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say-no-to-rap-bolting!

Trad climber
Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 11, 2008 - 12:00pm PT
My top 5 are:
-illusion dweller
-equinox
-figures on a landscape
-father figure
-o kelley's crack
in no special order
what do you think?
afterwards we can see which routes get most mentioned...

°°go climb a rock°°
socalbolter

Sport climber
Silverado, CA
Mar 11, 2008 - 09:19pm PT
Oh gosh, hard to pick just five.

Routes that come to mind immediately are:

Black Diamond, Equinox, O'Kelley's Crack, Survivor, Coarse and Buggy, Vector, Bloodline, Figures on a Landscape...

Curious to see what people throw out there on this topic. There's a lot of variety in Joshua Tree (style of climbing and rock quality), with enough standouts here and there to allow most to tailor make a tick list of routes that would be classics anywhere.
Todd Gordon

Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
Mar 11, 2008 - 09:44pm PT
Figures
Manly Dike
Coarse and Buggy
Black President
Dos Chichis

Jingy

Social climber
Flatland, Ca
Mar 11, 2008 - 10:11pm PT
I have no idea what the names of the climbs are, but the only climbs I've been on in JTree have made me cry like a baby.. So I can't say that I have a favorite...

Well, that one little crack I did with some friends was cool... And that one crack way out there by that one place, that one was cool too! That one was way better too. I almost did the whole climb in one go, off the couch. I failed this climb, but had a great time goin' for it anyway!

Those face climbs are impossible.

And overhanging stuff I've been on all caused severe hemorrhaging, so I can't say I've had that great of an experience on those.


Then there was that one that Chris and Will put me on. Some crack that went around a corner, exposed as hell, to a head-wall traverse. SUPER EXPOSED!!! I'm not even sure I was able to finish this one... fear of death!

How's that for the list?
climbrunride

Trad climber
Durango, CO
Mar 11, 2008 - 10:20pm PT
Double Cross
Illusion Dweller
Poodles Are People Too
Walk On The Wild Side
Run For Your Life
socalbolter

Sport climber
Silverado, CA
Mar 11, 2008 - 11:37pm PT
Forgot about Manly Dike.

It definitely deserves a nod.
WBraun

climber
Mar 11, 2008 - 11:40pm PT
o kelley's crack

Leave it to Beaver

Spiderline

More Monkey than Funky

And that thin thing way out there forgot the name.
Crimpergirl

Social climber
So on my way outta St. Looney!!!
Mar 11, 2008 - 11:54pm PT
I feel like I've hardly climbed enough in J-tree to provide five. I will say that 'Poodles Are People Too' and 'Run For Your Life' were *superb!* Papa Woosley and the Northwest Overhang (heck, especially the NW overhang) made me whimper, whine, cry and shiver like an infant. Never again!
Jaybro

Social climber
The West
Mar 12, 2008 - 12:22am PT
eye
eye
eye
eye
eye

Monkey roof
Wangerbanger
Centurion
Spiderline
Equinox
Castaways
e-Rescue
c-numb
Morongo man
Grit roof
and others,
get the honorable mention
G_Gnome

Trad climber
In the mountains... somewhere...
Mar 12, 2008 - 12:31am PT
I'll have to think about this one.

But some of my favorites to start with:

Bendix Claws
Middle Age Crazy
Perpetual Motion
Stand and Deliver
Trespassers Will Be Violated
Matt

Trad climber
primordial soup
Mar 12, 2008 - 03:25am PT
illusion dweller
clean and jerk
more monkey
coarse and buggy
gunsmoke (according to the rating, it's a route too!)
Watusi

Social climber
Newport, OR
Mar 12, 2008 - 03:32am PT
I only climbed there once or twice but I remember they had a couple cracks that were fun...The Bong...Stingray...Oh and that Equinox one was a fun onsight...
say-no-to-rap-bolting!

Trad climber
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 12, 2008 - 06:25am PT
thanks for your input...
this gives some good ideas for the next adventures.

interseting to see how many different climbd are mentioned...

have fun
Brutus of Wyde

climber
Old Climbers' Home, Oakland CA
Mar 12, 2008 - 07:17am PT
Zig Zag
Eye
Overhang Bypass
Damper
Duchess Right
Riotch

Trad climber
Kayenta, Arizona
Mar 12, 2008 - 08:47am PT
1. Figures on a Landscape
2. Imaginary Voyage (totally unique, fun, & challenging)
3. Pigpen (boulder prob)
4. EBGBs
5. Course & Buggy

Tough call . . .
Levy

Big Wall climber
So Cal
Mar 12, 2008 - 10:11am PT
South Of Heaven ~ one of the best aretes anywhere
Survivor ~ the best route nobody knows about in JTree - on Queen Mtn, Louie's best FA?
Equinox
Figures On A Landscape
Imaginary Voyage ~ very unique, wild & classic
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Mar 12, 2008 - 10:46am PT
Some that stand out in the memory of a very occasional visitor --

[url="http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=473535&tn=0"]Figures on a Landscape[/url]
I Can't Believe It's a Girdle
Diamondback
Solid Gold
Illusion Dweller
Gary

climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
Mar 12, 2008 - 12:04pm PT
From actual experience?

Lickety Split
Walk On the Wild Side
The Chief -- best 5.5 in the park
Route 66 -- best 5.4 in the park
Catch a Falling Star

worst:
Not Worth Your Pile
Carolyn's Rump
Gargoyle
Route 1326
That 5.0 trough thing on the far left side of Echo Rock
drc

Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
Mar 12, 2008 - 01:12pm PT
My favorites in no particular order:

Bird on a Wire
Illusion Dweller
Heart n Sole
Aguile de Joshua Tree
Chasm of Doom
Hootervillian

climber
the Hooterville World-Guardian
Mar 12, 2008 - 02:48pm PT
Routes-
Touch and Go
Solid Gold
The Eye (must be done every evening)
Mental Physics
Big Moe

BPs-
Stem Gem
Fry Problem
Slashface
White Rastafarian
All Washed Up
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