Tahquitz

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A view of Tahquitz Rock from Suicide.

Tahquitz, also called Lily Rock, is a rock climbing area near Idyllwild-Pine Cove, California. It has easy-to-difficult multi-pitch climbs on great rock on the way up San Jacinto Peak. Tahquitz has a tough approach hike leading to a roughly 1000 foot (300m) face. The downclimb is dangerous, especially at night. A second popular rock face, called Suicide Rock, lies across the valley.

The Yosemite Decimal System of grading routes was developed at Tahquitz by members of the Rock Climbing Section of the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club in the 1950s. Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills, 6th Edition, The Mountaineers, Seattle, Washington, ISBN 0898864267. P. 550.

It is named for Takwish, a mythological figure of the Cahuilla.

Tribe of Tahquitz refers to the Honor Boy Scout organization of the Long Beach Area Council Boy Scouts of America and a summer camp which bears the same name.

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