Trip Report
The California Challengs (89% OT)

by limpingcrab
Wednesday April 25, 2018 9:17pm
For my buddy's birthday he wanted to do something we've both thought about for a long time: starting in the snow and ending in the sea with as much as we can squeeze in between. We've always called it the "California Challenge" so the name stuck and my cousin wanted to come along since he likes making videos.

There's some climbing on a photogenic route at our local Tollhouse Rock outside of Fresno, hence the 11% of the video that's on topic, but I haven't posted a TR in a while so at least it's something!?

Anyway, here's a very short video of a very loooong day
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limpingcrab 		About the Author
limpingcrab is Daniel Jeffcoach, nice to meet you.

Comments
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
  Apr 25, 2018 - 09:48pm PT
hey there say, limpingcrap... this is wonderful...

thank you so very much for sharing all this...

happy good eve, too, by the way...
so nice to see that you had a great trip!

love calif and miss it... :)
nah000

climber
now/here
  Apr 25, 2018 - 10:20pm PT
hahahaha... fUckin' fun hogs. thx for the share.
Jon Beck

Trad climber
Oceanside
  Apr 26, 2018 - 07:09am PT
I am disappointed, I really thought you were going to ride the snow mobiles to the beach
i-b-goB

Big Wall climber
Nutty
  Apr 26, 2018 - 07:29am PT
The "California Challenge" is hella good Birthday!
NutAgain!

Trad climber
https://nutagain.org
  Apr 26, 2018 - 09:59am PT
You carpe’d the heck out of that diem!
briham89

Big Wall climber
santa cruz, ca
  Apr 26, 2018 - 10:19pm PT
Nice!
guyman

Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
  Apr 27, 2018 - 08:39am PT
What.... no fishing??

Nothing to do in Fresno- right?

Good use of the drone, ya got a future in video, kid.

TFPU
splitclimber

climber
Sonoma County
  Apr 27, 2018 - 10:46am PT
Such a cool idea. Yeah, no fishing'. Or skatin???
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
  Apr 27, 2018 - 10:56am PT
Excellent! Could only be improved with a wingsuit, sans parachute, landing on the beach.
stevep

Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
  Apr 27, 2018 - 12:32pm PT
Nice. Back when I lived in LA, we used to do these too. Ski at Baldy and surf on the same day.
Ezra Ellis

Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
  Apr 27, 2018 - 03:08pm PT
Rather impressive list of activities
Gnar!
Radish

Trad climber
SeKi, California
  Apr 27, 2018 - 04:06pm PT
Bad Ass!! Only in California! I could only expect this and its right on! Great Adventuring for a day in Cali! You got one on Vitaliy for sure!
Brandon-

climber
The Granite State.
  Apr 27, 2018 - 05:12pm PT
Dude!
shylock

Social climber
mb
  Apr 30, 2018 - 08:36am PT
not bad
limpingcrab

Gym climber
Minkler, CA
Author's Reply  Apr 30, 2018 - 08:55am PT
Thanks all, it was a fun/stressful day!

What.... no fishing??
Such a cool idea. Yeah, no fishing'. Or skatin???
We had a completely different route and day planned but the snow situation made us change it up last minute so we had to leave a few things out (whitewater kayaking, fishing, cliff jumping, skate park, etc...). Next time!

Excellent! Could only be improved with a wingsuit, sans parachute, landing on the beach.
The only two things my wife won't let me do: base jumping and cave scuba diving. Well, and that time where she didn't let me go spear fishing at night in an area with tiger sharks. What a buzzkill! ;)
RURP_Belay

Big Wall climber
Bitter end of a bad anchor
  Apr 30, 2018 - 08:57am PT
Damn - That's a lot of expensive toys!
highsierradave

Mountain climber
Walker, CA <br> Now poses for pics on rocks.
  Apr 30, 2018 - 11:52am PT
Thought for sure the last few seconds of the video would be base jumping. Lol!
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