Indian Rock Park - Berkeley, CA - Established Rock Climbing Areas on Waymarking.com

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." (visit link)

"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." (visit link)

Number of named routes: 20-50 Approximate height of the cliff: 20 Website: [Web Link] Park Website: [Web Link] Type of climbing: Bouldering Only Toprope Anchors: Trees Is there camping or a hotel nearby?: no Range of difficulty: Not listed Parking Coordinates: Not Listed Public Viewpoint: Not Listed

Visit Instructions:
Post at least one photo of the climbing area, a photo of climbers on the wall is a bonus.
If you're a climber, a list of what gear you used would be helpful.

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Date Logged Log User Rating   09/10/2014 grandmabetsy visited it 12/04/2009 saopaulo1 visited it

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