Joshua Tree: what a great place

Let’s all spray about how great it is

John Wilder wrote:

It's all choss. 

But aren’t you from Vegas ?

IF YOU CAN MAKE IT IN JOSHUA TREE, YOU CAN MAKE IT ANYWHERE!!!

Good save Zach.

Much bigger variety of rock than the average rock tourist ever imagines.  Some of it is very high quality.  Hit up Queen Mountain, some parts of Rattlesnake Canyon, etc

Zach Raney wrote:

Let’s all spray about how great it is

Great access, exploration opportunities, endless climbing in winter.  More climber friendly than lots of places.  As busy as it gets, it's usually easy to find solitude.  Rich history and full trad value.

mostly kitty litter plus a few climbs with one bolt and no pro

I mean really, how many routes are here that are documented like 5,000? My car is getting repaired in yucca and I’m hangin here for probably 10 days. Sure is nice. 

7000 + and counting!

Howard wrote:

7000 + and counting!

Seven thousand that’s WILD

9000+ climbs;....get busy..

Wow, Todd, you've been busy!

The last time I was Josh I counted at least 40,000 routes worth doing.  Get after them!

Read the guidebook. Oh, wait, that's for your other thread.

Where is the best place to Top Rope some 5.7s with my family?

Where can I camp?

What's the best rope?

J Tree is too hard. Left my banana peel here and played music at every crag. Cried about how much I hated bouldering too. 

jtree has good bouldering, but do they even have any trad lines? i havent heard of any good ones at least, not worth the trip

Ultra kewl things for visiting climbers to do in J Tree:

1) Pretend to be a dirtbag.

2) Go into the Space Station. Preferably with as many of your fellow ultra kewl new dirtbag pals as possible. 

3) Actually, do anything in large groups with your ultra kewl dirtbag pals. (Extra points for no headlamps in the Chasm, braj. And make sure to yell "Doom!" as loud as you can in the campground beforehand)

4) Tell people how good [insert obscure shitty route name] is. "No dude, it's actually really good, and the hike's, like, not bad at all!"

5) Debate the merits of various sites in Hidden Valley.

6) talk about Doublecross