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Casual Affair 
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Elevation: 4,200'
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Submitted By: C Miller on Aug 1, 2009

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Sizing up the final bulge. The route "Casual Affai...

Description 

Right of Future Games Rock and separated from it by a broken section of rock is this smaller formation comprised of two large blocks with a distinctive roof cutting across it near the bottom.

Routes listed from left to right:

Casual Affair (5.10d R)
Safety Pin (5.11c)
Potatoe Punk (5.11b TR)


Getting There 

Approach as for Future Games Rock but head right through boulders to the base of the formation.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Safety First Rock:
Casual Affair   5.10d R     Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet   
Safety Pin   5.11c     Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
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Sizing up the final bulge. The route "Casual Affair" is visible on the left end of the formation. Copyright 2003, by Randy V.

Safety Pin 5.11c  CA : Joshua Tree National Park : ... : Safety First Rock
Begin on a boulder near the left end and traverse right above a roof to large stances. The first gear placement is about 15' off the ground but the climbing difficulty through the initial section is moderate (5.10-). Continue upward past one bolt and a piton before reaching the sustained crux section using side pulls, protruding edges, and small crystals to a sloping ledge. A move over a bulge near the top leads to a two bolt anchor. ...[more]   Browse More Classics in CA