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In article <1992Oct27.155437.11498@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> alan@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Alan S. Mazer) writes:
>In article <86q3sB1w164w@carrera.wvus.org> pete@carrera.wvus.org (Pete Gregory) writes:
>>hike to Lily Rock (also known as
>>Tahquitz) if you're experienced hikers (reservation required, don't
>>ask me why).
>
>Lily and Tahquitz are close but different rocks.  There is no trail to Lily
>(at least on _my_ topo).  Sorry to nitpick but...  Also, re San Jacinto, this
>is _quite_ a day hike, about 20 miles round trip with 4000-5000 feet of
>gain as I recall.  A much nicer way to hit San Jac is via the Palm Springs
>Tram.

Well, I'll try to get it 99.44% right for the record:

1) There is a Tahquitz Peak (or Mt.) which may be rocky, but is not, from
   the rock-climbers point of view, a "rock".
 
2) The "real big" rock there is Lily Rock.

3) Another smaller rock, on the other side of the Humber Park area, is
   unofficially named Suicide Rock. The name derives from rock-climbers
   historical annals.

4) Usually, when climbers mean to say "Lily Rock", thery say "Tahquitz".
   Somretimes the whole area, i.e. Lily and Suicide, is called "Tahquitz".

Another real nice way to do San Jacinto is along the ridge from Black Mt.
It is fairly long, but there's not as much gain as from Humber Park, since
one can drive to the top of Black Mt. It's also a significant slice of the
PCT. and not crowded.

Valderee and all that, Russ.