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kurplunk
Apr 25, 2005, 4:11 PM
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Can anyone recommend some nice beginner multipitch routes near the South Bay Area? Looking for 2-4 pitch, mostly bolted without long runouts, 5.7 - 5.10ish.
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tim
Apr 25, 2005, 4:16 PM
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Which South Bay? L.A. or San Francisco?
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mungeclimber
Apr 25, 2005, 4:25 PM
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LA doesn't have a Bay. It's harbor, and a nasty one at that.
Could be South Bay as in South Hudson Bay?
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mungeclimber
Apr 25, 2005, 4:28 PM
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Pinnacles has a multitude of multipitch.
Feather Canyon being the longest at 6 pitches, but not exactly all rock climbing.
Condor Crags has some multis.
Even Flumes wall can be 2 pitches. There are a couple new lines on Machete as well.
If you do a little A1 aid, you can get some altitude on Machete Ridge.
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kixrox
Apr 25, 2005, 5:05 PM
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STFU mungebobsquarepants,
L.A. has a South Bay, I grew up there.
Santa Monica Bay ring a bell?
South Bay = Torrance, Redondo, Hermosa, Manhattan. no crags.
surf, women, vball, strand, women, food, bars, women, surf, sailing, fishing, surf, women, but no crags.
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kurplunk
Apr 25, 2005, 7:53 PM
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Sorry for the confusion. Bay Area, Northern California (profile).
Thanks Mungeclimber. Done Pinnacles, but almost always single pitch sport. "The Regular Route" on the Monolith and "Thrill Hammer" on Tourist Trap came to mind, but wondered if there wasn't something better/longer that was well protected. I'll look up your suggestions in the guidebook. Any specific routes/favorites to recommend?
Not much for aid.
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mungeclimber
Apr 25, 2005, 9:50 PM
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In reply to: STFU mungebobsquarepants, L.A. has a South Bay, I grew up there. Santa Monica Bay ring a bell? South Bay = Torrance, Redondo, Hermosa, Manhattan. no crags. surf, women, vball, strand, women, food, bars, women, surf, sailing, fishing, surf, women, but no crags.
I-405 says what?
Cross Town Traffic is the size of some small countries.
filthy sea-weed ridden, good fer nuthin, sex waxin So Cal'rs out thar.
Santa Monica is a pier. With chix, yes, but it's just a pier. Nothing else. You can't count jettis as a bay.
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mungeclimber
Apr 25, 2005, 9:54 PM
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In reply to: Sorry for the confusion. Bay Area, Northern California (profile). Thanks Mungeclimber. Done Pinnacles, but almost always single pitch sport. "The Regular Route" on the Monolith and "Thrill Hammer" on Tourist Trap came to mind, but wondered if there wasn't something better/longer that was well protected. I'll look up your suggestions in the guidebook. Any specific routes/favorites to recommend? Not much for aid.
Kur,
The rock on the West Side often leaves much to be desired. Try Twinkle Toes Traverse at 5.6 for a couple of short pitches. While there do the clean 5.8 Destiny. If you can hack the old bolts on the "Gary and Phyllis Headwall" aka "Upper Bandit Bench" then you can add that on to Twinkle Toes for a couple hundred feet total. All free climbing. Flumes wall has a couple shorty quality lines on it that usually are done in two pitches.
OMG, and for the love of god, don't go to Santa Monica. :)
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