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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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