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Cielomar
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Climbing "El Pilon" Info.
Does anyone have information about climbing El Pilon in Purisima? Thanks...
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cielomar
Does anyone have information about climbing El Pilon in Purisima? Thanks... |
I think you will be the first! Please take plenty of photos to show us the 360º view from the top!
Here is El Pilon from the ruins of the La Purisima mission (Jack Swords Photo):
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Someone told me there`s a trail to the top. Don`t know if it`s true, but he claimed to have done it and it does look like the perfect place for a
cross, or shrine.
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If I was good with photoshopping like some here, I was visualizing that GIANT JESUS south of Rosarito placed up there... when I read your post!
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[Edited on 1-4-2011 by mcfez]
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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Nice one mcfez...buy the rock reminds me a lot of that one in Arizona named "Molly's Nipple"! Seriously!
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Church Rock
I could put a nipple on....but probably get kicked out of here :-)
[Edited on 1-4-2011 by mcfez]
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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Marc
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
I could put a nipple on....but probably get kicked out of here :-)
[Edited on 1-4-2011 by mcfez] |
Go for it!
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Here are a few more 'looks'. I have no clue what the back side looks like. b1
When the winds turn white in Idaho, it\'s my time to visit the banana trees of Baja.
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David K
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That reminds me of the place in Close Encounters of the Third Kind! Devil's Tower, Wyoming... yes?
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Here some other approches..
[Edited on 1-4-2011 by BajaNomad]
Democracy is like two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
Ben Franklin (1759)
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LaTijereta
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As you enter the valley from the East
There is a small basic hotel you can use as a base camp to explore in La Purisma
Good luck with your climb.. I hope to get back over there in the Sring..
[Edited on 1-4-2011 by LaTijereta]
Democracy is like two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
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Nice photos!
Like everyone else here, I would assume that Cielomar means the Pilon at La Purisima. But there is another Pilon in the area, over on the road up to
San Javier out of Loreto, named El Pilon de las Parras.
I bring this up since I seem to recall that Walt Peterson mentions climbing that one in his Baja book. Since I'm not at home, I don't have said book
handy. But someone (David K?) could look up the La Purisima Pilon in it and see what info is provided, if any. Just a thought.
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David K
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On page 200, The Baja Adventure Book
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajatripper
Nice photos!
Like everyone else here, I would assume that Cielomar means the Pilon at La Purisima. But there is another Pilon in the area, over on the road up to
San Javier out of Loreto, named El Pilon de las Parras.
I bring this up since I seem to recall that Walt Peterson mentions climbing that one in his Baja book. Since I'm not at home, I don't have said book
handy. But someone (David K?) could look up the La Purisima Pilon in it and see what info is provided, if any. Just a thought.
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Bajatripper
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Well, that post of climbing information on El Pilon doesn't sound very encouraging!
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Don Jorge,
Are you sure that is a "class 4" traverse? From your description, it sounds more like Class 3.
Class 4 climbing requires technical skills: A competent leader, rope, belay anchors, and belays. It is assumed that exposure is serious and an unroped
fall would result in serious injury/death. The leader might climb the entire "pitch" (rope length) without placing much, if any, protection between
belay stations.
If it is truly class 4, then no one should attempt it without skills and equipment, unless he/she is a competent technical climber.
More likely that it is Class 3 (aka: "third class climbing") which is "exposed" (a body would fall or tumble some distance). A fall could result in
injury/death, yet the mountaineer would likely climb unroped. One must be attentive to handholds and footholds, using care at routefinding.
For example: The standard route on Picacho del Diablo (Sierra San Pedro Martir) is class 3 to 4. Experienced climbers may be comfortable unroped if
they stay exactly on the correct route. Most climbers would want a rope either for the ascent or to rappel on the descent.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Maderita
Don Jorge,
Are you sure that is a "class 4" traverse? From your description, it sounds more like Class 3.
Class 4 climbing requires technical skills: A competent leader, rope, belay anchors, and belays. It is assumed that exposure is serious and an unroped
fall would result in serious injury/death. The leader might climb the entire "pitch" (rope length) without placing much, if any, protection between
belay stations.
If it is truly class 4, then no one should attempt it without skills and equipment, unless he/she is a competent technical climber.
More likely that it is Class 3 (aka: "third class climbing") which is "exposed" (a body would fall or tumble some distance). A fall could result in
injury/death, yet the mountaineer would likely climb unroped. One must be attentive to handholds and footholds, using care at routefinding.
For example: The standard route on Picacho del Diablo (Sierra San Pedro Martir) is class 3 to 4. Experienced climbers may be comfortable unroped if
they stay exactly on the correct route. Most climbers would want a rope either for the ascent or to rappel on the descent. |
Class 4 can involve short steep sections where the use of a rope is recommended, and un-roped falls could be fatal.
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I might add that securing anchors in most of the Baja rock I have seen would be sketchy at best ....a lot of loose stuff where pro would rip out with little force.
I have seen some stuff that is inviting and have seen climbers around Agua Verde, so it is being done.
Climb On !!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by LaTijereta
As you enter the valley from the East
[Edited on 1-4-2011 by LaTijereta] |
you can see the aquaduct on the left of this image. it is really amazing to see it in person. can't imagine having to hack it into the hillside in
august, 250 years ago....
[Edited on 1-5-2011 by woody with a view]
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Maderita
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motoged,
Any more info on climbing near Agua Verde? Is it in a canyon of the Sierra Giganta? I'm curius to hear more about it as I try to keep up on all
climbing in Baja. Not that you will ever catch me climbing on choss (loose/crappy rock).
The high-quality granite for climbing is in the north, in the Sierra de Juarez and Sierra San Pedro Martir.
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