Suicide Rock
Suicide Rock (once Suicide Peak) is a granite outcrop (7,510 feet (2,290 m)) near Idyllwild, California, which is popular with rock climbers. Over three hundred climbing routes have been described. It is located near Tahquitz Peak.
According to legend, the name of Suicide Rock comes from a story of a Native American princess and her lover who, after being ordered to separate, instead committed suicide by jumping off the rock. It is speculated that this story originated as a derivative of Helen Hunt Jackson's Ramona story, in an attempt to boost tourism to this area in the late 19th century.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Suicide Rock
- ^ "Suicide Rock: Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering". SummitPost. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
- ^ "Summit Signature: 27J Suicide Rock". Hundred Peaks Section, Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
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33°46′15″N 116°41′50″W / 33.77083°N 116.69722°W
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