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Long Beach [CA] firefighter, another rock climber found dead in Riverside County
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Posted on 09/29/2022 8:07:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Rescuers were called around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday to Tahquitz Rock near Idyllwild following a distress call, the Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department said on Twitter.

A team managed to climb into the steep, remote area and found both the climbers dead at the scene, the department said.

While one climber remains unidentified, multiple reports and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department have identified the other climber as Long Beach firefighter and former NFL player Gavin Escobar.

Tahquitz Rock, with its steep granite cliffs, is a popular destination for climbers.

Two climbers from Los Angeles fell 200 feet (60 meters) to their deaths on the rock in 2000...

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: climbing; escobar; nfl; rockclimbing; tahquitz; tahquitzrock
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1 posted on 09/29/2022 8:07:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Pretty as hell there. Americans need to take it back!


2 posted on 09/29/2022 8:11:07 PM PDT by BobL (By the way, low tonight in Estonia: 39 degrees (burrr))
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To: BobL

What, do you think those guys were Russians?


3 posted on 09/29/2022 8:15:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

“What, do you think those guys were Russians?”

Worse - people from south of the border.


4 posted on 09/29/2022 8:16:42 PM PDT by BobL (By the way, low tonight in Estonia: 39 degrees (burrr))
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Long Beach is in L.A. county. In California. It’s between San Pedro and Huntington Beach. You should come out and visit. You can stay at the Queen Mary Hotel. It’s fun.


5 posted on 09/29/2022 8:20:51 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Thanks, let me check that my passport hasn’t expired. I may want to visit!


6 posted on 09/29/2022 8:24:08 PM PDT by BobL (By the way, low tonight in Estonia: 39 degrees (burrr))
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To: BobL

Passport?

What in the world are you talking about?


7 posted on 09/29/2022 8:30:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Gavin played for the Dallas Cowboys and other NFL teams, retiring in 2018. I believe that he became a firefighter with the Long Beach FD.

The other climber killed was believed to be his girlfriend, Chelsey Walsh.


8 posted on 09/29/2022 8:31:42 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: BenLurkin

Actually the Queen Mary is closed and undergoing extensive repairs. The last company that managed it went bankrupt and left it virtually uninhabitable. Last time I was over that way about 2 weeks ago, I stopped by and spoke to the construction superintendent. He said he he had divers in the water currently patching leaks in the hull, pumping out water and sewage and preparing to do a complete MEP upgrade. It will be a few more years before it reopens.


9 posted on 09/29/2022 8:32:58 PM PDT by Qui is (First, never apologize to the enemy, and second, never forget that Biden spews and Harris swallows. )
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To: texas booster

Oh no, I remember Gavin.


10 posted on 09/29/2022 8:33:15 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BenLurkin
You can stay at the Queen Mary Hotel. It’s fun.

It is. indeed. You can also tour a Soviet submarine as well, berthed next to the QM.

11 posted on 09/29/2022 8:35:33 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Qui is

That’s a shame. Stayed there about twenty years ago. Beautiful ship.


12 posted on 09/29/2022 8:35:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Qui is

Oops! Bad news.


13 posted on 09/29/2022 8:36:35 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: BenLurkin

I have lived on this mountain since 1989. It is nothing like the rest of SoCal.


14 posted on 09/29/2022 8:39:46 PM PDT by granite (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: BenLurkin
My scout troop often made trips to climb this rock. The other favorite trips from Idyllwild included going up Devil's Slide to the saddle, then off to Wellman's Divide and on to the summit of San Jacinto. The longer overnight left from the saddle to Round Valley for an overnight camp. After breakfast, on to Wellman's divide and the San Jacinto Summit. The trip was completed by hiking back to the saddle from Wellman's Divide, then down Devil's Slide for pickup and return home.
15 posted on 09/29/2022 10:29:14 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: granite
My last trip to Idyllwild was for overnight camping at the site in town. Lots of squirrels around as we setup camp. In the morning, lots of notices tacked onto the trees saying to avoid the squirrels due to plague.

We shifted to camping at Lake Elsinore and eventually stopped camping at all. The last trip to Elsinore was spoiled by a campsite full of red ants and no alternatives. Fortunately, the drive up from Chula Vista was easily retraced home.

The other favorite peak for my scout troop was San Gorgonio. I've been to the top of Gorgonio twice and San Jacinto on 5 separate trips.

16 posted on 09/29/2022 10:36:01 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: BenLurkin

Well, he IS Russian so…


17 posted on 09/29/2022 10:52:42 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: BenLurkin; All

Tahquitz Rock, with its steep granite cliffs, is a popular destination for climbers.

Two climbers from Los Angeles fell 200 feet (60 meters) to their deaths on the rock in 2000, according to the L.A. Times.

Is it inferred then that the casualties are from a rock climbing accident? The ambiguous nature of the wording forces one to ask, is there something being deliberately covered up?


18 posted on 09/29/2022 11:54:51 PM PDT by robowombat (As am I, but it isnot any of my business that the people of GOrth,He looks like the sex all y one )
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To: BenLurkin

When I started dating my wife I took her to Ports ‘O Call Village, in 1973. We went back several times, for the memories.


19 posted on 09/30/2022 12:34:17 AM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: BenLurkin

Rock climbing is a stupid sport, and people who do it are stupid too, and have a death wish. In my humble opinion. What a stupid thing to die for - climbing a stupid rock.


20 posted on 09/30/2022 12:54:37 AM PDT by Penelope Dreadful (And there is Pansies, that's for Thoughts. +Sodomy & Abortion are NOT cornerstones of Civilization! )
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