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Watergate Rock Rock Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Routes in Watergate Rock

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	Dark Art TR 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Dirty Tricks T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Fifteen Minute Gap T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	H.R. Hardman T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	I Am Not A Crook T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Malicious Deception T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Midday Lightning S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Nick of Time S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Pardon Me T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Political Asylum T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	T-N-T S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	T. Gordon Liddy T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Tricky Dick S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Unsightly Blemishes T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	White Collar Crime T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	White House Plumbers TR 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c

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Access Issue: Climbing Regulations/Seasonal Raptor Closures Details

The Joshua Tree National Park Superintendent's Compendium states that:
1. Vegetation is not allowed to be used as an anchor.
2. Only neutral or rock colored bolt hangers are allowed.

For a complete list of climbing rules and closures visit:
nps.gov/jotr/planyourvisit/…

Description

Sitting all alone on the desert floor, across from the Cerro Torre Tower and the Comic Strip, is this smallish dome with a large number of routes from 5.6 to 5.12+ on it's less than vertical northeast face.

Many of the routes here are slabby in nature and in the 5.6 to 5.9 range; a few harder offerings are here as well.

Getting There

Approach as for the main Comic Book formation but veer off right following a marked trail to the obvious formation.

Access the slab routes high on the northeast face by walking past the route T-N-T, ducking under the giant boulder it's located on and scrambling up blocks to the base.