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Greg Retkowski

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Nov 5, 2025
San Diego County > S San Diego County > El Cajon Mountain > Mountaineer Walls > Toe
Tethered Goat 5.6
● Did this route yesterday. The base of the route is heavily affected by the fires. Bring a rope tarp or risk… View Comment
Sep 2, 2025
Tahquitz & Suic… > Tahquitz Rock > (g) W Face > W Face - Right Side
Jensen's Jaunt 5.6
● The slab on the last pitch felt a bit sketch. Blowing the slab moves heading to the vertical cracks would h… View Comment
Nov 3, 2024
San Diego County > S San Diego County > El Cajon Mountain > Mountaineer Walls > Toe
Cactus Kiss 5.8 PG13
● My suggested gear for the second pitch is purple down to blue totem/BD (0.5-0.3), and nuts. View Comment
Mar 19, 2023
San Diego County > S San Diego County > El Cajon Mountain > Mountaineer Walls > Toe
Up. 5.9
● The moves past the #2 cam placement on pitch 1 are barely 5th class. I felt comfortable skipping the cam on… View Comment
Jan 30, 2022
San Diego County > S San Diego County > Corte Madera > Beginner's Bluff
Threesome 5.9
● The route appears to start to the right and below the boulder -- there's a bolt down there. That area just… View Comment
Jan 30, 2022
San Diego County > S San Diego County > Corte Madera
Beginner's Bluff
● two pleasant climbs - however the area doesn't look to get much traffic. If you have a wire brush the route… View Comment

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Regional > Southern California
Reply: Recommendations for first time in Tahquitz
Apr 30, 2019 I just had my first trip to Tahquitz this weekend. Did trough Saturday; It was busy, so be prepared to pass less experienced parties and have faster parties pass you. The appro… View Message
MountainProject.com - the site > Help
Reply: What's this Alpine business?
Apr 30, 2019 Thanks for the fix Nick! View Message
MountainProject.com - the site > Help
What's this Alpine business?
Apr 29, 2019 'Alpine' is showing up now as a majority of routes in a bunch of nearby areas - ex mountainproject.com/area/10… - afaik routes with 90 second approaches aren't typicall… View Message

Route Scores View All 41

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 78
● Sleeping Giant
Trad 10 pitches
San Diego County > … > Mountaineer Walls > Toe
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 1,361
● Bishops Terrace
Trad
Yosemite NP > … > Valley N Side > G. Church Bowl
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
 1,324
● Cat in the Hat
Trad 6 pitches
Southern Nevada > … > Mescalito > Southeast Buttress
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
 536
● Sunnyside Bench Regular Route
Trad 3 pitches
Yosemite NP > … > E Yosemite Fall… > Sunnyside Bench
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
 399
● Angel's Fright
Trad 4 pitches
Tahquitz & Suic… > … > (g) W Face > W Face - Center (Flin…
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 29
● COVID
Sport 4 pitches
San Diego County > … > Mountaineer Walls > Toe
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Sleeping Giant San Diego County > … > Mountaineer Walls > Toe
Avg:  78
Greg:
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad 10 pitches
5.10a
● Bishops Terrace Yosemite NP > … > Valley N Side > G. Church Bowl
Avg:  1,361
Greg:
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad
● Cat in the Hat Southern Nevada > … > Mescalito > Southeast Buttress
Avg:  1,324
Greg:
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad 6 pitches
● Sunnyside Bench Regular Route Yosemite NP > … > E Yosemite Fall… > Sunnyside Bench
Avg:  536
Greg:
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a Trad 3 pitches
5.5
● Angel's Fright Tahquitz & Suic… > … > (g) W Face > W Face - Center (Flin…
Avg:  399
Greg:
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad 4 pitches
● COVID San Diego County > … > Mountaineer Walls > Toe
Avg:  29
Greg:
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport 4 pitches
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