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Rudder
Trad climber
Costa Mesa, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 23, 2015 - 03:17pm PT
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I'm an on again off again climber. Been going to Joshua Tree since 75'. Some things have changed, it's now a NP and looks artificial in places; there are bigger crowds and more climbers wearing gym belay tags on their harnesses; but the feeling is still just as magical now as it was when I was a teenager. The views and the psych just as awesome. I've been putting together a new group from the Sender One gym and the camaraderie is so much fun, just good times with good people. Seems like I've done a lot of routes at Josh but there are still so many left to do! Coarse and Buggy is just one that has been high on my list forever and I finally got to get on it at 55 years old. What a treat! Had a rope gun, thank goodness! Anyway, just had to comment on the magic that is Joshua Tree.
Here's a pic of some of the new gang:
And, Alex lowering off C&B after leading it easily:
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L
climber
California dreamin' on the farside of the world..
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Mar 23, 2015 - 03:21pm PT
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Me toooooooooooooo!
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Mike from Phoenix
Trad climber
Phoenix, AZ
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Mar 23, 2015 - 03:35pm PT
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Me 3! I can't wait to get there in a couple weeks.
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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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Mar 23, 2015 - 04:27pm PT
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more climbers wearing gym belay tags on their harnesses
Hope you told your Sender One crew to remove those tags before entering the park. LOL
I agree, it's a magical place. Happy it is so close to home!!
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Mar 23, 2015 - 04:53pm PT
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^^
PLEASE! Do not let lycra make a comeback. Lycra was the main cause of rap bolting and pink pointing. Goodness knows what it could do in this day and age. Just look what it did to that guy.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Mar 23, 2015 - 05:01pm PT
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Scrubbling Bubbles;....you are so wrong;..only 60 routes worth doing!!...C'mon.......there are at LEAST 75 worth doing.....(OK...maybe more like 70;.....but only 60?......really......get real....)..........
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Mar 23, 2015 - 05:09pm PT
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See you all on 4/11......
Rudder... Sender one is a nice gym, your lucky to have it around.
Remember to teach those kids to dump the tags.....
Keep the Lycra, looks good on 18-30 YO girls......
and there are at least 110 climbs worth doing.... IMHO
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adam d
climber
CA
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Mar 23, 2015 - 05:50pm PT
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I've been going every year since '99, except for the last 3 I missed. Excited though to go back at the beginning of April.
Stoke:
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Rudder
Trad climber
Costa Mesa, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 23, 2015 - 06:53pm PT
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Okay, Alex is not wearing lycra. :O
I don't know what Todd is on, but I want to climb with Todd!
Guyman looks like he could be starting Geronimo?
Adam looks to be belaying from Solid Gold?
And, the third picture from Adam is Illusion Dweller.
But, I don't know the name of the other climbs that Adam posted. :/
Here's a couple shots from a week ago when I took the gang over to Headstone:
I believe there might be a belay badge on display. haha
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 23, 2015 - 06:54pm PT
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^ nice looking climbs adamD. I only recognize one of them, and give up on the rest. Please share.
Drooling in Seattle (and will not crowd the place)
Darwin
PS and OP: Thanks!
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Mar 23, 2015 - 07:15pm PT
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#1 is Solid Gold...
#2 O'Kellys Crack
Yes, that is me starting Germanio .... this was late fall 73, feeling sort of nervous about this.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Mar 23, 2015 - 07:17pm PT
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Adam's last one looks like Natural Selection.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Mar 23, 2015 - 07:18pm PT
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Hell yeah
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Mar 23, 2015 - 07:23pm PT
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HI, kris and jefe...
So whats in your pic, jefe??
Kris, got any?
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Jason Kim
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Mar 23, 2015 - 07:51pm PT
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Some more JT porn! Getting back out this coming weekend, which will be three in a row. Loving it.
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adam d
climber
CA
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Mar 23, 2015 - 07:56pm PT
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#1 isn't Solid Gold, but very close...
#2 O'Kelley's
#3 Illusion Dweller
#4 something in Isles corridor behind Bird of Fire
#5 Natural Selection.
Jefe's 2nd shot is top down on C&B
Jason, nice angle on N Overhang in the last light.
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Dimes
Social climber
Wonderland of Retirement
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Mar 23, 2015 - 08:10pm PT
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Rolfr
Trad climber
La Quinta and Penticton BC
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Mar 23, 2015 - 08:18pm PT
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So many people walk around Joshua Tree with blinders on, What's cool about JT is that there are thousands of fantastic routes if you get off the beaten track.
http://www.mountainproject.com/v/110061621
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Mar 23, 2015 - 09:00pm PT
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Probably not so easy to id from this angle. A Josh "off the road" mega classic.
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Rudder
Trad climber
Costa Mesa, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 24, 2015 - 01:35am PT
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What is that one, Ksolem?
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