A Double Climbing Fatality At Tahquitz Remembered
The climbers who fell on Tahquitz Rock in October 2003 were experienced, known for "quadruple-checking" things. Yet as they finished a multipitch route, something went terribly wrong.
The climbers who fell on Tahquitz Rock in October 2003 were experienced, known for "quadruple-checking" things. Yet as they finished a multipitch route, something went terribly wrong.
“Climbers We Lost” is an annual tribute to community members we've lost in the past year. Clark Jacobs, age 67, was one of those climbers.
First he was looking at motorcycle-crash type injuries. Then it got worse. A detour on the famous route Serpentine, Suicide Wall.