Apparition 

I've always downclimbed over the other side, a bit to the climber's right. Involves maybe 10-15' of 4th class crack downclimbing as I recall, pretty straightforward. No need for a rap station and definitely not a tricky descent by Joshua Tree standards.

Wow, this one got my attention! Looks easy from below but forced me into some quite technical positions, with a stiff little pull over the bulge and onto the hand-rail. Way fun finishing crack. Recommended for those training for a trip to UK Grit!

I don't know ... I was probably making it harder than it had to be, but Apparition was by far the toughest downclimb that I've had to do at Josh. After a lot of trial and error, I came down over to the left of the front side of the formation, but it really sucked! A rap setup on top would have been really welcome!

We descended one gully further to the left (looking up, as in the photo). It was easy.

A technical crux down low than a nice hand crack as icing on the cake. The rap slings are getting a little out of hand.

Gritty but fun! The slings and rap rings looked fine to us, so we selected the easy route. Of course, we had 50 mph winds and occasional hail to contend with... so the choice was pretty easy :) Bring a nice selection of gear from small (yellow alien) to #3 camalot + some long slings.

Great route, especially considering some of the others on the wall. Soft for the grade, good for those breaking into 10s.

This is one of my favorite climbs at JT. It requires a wide variety of techniques, the rock quality is high, and the pro is good. The slung anchors appear adequate. I prefer rapping off, but I also was able to find a easy downclimb (5.0?) off the back side. This route is not 5.10. It's more like a 5.9 with sections that require several strenuous moves in a row, made swiftly and with confidence.

Belayers beware. There is a big bush growing out of the rock 8-10 feet off of the ground, see photo posted. Since that picture (Lauery) the block below it has fallen off. The block immediately above this bush is loose, you will be tempted to stand on it.

Belay anchor at the top is intact and in good shape as of 1/5/13. Great route