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poorclimber
Jul 27, 2002, 7:47 AM
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but when I went to turtle rock, there was a sign asking you to not climb on the rock because of some indigenous tribe's religious something or another. It said it was illegal to climb there. Maybe it changed, that was 2 years ago, so who knows.
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neeshman
Jul 27, 2002, 8:00 AM
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I imagine you are talking bout the turtle rock in St. George. Anyways, I climbed there bout a month ago and never have seen a sign. I dont think it is illegal, its a great place to climg. PM me is you ever need a partner!
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sonofspork
Sep 23, 2002, 6:32 PM
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It says "Please Don't Climb Here"...it says nothing about it being illegal. There is not a penal code reference or anything. No one cares if you climb there. I climbed there for about once to three times a month for over a year. Not once was I approached by anyone. Native Americans say almost all rocks have religious significance, and it would be ridiculous to allow them to take all rocks and forbid people to climb on them. It is on public property and is free to the use of all people. Just treat the area with much respect. Clean up trash you find there. Pack home your tape, and don't use too much chalk. Have fun.
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beethovenboy
Sep 23, 2002, 6:50 PM
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I am Native American(mother's full-blooded Mescalero Apache) and I don't see what the big deal is granted I don't know much about the historics of Turtle Rock. If it's so damn important why is there upper class WASP housing all around it? Why are the locals allowed to jump all over it?(When I was there people were running to the top of it and so forth.) Anyways, I don't know why I'm writing all this because it really is a shitty place to climb. Don't even bother going. Spiral out...
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mr_belay
Aug 4, 2004, 2:01 AM
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I agree I drove there once. Waste of time.
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petsfed
Aug 4, 2004, 3:12 AM
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In reply to: I imagine you are talking bout the turtle rock in St. George. Anyways, I climbed there bout a month ago and never have seen a sign. I dont think it is illegal, its a great place to climg. PM me is you ever need a partner! No, there's a Turtle Rock in California. Different from the one you're used to.
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mr_belay
Aug 4, 2004, 3:25 AM
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Yeah but this thread is in the routes Dbase as Turtle Rock in Irvine Ca so my statement stands. Dont wast you r time climbing here unless its right down the street from you and your really really jones'n for some action
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djsulli
Jul 9, 2006, 2:35 AM
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... Having grown up just down the road from this boulder, i was stoked to later find a couple problems on it. There is actually a very hard problem going straight up the overhanging face of this rock, this list says v8 but that rating is clearly arbitrary (as it says "might not go" next to it). I've scoped this closely and i think that line would go for a strong boulderer, besides that it just a cool lookin boulder : )
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