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Great day out in San Diego teaching some rope skills. In this setup we used the actual rope as an anchor to take advantage of an already set rappel line. It allowed us to quickly descent right after the climb (without having to take any extra steps to rig the rappell). This system is very efficient in the following scenario: – single pitch climbing (or last pitch of a multi-pitch climb followed by a descent via rappelling off the same anchor)- rappell rings available- top belay directly off the anchor followed by a descent via rappelling off the same anchor- desire to move fast in a single pitch environmenthere is the step by step breakdown:1.leader leads pitch2. leader reaches two bolt anchor and clips PAS into each bolt (2anchor points – redundancy!) 3.leader calls "off belay"4. leader ties 5-10feet of rope off to harness to secure rope before untying (makes it impossible to drop rope after untying)5. leader unties from rope6.leader passes rope end through rap ring or rings7.leader ties a double overhand knot into the end that was just passed through the rappel ring/s (closing the system! avoids rappelling off the end of the rope)8. leader pulls rope though the rappel rings to the middle mark of the rope (longest possible rappel!)9. leader folds up the rope right by the rappel ring to then tie an overhand knot on a bite "BHK – big honking knot" – this loop/bite is the master point now!10. leader pulls in remaining rope (in case the route is shorter than half the rope length) until follower calls "its me!"11. leader rigs belay device to rope (here we used a GriGri but any tubular device in plaquette mode would work too, such as ATC guide or Petzl reverso or many others)12. leader clips belay device to masterpoint and locks the carabiner13. leader calls "on belay" and follower calls "climbing"14. follower follows while leader belays15. when follower reaches the anchor – the rappel is already set up

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Memorable moments from our annual multi pitch climb with Stanley, Tristen and Sean in Joshua Tree. Together with master guide @gregasaurus_flex we embarked on an "up and over" mission of "Lorst Horse Wall", climbing the "Wilson Regular route" to then rappel down the backside towards Hemingway area… full summit adventure mode 🧗‍♂️⛰🕺 The stoke was high, the climb was challenging and moves were busted out with and without support. Big thanks to Greg for the high spirits and for providing the best experience keep on rocking 🤙
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Memorable moments from our annual multi pitch climb with Stanley, Tristen and Sean in Joshua Tree. Together with master guide @gregasaurus_flex we embarked on an "up and over" mission of "Lorst Horse Wall", climbing the "Wilson Regular route" to then rappel down the backside towards Hemingway area… full summit adventure mode 🧗‍♂️⛰🕺 The stoke was high, the climb was challenging and moves were busted out with and without support. Big thanks to Greg for the high spirits and for providing the best experience keep on rocking 🤙

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"Tahquitz" is a 900+ feet/300+ meters gigantic rock formation in Idyllwild, Southern California. A dreamland for long climbs on high quality granite. This place is rich in US climbing history featuring the first 5.9 of the country "the open book". Many other classic routes are hosted on this beauty with long climbs as easy as 5.3 "white maidens walkway" or as hard as 5.12!Spring time is the time to head out there and get your climb on and breeze some mountain air.

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