Indian Rock Park - Berkeley, CA
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saopaulo1
N 37° 53.537 W 122° 16.368
10S E 563939 N 4194112
Indian Rock Park is a rock park in the Berkeley Hills. It's main feature is a large boulder used for bouldering.
Waymark Code: WM7V05
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/04/2009
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From Berkeley's website: "Indian Rock Park was a gift to the City of Berkeley from Mason-McDuffie Real Estate Company during its development of the Northbrae area. It was dedicated for park purposes in 1917. Dick Leonard, the “father of modern rock climbing,” and noted environmentalist David Brower, founder of Friends of the Earth, learned rock climbing and developed their mountaineering techniques at Indian Rock. Brower used this special knowledge to prepare training manuals during World War II, which proved critical in enabling the 86th Regiment of the U.S. Army to surprise the Germans at Riva Ridge in the North Appennines in Italy, the major action disrupting German lines in southern Europe." (
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"A popular bouldering area with a great view of the San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge and Mount Tam. On a dry day, you will see families, kids, pets, and couples enjoying this hunk of rock. And climbers too. The Pit hosts over a dozen bouldering problems. And you can make easy to very difficult problems throughout this area." (
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