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say-no-to-rap-bolting!
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 11, 2008 - 12:00pm PT
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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°°
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socalbolter
Sport climber
Silverado, CA
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Mar 11, 2008 - 09:19pm PT
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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.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Mar 11, 2008 - 09:44pm PT
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Figures
Manly Dike
Coarse and Buggy
Black President
Dos Chichis
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Jingy
Social climber
Flatland, Ca
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Mar 11, 2008 - 10:11pm PT
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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?
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climbrunride
Trad climber
Durango, CO
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Mar 11, 2008 - 10:20pm PT
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Double Cross
Illusion Dweller
Poodles Are People Too
Walk On The Wild Side
Run For Your Life
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socalbolter
Sport climber
Silverado, CA
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Mar 11, 2008 - 11:37pm PT
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Forgot about Manly Dike.
It definitely deserves a nod.
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WBraun
climber
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Mar 11, 2008 - 11:40pm PT
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o kelley's crack
Leave it to Beaver
Spiderline
More Monkey than Funky
And that thin thing way out there forgot the name.
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
So on my way outta St. Looney!!!
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Mar 11, 2008 - 11:54pm PT
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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!
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Mar 12, 2008 - 12:22am PT
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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
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
In the mountains... somewhere...
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Mar 12, 2008 - 12:31am PT
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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
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Matt
Trad climber
primordial soup
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Mar 12, 2008 - 03:25am PT
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illusion dweller
clean and jerk
more monkey
coarse and buggy
gunsmoke (according to the rating, it's a route too!)
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Mar 12, 2008 - 03:32am PT
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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...
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say-no-to-rap-bolting!
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 12, 2008 - 06:25am PT
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thanks for your input...
this gives some good ideas for the next adventures.
interseting to see how many different climbd are mentioned...
have fun
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Brutus of Wyde
climber
Old Climbers' Home, Oakland CA
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Mar 12, 2008 - 07:17am PT
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Zig Zag
Eye
Overhang Bypass
Damper
Duchess Right
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Riotch
Trad climber
Kayenta, Arizona
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Mar 12, 2008 - 08:47am PT
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1. Figures on a Landscape
2. Imaginary Voyage (totally unique, fun, & challenging)
3. Pigpen (boulder prob)
4. EBGBs
5. Course & Buggy
Tough call . . .
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Levy
Big Wall climber
So Cal
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Mar 12, 2008 - 10:11am PT
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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
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Mar 12, 2008 - 10:46am PT
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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
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Mar 12, 2008 - 12:04pm PT
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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
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drc
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Mar 12, 2008 - 01:12pm PT
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My favorites in no particular order:
Bird on a Wire
Illusion Dweller
Heart n Sole
Aguile de Joshua Tree
Chasm of Doom
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Hootervillian
climber
the Hooterville World-Guardian
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Mar 12, 2008 - 02:48pm PT
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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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atchafalaya
climber
Babylon
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Mar 12, 2008 - 02:56pm PT
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Bird of Fire
Coarse and Buggy
Clean and Jerk
Big Moe
Illusion Dweller
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Mar 12, 2008 - 02:59pm PT
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figures
beaver
equinox
clean+jerk
caveman
stem gem
rasta
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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Mar 12, 2008 - 03:01pm PT
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Rubicon
Bird of Fire
Clean and Jerk
Run For Your Life
Touch and Go
My faves of the ones I have done...
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socalbolter
Sport climber
Silverado, CA
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Mar 12, 2008 - 08:39pm PT
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Totally forgot about South of Heaven.
It was made famous by Epi's photo, but deserves the fame just as much for the climbing.
Most definitely worth the walk.
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rbob
climber
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Mar 12, 2008 - 09:51pm PT
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no one has mentioned Hot Rocks?
That climb is pretty spectacular...
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Anastasia
Trad climber
Califlower/Utahlah
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Mar 12, 2008 - 10:20pm PT
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My favorite are...
Double Cross
Illusion Dweller
South of Heaven
Crimping Lessons
... and something "poodle."
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland: what's not to love?
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Mar 12, 2008 - 10:51pm PT
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Bird on a Wire, good call great route
Chasm of Doom, another good call, best top out in full moon
Orange Flake
Illusion Dweller
Right Ski Track to top at sunset
Coarse and Buggy, Bird of Fire, Exorcist, Mental Physics all runners up. Dog Leg is better than Double Cross but doesn't make the list.
Hobbit Hole is a fun boulder problem
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Anastasia
Trad climber
Califlower/Utahlah
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Mar 12, 2008 - 10:52pm PT
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Hobbit Hole!
Love that one...
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, Ca
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Mar 13, 2008 - 12:55am PT
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Middle Age Crazy
Split Personality
Black President
Natural Selection
Count Dracula
In no order, plus a ton of others...
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say-no-to-rap-bolting!
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 13, 2008 - 02:44pm PT
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ok...
here's a first result:
1.figures on a landscape (mentioned 9 times)
2.illusion dweller / coarse and buggy (7)
4.run for your life/clean and jerk (5)
6.equinox (4)
post your favorites so the list gets a little representive!;)
go climb a rock
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Matt
Trad climber
primordial soup
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Mar 13, 2008 - 03:48pm PT
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yeah, i was gonna say, why dontchya lend me 5 bucks?
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CAC
Gym climber
Clairemont
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Mar 13, 2008 - 04:12pm PT
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Figures on a Landscape
Crack Queen
Imaginary Voyage
Rubicon
Episcopalian Toothpick
Can't believe it's a Girdle is classic in a "never again" kind of way...
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Figures
O Kelleys
Rubicon
The Reverend Dick Shook ("hardest 5.7 and worst rock in the Mon,"Eppie)
Librarian Lust
After Beckey
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Joe
Social climber
Santa Cruz Mountains/Los Gatos
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resisted responding to this when it first went up because there are too many and my top 5 changes with every trip. with that said, off the top:
I Can't Believe It's a Girdle
White Rain
Swept Away
Firewater Chimney
Grain Surgery
Honorable mention:
sidewinder
and dozens more
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Wheatus
Social climber
CA
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My two cents:
Illusion Dweller
Touch & Go
Exorist
Solid Gold
I liked Equinox too....except it was C1 not 5.12d. Nice clean aid practice when it is 30 degrees in JT.
Man, I tried to pull a few free moves on Equinox but that crack is a meat grinder. I guess some people love pain.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Wow,
With the exception of several frequent nominees, lots of variety. Mine:
Figures
O'Kelley's
Mental Physics
Sidewinder
Equinox
Lots of other nominees--Coarse and Buggy, Run for Your Life, Hot Rock, Illusion Dweller--are awesome climbs, but these lists are so subjective.
Thought Black President was OK, but not top 5, same with Imaginary Voyage. I think Wangerbanger is a far better climb than both.
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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I think Top 40 to Middle Toilet holds in my heart the position of being the worst.
My top 5:
1) Wonderland
2) Real Hidden Valley
3) Saddle Rocks
4) Echo Rock and surrounding areas
5) Pinto Valley
(shucks, I guess I had to leave out the Ranger Station and areas...)
PS. From the Bong to Stingray, I get it ;-)
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fletch lives
Social climber
south lake tahoe
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leave it to beaver
bikini whale
the eye
figures
big moe
fletch f. fletch
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jack splat
climber
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Rubicon
Father Figure
Split Personality
Leave it to Beaver
Heart of Darkness
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GDavis
Trad climber
SoCal
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Illusion Dweller
Right on (right on!)
Loose Lady
Boussionier (spelling???)
False Hueco
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lars johansen
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Colorado Crack
Walk On The Wild Side
Mental Physics
Dappled Mare
Lost In The Wonderland
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Leavittator
climber
san diego, ca.
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Acid Crack
Equinox
Leave It To Beaver
Book Of Brilliant Things
Dihedron
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onyourleft
Social climber
SmogAngeles
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I'm surprised this one hasn't made an appearance in the thread:
Moosedog Tower - Direct South Face
3 Pitches - 5.9 roof crux - freehanging rap finish.
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Big T
Trad climber
Running Springs, CA
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Illusion Dweller
Figures
Hot Rocks
Clean and Jerk
O'Kelley's
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Jingy writes...."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!"
That was "Around the World" at the Zebra Cliffs. How could you forget?
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Oakley
Trad climber
CA
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Wait, no one's mentioned 'Bat Crack'?
The first pitch is a shredding chimney (which is any chimney in Jtree). The second pitch is a never-ending, ankle bloody-ing, awkwardly low-low-angle crack which introduces you intimately to Quartz Monzonite.
The top of the first pitch ends in a literal bat cave, where hundreds of large mice carcasses line the floor next to the Guano.
I can't understand why no one ever does it.
It's so rotten, it's great!
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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say-no-to-rap-bolting,
Will you be checking to make sure that your tick list has no rap bolted climbs on it?
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SteveW
Trad climber
State of confusion
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Crimpie
Love that name "Poodles are people too".
Reminds me of blueswoman Marcia Ball's "Let me play with your
poodle" album!
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Jingy
Social climber
Flatland, Ca
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Apr 11, 2008 - 01:07am PT
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Sooze - Let's just say I put it in the same place as all the rest of my childhood traumas!
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Grant Meisenholder
Trad climber
CA
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Apr 11, 2008 - 10:55am PT
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I'm surprised Brutus didn't mention Nereltne (next to Hot Rocks)
The problem with JTree is that few of the climbs are pure from the ground up. Most have a few really great moves and the rest is just getting there.
My vote for best routes are
Perpetual Motion
Heart & Sole
Dangling Wu Li Masters
Loose Lucy
Hot Rocks
Illusion Dweller
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say-no-to-rap-bolting!
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 12, 2008 - 12:37pm PT
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survival.
no. this is about what climbs you liked best not if they had a first ascent or a first rappel.
I've not the least problem with the fact that some people like rap-bolted climbs, especially if the climbing is enjoyable. Some people just don't care. Although, for me those routes mostly don't have the same spirit...
cheers
bl
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Redlands
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Nov 17, 2008 - 02:34pm PT
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Tis the season bump.
Wangerbanger - Perfect rock, overhanging crack of all sizes
Imaginary Voyage - Beyond memorable. Outstanding position.
Heart of Darkness - Fingers to thinhands, overhanging clean rock
Throbbing Gristle - Clean double overhanging 7", best OW in JT?
Equinox - amazing splitter in tranquil place, super painful.
The beaver probably deserves a spot in there, but I've never been on it. You can tell I'm not a big fan of the face/slab routes from this list.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Nov 17, 2008 - 03:02pm PT
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I'll try for five good one's which have not been mentioned here yet (unless I missed it.)
Space Mountain
Count Dracula
Yellow Brick Road
Snake Book
Raging Bull Dike
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Jay Hack
Trad climber
bellingham, Washington
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Nov 17, 2008 - 03:12pm PT
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Coarse and Buggy
Illusion Dweller
Imaginary Voyage
Run for your Life
Rubicon
and, well, really the sw corner of the Headstone is just that much fun!
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Chris2
Trad climber
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Nov 17, 2008 - 03:15pm PT
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Geronimo has to be about the most unique 5.7 pretty much anywhere. Think about it:
Upside down 5.7 crack.
Amazing exposure.
Short but so fun.
Stones throw from the campground.
Great protection.
Fun place to hangout.
I first met Peter Croft after he had been doing laps on that climb. As he described it to me, his passion for this short, sweet route really gave me a look into this good mans soul.
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Nov 17, 2008 - 03:21pm PT
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Touch and Go
Rubicon
Roadside Attraction
Wangerbanger
Heart of Darkness
Top 5 that I've not done, but would probably make the list if I had (ahem...could have) done them 'cause they look amazing...
Imaginary Voyage
Course and Buggy
Tumbling Rainbow
Equinox
Mental Physics
Bottom 5
Traversing slab climbs.
Any slab climb.
Cracks that are actually grooves that climb and protect like slabs.
5 star climbs with hour-long approaches that end up only being 20 feet tall.
The climb next to the person trying to kill themself and/or their partner.
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junior
Trad climber
Modesto. CA
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Nov 17, 2008 - 03:33pm PT
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1. leave it to beaver
2. big moe
3. swept away
4. illusion dweller
5. more monkey than funky
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Nov 17, 2008 - 03:37pm PT
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Good list, Melissa, though I've never done Mental physics or Roadside attraction, but the rest are very cool. Everrbody else, too.
As a select few will concur, Throbbing Gristle, even with it's approach, is one of the best routes in the Park, at least the short distance up it I have been. Like all first rate Offwidths, it gets no stars in the guidebook.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Redlands
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Nov 17, 2008 - 04:10pm PT
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"5 star climbs with hour-long approaches that end up only being 20 feet tall."
LOL. That descriptor has gotta be Room to Shroom.
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Sluggo
Big Wall climber
zanadu
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Nov 17, 2008 - 04:28pm PT
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Melissa - when you embrace the cerebral qualities of slab climbing Josh will be a worthwhile destination.
* note offwidth thugs - Throbbing Gristle is a toprope - please lead this (jaybro)!
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Chris2
Trad climber
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Nov 17, 2008 - 04:32pm PT
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Melissa may be remembering her early days on that 5.6 slab climb over at Echo.
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Nov 17, 2008 - 05:30pm PT
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Despite efforts to punish myself into enjoying it, most of my slab climbing is remembered unfondly.
Chris...how do you know about my ugly beginnings at Echo...or is that just a lucky guess?
If you guys do WideFest this year, I'd like to try TRing the famous Gristle. It's been built up to mythic proportions. Jaybro, what climb in the gym do you recommend to train for it? }:-)
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Chris2
Trad climber
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Nov 17, 2008 - 05:55pm PT
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Only because you asked...
I saw you crying and was worried about you.
I was over on Touch and Go.
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Nov 17, 2008 - 06:25pm PT
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I was a pretty big ass on that climb. And after it too. Thanks for your concern, but I was really just being an idiot, unfortunately. I guess my memories of that trip have been mostly replaced by the fun stuff. I miss my old partner, Justin Shields (where is he?), now that I'm thinking about it!
I don't know too many climbing Chrisses and knew fewer then. Which one are you?
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Nate Ricklin
climber
San Diego
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Nov 17, 2008 - 06:42pm PT
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Left Ski Track
Hot Rocks
Poodles are People Too
Imaginary Voyage
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Nov 17, 2008 - 08:17pm PT
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My "rude post" for the day:
Anyone who can seriously propose Heart of Darkness for a top 5 Josh list has obviously never climbed at The Needles. Talk about the miniature golf of climbing. Jeez...
OK, I'm feeling better now...
Cheers.
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Nov 17, 2008 - 08:20pm PT
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I've climbed at the Needles. Which Joshua Tree climbs should the Needles have made me like more? I should probably go try them.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Nov 17, 2008 - 08:28pm PT
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Sluggo, age, (and beauty, come to think of it) before... whatever; Scuffy will be leading the Gristle way before me. It would be easy to pro, especially if you had a Rack Caddy™.
Melissa can't go with us, cause she'd run up it on sight, and wonder what the fuss was about.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Nov 17, 2008 - 08:45pm PT
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" Which Joshua Tree climbs should the Needles have made me like more? "
A great question in response to my silly rant...
How about:
Rock Candy (It's not a continuous crack, but it is kind of Needles like in a way, and very high quality and a bit sustained for it's grade.)
Snake Book (Short, but still long enough to be out of the "miniature golf" category. Very nice clean corner with good but tiny pro like you often have to use at The Needles, plus you have to walk a distance to get to it.)
Black President (Again, the combo of an actual approach, a bolt protected face move to finger locks and gear...)
Such a Savage and Middle Age Crazy offer up Josh's version of the longish pitches of exposed face climbing one finds at The Needles. Of course the hike is too short.
Insomnia. Oh wait. That's not in Josh. Nevermind.
Cheers.
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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Nov 17, 2008 - 08:51pm PT
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So many cool climbs to choose from...
Bird of Fire
Colorado Crack
Bird on a Wire
Feltonian Physics
Cake Walk
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matisse
climber
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Nov 17, 2008 - 09:02pm PT
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coarse and buggy
29 palms
popular mechanics(can you tell I like dihedrals?)
heart of darkness (must be a girl thang,cuz I've climbed at the Needles too)
SW Corner
edited to say can I have one more
poodles are people too
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Hummerchine
Trad climber
East Wenatchee, WA
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Nov 30, 2008 - 02:02pm PT
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The official "Big Five" are:
Rubicon
Perpetual Motion
Coarse and Buggy
O'Kellys Crack
Clean and Jerk
A super fun day is to go climb 'em all, preferably where each climber leads all five. A delightful tour of Josh!
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martygarrison
Trad climber
The Great North these days......
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Nov 30, 2008 - 02:57pm PT
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equinox
illusion
cryptic
saddle rock....I really like that 5.5 or whatever it is. has a sense of adventure
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10b4me
climber
the gray bands
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Nov 30, 2008 - 03:06pm PT
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saddle rock....I really like that 5.5 or whatever it is. has a sense of adventure
Right On
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10b4me
climber
the gray bands
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Nov 30, 2008 - 03:16pm PT
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there are way more than five, but some of my fun ones are:
Tip Toe
Touch and Go-definitely
WOTWS
Black Tide
Sail Away
Honorable mention-Split Personality, Rock Candy
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland: what's not to love?
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Gotta plug Orange Flake again since Sheep has come up. If you're looking for something different, it's way better than Right On imo, and there won't be anyone else on it.
Always wondered if Space Mountain was good, now it's definitely on the radar.
Another one to file under "hour approach for 20 ft of climbing" would be Hex Marks the Poot out on one of the Astros. Great climb though and there is a second pitch.
Fisticuffs taught me to fist jam but it could use another 60 ft or so.
Sweet, sweet bivy on top of Mental Physics/Lenticular if you want to sleep somewhere remote, windswept, and starlit with your partner.
Every time I drive past Hemmingway I remember the times I saw M Reardon climbing the hell out of it: up Overseer, down Feltonian; up Scary Poodles, down White Lightning...
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Misa
Trad climber
SJ
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Can't argue with anyone's picks. They are all why we go back for more abrasion year after year. This is kind of off topic, but does anyone know the name and rating of a newish bolted route next to Cherry Bomb? Misa (the woefully ignorant as usual)
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville
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Because they all offer different qualities, I can't say I have "favorites" but I do repeat these routes the most : )
* Lady Fingers
* Chalk up another one
* Bird on a wire
* Heart and sole
* Toxic avenger
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tinker b
climber
your local park
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1. illusion dweller
2. dog leg
3. heart of darkness (partialy for the location and the view...it is a bit short)
4. hot rocks
5. caught outside on a large set
honorable mentions
skinny dip
double cross
toe jam
the flake
wanger banger
o'kelley's
those ones up at the white cliffs of dover
gun smoke
run for your life
knight in shining armor
hercules
light saber
uncle so and so's deep sea fish market
rock work orange
equinox
touch and go
ebgbs
figures on a landscape
the creeping jew
and i love walking a long way to get to a climb, i love being out in the desert with noone else around, i love it when the descent is more difficult then the climb, i love my friends who come back every year, i love lying in the sun in the rocks...that is why i love jtree and obviosly we all climb for different reasons and are different people, so of course we would like different things. joshua tree is about loving it for what it is and not comparing it to something else.
if you didn't look through the crack of heart of darkness and see what it framed, and instead just saw how short it was, well then yeah i guess you would be disapointed. indian creek has nice long crack, yosemite is so huge and unbeleivable, but there is magic in jtree that makes us return, and i guess it is how you look at things.
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PRRose
climber
Boulder
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Top five
Figures on a Landscape
EBGBs
Swept Away
Solid Gold
Hot Rocks
Second top five
Such a Savage
Big Moe
Touch and Go
Clean and Jerk
Ionic Strength
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BanDecho
climber
Oakland
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I can't believe nobody has mentioned Swept Away, by far and away one of the best climbs in J-Tree. It is hard to keep it to just five but here it goes.
Swept Away
Wanger Banger
Figures in a Landscape
EBGB's
Street Car
Walk on the Wild Side
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Latitute 33
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There are too many routes in Josh to narrow a list of favorites to only 5. But the above stated sentiment of long hikes, remote locations, solitude and great scenery (and good routes) being top criteria echo my feelings too. It is the entire experience.
Some favorites include:
Mohave Queen
White Rain
Black Diamond
Spirited Away
Firewater Chimney
Such A Savage
Figures on a Landscape
Black President
The Poodle Smasher
Coarse and Buggy
Leave It To Beaver
Illusion Dweller
Hidden Arch
Catapult
Natural Selection
Where Have All the Cowboys Gone
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Rudder
Trad climber
Santa Rosa, CA
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If you've climbed it... you gotta put Figures as #1.
Figures on a Landscape
Illusion Dweller
Solid Gold
Run for your Life
Sail Away
Sidewinder
Headstone Rock (SW corner)
Loose Lady
Such a Savage
Rollerball
Hobbit Roof
Double Cross
Dogleg
Northwest Overhang
Touch and Go
Pope's Crack
Heart and Soul
Walk on the Wild Side
Cheap way to Die
Direct South Face Moosedog
Mental Physics
Gem
Invisibilty Lessons
And so many more... JT, just a magic place.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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There is only one climb in Josh,
like all the best it gets no stars.
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tinker b
climber
your local park
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what is that jaybro?
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Find a climb with a few stars and at the hairy edge of your onsight limit and it will become the best climb in JTree for you.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Throbbing Gristle, .12ow, Scuffyb on a strong attempt Sunday.
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tinker b
climber
your local park
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and what part of the park? it's on my tick list now, allthough it must be a lot harder then centerion and that was scary i thought.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Way harder, it's in the Vogel '92 page 471 in hte Loveland area, we take the road approach ~1hr.
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Bill Becher
Trad climber
Westlake Village, CA
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For moderates:
Sail Away - classic crack
Mental Physics (worth the walk)
Walk on the Wild Side (classic slab)
Headstone SW corner(lots of adrenaline for a 5.6 and a great view at the top)
Dappled Mare - not many long climbs at One Pitch Wonderland, this is another superclassic
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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I really liked Grit Roof
I heard the heelhook flake has broken off since the 90s, though?
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10b4me
climber
the gray bands
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I forgot to add Mental Physics- a can't miss for the grade(imo)
Lickety Splits is a fun, runout route. you gotta lead it to experience the fun.
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Phil Winterson
Trad climber
Manhattan Beach, CA
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Figures on a Landscape
Bird on Fire
Illusion Dweller
Solid Gold
Exorcist
Worst climb - Orange Flake
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Dr. Rock
Ice climber
http://tinyurl.com/4oa5br
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Told the girl, you do the splits, and I'll do the ....lickity?
Can I say that?
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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A few more....
Cryptic
Icon
Fisticuffs
Double Cross
Slippery When Wet
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Blackjack
Nightmare on Angione Street
Dos Chichis
Yasmine Bleath
King of Jesters, Jester to Kings
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NML81
Trad climber
N Lake Tahoe
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The last 5 that I climbed.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Nightmare on Angione Street......CLASSIC....a real sleeper....and right in the campground too......a must do for any local hopeful...............(snicker, snicker...wink, wink...)
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RtM
Boulder climber
DHS
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this thread has been burning in my mind since I first read it 2 week ago, can't stand it anymore!!
heres my 2cents
1. Figures on a Landscape
2. Leave it to Beaver
3. Bird of Fire
4. Equinox
5. White Rain
then my backup
6. Black Diamond
7. Dangling Woo Li Master
8. South of Heaven ('cept for that 1 little thing!)
9. Wangerbanger
10. Ocean of Doubt (most amazing location of any route in JTree)
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Peener
Trad climber
Joshua Tree
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Dec 10, 2008 - 10:31pm PT
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Figures on a Landscape
Coarse and Buggy
Bee Bog Tango
O Kelly's Crack
Illusion Dweller
Clean and Jerk
Run For your Life
EBGB's
Rubicon
Bird Of Fire
Alfs Arete
Pat Adams Dihedral
Dos Chi Chis
Lesbian Lust
Imaginary Voyage
Bish
Walk on The Wild Side
Space Mountain
Touch and Go
Perfect Fingers
Solid Gold
there way too many bad ass climbs to choose from
these are all really good though
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Dec 10, 2008 - 10:35pm PT
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For a place with only 60 good routes and really only one real one, worth putting your soul into, at least for now, there's some good sheit to do there.
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Gnat
climber
Smell A
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Dec 10, 2008 - 11:12pm PT
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Handren Tried It
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scuffy b
climber
On the dock in the dark
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Dec 11, 2008 - 11:21am PT
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Right on, Jaybro, some really nice consolation prizes.
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lucander
Trad climber
New England
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Sep 23, 2011 - 12:05am PT
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I've only done a hundred or so, but here's my 2 pennies
Figures on a Landscape
Sidewinder
Rubicon
Official Route of the 1984 Olympics
Solid Gold
hon. mention to Coarse & Buggy
D. L.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Sep 23, 2011 - 12:06am PT
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One.
Out of the last five I've done.
That seems to be about the correct ratio.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Sep 23, 2011 - 12:31am PT
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Figures on a Landscape
Rubicon
Space Mountain
Illusion Dweller
Icon
Black Diamond
Bloodline
and a crap load I haven't done yet
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Sep 23, 2011 - 11:16am PT
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Double Cross
Dogleg
Dandelion
Deviate
Orphan
[I don't like to walk far.]
But then again, I did think Jamaican Bobsled was a full on giggle.
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Rudder
Trad climber
Costa Mesa, CA
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Mar 22, 2015 - 02:00pm PT
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After yesterday I'm changing my list from:
Figures on a Landscape
Illusion Dweller
Solid Gold
Run for your Life
Sail Away
TO:
**Figures on a Landscape
Coarse and Buggy
Solid Gold
Run for your Life
Sidewinder**
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gonamok
climber
dont make me come over there
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Mar 25, 2015 - 08:36pm PT
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my picks
such a savage
solid gold
big moe
bird of fire
EBGB's
and...
sw corner of headstone
everything on echo rock
good to the last drop
deviate
compassion of the elephants
7th heaven
old soft shoe
coarse and buggy
figures on a landscape
right ski track
double cross
north overhang
event horizon
rubicon
exorcist
transylvania twist
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Curt
climber
Gold Canyon, AZ
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Mar 25, 2015 - 11:37pm PT
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Well, if the limit is only 5, some good routes will be excluded for sure--but here goes:
Rubicon - but only with the direct start
Figures on a Landscape
Hyperion Arch
Vector
Solid Gold
Honorable mentions:
Run For Your Life
Coarse & Buggy
Such a Savage
Bird of Fire
O'Kelly's Crack
Curt
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Send
Trad climber
Central Sierra
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Mar 26, 2015 - 11:33am PT
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Sidewinder
Illusion Dweller
Breakfast of Champions
Clean and Jerk
Run for Your Life
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Mar 26, 2015 - 03:33pm PT
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I asked myself "what are the top five routes I've gone back to over and over and over in the last half-century?"
Using this filter, that'd be:
The Mel Cracks
Poodles
Hercules
Taxman
Trespassers
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