El Cajon

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Leonids

Leonids.

A quick one day visit to this suburban San Diego crag during Shirley’s work related trip. Despite the proximity to the city, the only downsides were graffitied up boulders at the start of the hike. The climb itself, Leonids (3 pitches, 5.9), was surprisingly fun. Enjoyable and well protected granite face climbing. The warm (hot in fact) weather that day certainly did not detract from the experience.

Pretty Pretty

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Starting the ~90ish minute hike up to the base of El Cajon Mountain just outside the San Diego suburbia (Jan. 2018).


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Some inked up boulders at the start of the hike (Jan. 2018).


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It’s the smaller, further one on the right (Jan. 2018).


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Colorful granite boulders on the approach hike (not graffiti this time; Jan. 2018).

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More approach to El Cajon (Jan. 2018).

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Leading pitch 1 of Leonids (Jan. 2018).


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Shirley starting up pitch 1 of Leonids (Jan. 2018).


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More pitch 1 action (Jan. 2018).


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Pretty long first pitch (Jan. 2018).


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Views from Leonids (Jan. 2018).


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Cool rock (Jan. 2018).


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Shirley arriving atop pitch 1 of Leonids (Jan. 2018).


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Starting pitch 2 (Jan. 2018).


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Shirley on pitch 2 (Jan. 2018).


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Views from top of pitch 2 (Jan. 2018).


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Shirley following pitch 2 of Leonids (Jan. 2018).


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Views back towards San Diego from the route (Jan. 2018).


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Shirley topping out on pitch 2 (Jan. 2018).


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Starting the short pitch 3 (Jan. 2018).


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Shirley belaying me on pitch 3 (Jan. 2018).


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Higher on pitch 3 (Jan. 2018).


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Shirley on pitch 3 with the top of Triton Tower below (Jan. 2018).


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More views from the route (Jan. 2018).


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Shirley topping out on Leonids (Jan. 2018).


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Rapping off El Cajon (Jan. 2018).


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Hiking back (Jan. 2018).


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One last look at El Cajon (Jan. 2018).


San Diego

… slightly more urban views of San Diego (Jan. 2018).


Oregon

And back home with Benny enjoying the snow (Jan. 2018).

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