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Finish What You Started 
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O'Kelley's Crack 
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Slapshot 
Wangerbanger 

Rusty Wall 


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Submitted By: M.Morley on Nov 25, 2002

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Angelina climbing smoothly through the crux of Wan...

Description 

What the Rusty Wall lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality. There are two excellent, steep cracks to climb here: O'Kelley's Crack (5.10c) on the right and Wangerbanger (5.11c) to the left.


Getting There 

From Echo Tee, hang a left and, if driving, park where the dirt road ends at a gate, which is the entrance to Keys Ranch. Walk west towards the obvious orange-colored wall. Approach time: 10 minutes.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Rusty Wall:
O'Kelley's Crack   5.10c     Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
The Maneater   5.10d     Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 30 feet   
Wangerbanger   5.11c     Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Riddles in the Dark (aka Ok Crank)   5.11c PG13     Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Finish What You Started   5.11d     Trad   
Slapshot   5.12b     Trad   
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Featured Route For Rusty Wall
Angelina climbing smoothly through the crux of Wangerbanger.

Wangerbanger 5.11c  CA : Joshua Tree National Park : ... : Rusty Wall
Indian Creek at the Tree!!! The routes at Rusty Wall are fairly unusual by J-Tree standards: steep straight-in jamming more reminiscent of the Utah Desert that your typical quartz monzonite crag. You have O'Kelleys on the right side which tackles a desperate boulder problem to beautiful hands. To the left is O'Kelley's shorter but more demanding brother, Wangerbanger. Wangerbanger is fairly straight-forward by 5.11 J-Tree standards... no dicking with funky RPs, just plugging cams and climbi...[more]   Browse More Classics in CA


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Rusty Wall, showing <a href='/v/wangerbanger/105722356'>Wangerbanger</a> (L) and <a href='/v/okelleys-crack/105722353'>O'Kelley's Crack</a> (R).

BETA PHOTO: Rusty Wall, showing Wangerbanger (L) and [[105722...

Rusty Wall from approach. <br />Photo by Blitzo.

Rusty Wall from approach.
Photo by Blitzo.


Rusty Wall. <br />Photo by Blitzo.

Rusty Wall.
Photo by Blitzo.


Rusty Wall from the road, Joshua Tree NP

Rusty Wall from the road, Joshua Tree NP


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By Murf
Nov 25, 2002

Rusty Wall is part of the Outback , not Echo!

By M.Morley
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From: Sacramento, CA
Nov 25, 2002

Murf - I'm just going by Randy's guide here. He categorizes Rusty Wall under "Echo Rock Area". It's right on the border between Echo and The Outback.