Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Advice for Mountaineer's Route

Thanks so much.....I am listening to all of the advice and passing it on to my buddy, who is a bit more "gung-ho" than me. I am an extremely cautious person who reads and ingests information from everywhere before I make a decision about what I believe can be a dangerous situation.....so I REALLY appreciate it and please keep giving more advice.

I have already checked into a climbing gym in Riverside, called THRESHHOLD. My wife and I talked about it and the gym looks like it could be something we can have a lot of fun doing with our teenagers, since it's harder to find things to do with them and spend quality time, as they get distracted by .... well, everything teens get distracted by.

My wife told me about a place called Black Mountain/Boulder Basin in the San Jacinto Mountains that I could possibly do a bit of light rock scrambling, so I may check that out. There's also Tahquitz Rock. I've gone very near it on hikes, but never actually gone to the rock, so I don't know what it entails.

My memory goes back to a buddy of mine who went to Yosemite when he was a teen, about 30+ years ago. He "thought" he was a climber and decided to try going up a steep formation. I vividly remember him telling me how easy it was going up......and how embarrassing it was having the Park Personnel rescue him!

Thanks and I will keep checking in and passing on the info.