Apparition 

The slings on the boulder at the top now have a biner and rap ring on them. It is much easier to rap off than down climb the gully. A single 60 meter rappel will just make it to the start of the mosaic wall.

How about belay off of gear, walk down the downclimb. Don't depend on those slings being there, rap ring or not.

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.