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element320


Sep 25, 2006, 8:58 PM
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Black Rock Spire near Willits needs some love
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Hey all!

I found a great set of boulders near willits, CA. I travel out this way twice a year for outdoor music events, and would love to make climbing on this boulder part of my ritual. It does need some attention though.

It needs poison oak removal, hold brushing (totally virgin), and some smaller rocks moved on one of the faces.

Here is the link to the area, with directions and everything:
http://www.rockclimbing.com/routes/listArea.php?AreaID=10420

Hope some willits climbers will take some time to clean it up for all of us.

(yes this is a refrence to WoW for those that are into it.)

cheers!

-e-


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A pic to wet your appetite [In reply to]
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Hard to tell the scale from this shot, but the overhang in the front is about 6 feet, and the tower probably 12-15. Good stuff.


http://www.edcolmar.com/images/UBRS.jpg


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ubrs :lol: what server you on?


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Heading back up there this weekend to hopefully do some cleanup and name a few routes!

All will be wow related!!!

Has anyone else been up there yet?


element320


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Went up again this past weekend.

Shot some video of the v3 - v4 I put up.

http://vids.myspace.com/...amp;videoid=18345428


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DO you have GPS coordinates or directions? I'm heading up there this weekend and would love to check it out.


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I'm not a boulderer (is that even a word?) cuz I thought I would suck at it but if that is a V4 then maybe I should start!

jovino wrote:
DO you have GPS coordinates or directions? I'm heading up there this weekend and would love to check it out.

GPS coordinate? are you joking? Your boulderererers are fucking weird.

The picture is pretty cool looking... is there anything hard on the tall face?


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Yeah, well... the coordinates helps to let me know where it is, and helps others to find it. In case you are wondering, it's at: N 39° 27.510, W 123° 12.583 ;)

The tall face has some fairly nice features, but since it's all sedimentary shale-like rock, it's really not worth climbing because the face flakes apart very easily.

rtwilli4 wrote:
GPS coordinate? are you joking? Your boulderererers are fucking weird.

The picture is pretty cool looking... is there anything hard on the tall face?


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