12pm PT
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happy to share thread space mtnyoung!
a lovely day though it was very cool in the shade indeed, including the shaded rock
here's some old guy leading...
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661climber
climber
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Dec 22, 2015 - 02:41pm PT
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Climbing content bump
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