Seth Lighthouse on the Flake, Joshua Tree National Park

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Seth Lighthouse on the Flake, Joshua Tree National Park

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Quinn Miller on the fun slab section at the top of The Flake.

Soloing the flake, one of the best 5.8's in the world.

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Matthew Fienup

Jul 22, 2009

“Seth Lighthouse on the Flake, Joshua Tree National Park”

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Gordon Larsen racing the sun on the final stretch of The Flake.

Quinn Miller on the fun slab section at the top of The Flake.

Seth Lighthouse on the Flake, Joshua Tree National Park

Soloing the flake, one of the best 5.8's in the world.

Decent finger-sized piece to be had here! Chimney is straightforward if you have the technique.

My friends climbing The Flake on a glowing Intersection Rock.

Sebastian and Kia on The Flake

About to get into the slab business, PC mlberke

The super fun and thankfully fairly cruiser slab at the top of the flake!

The Flake. Note the wide chimney on the bottom and the run-out face at the top.

Intersection Rock showing The Flake

Atop the Flake; a good place to divide the pitch in two.

This is pretty much the crux. You can protect yourself here with a #4/#5 in the crack and a .2 or maybe in undercling. (You can use bigger but you will block the hold)

Flakin'

The Flake at dusk.

Climbers on The Flake

Sunset climb on the flake

The final slabby section on The Flake. I belayed just below this on top of the flake. Although the route can be climbed in a single pitch, belaying here minimizes the rope drag for the leader.

Looking up The Flake from the base.

Ginger on The Flake, Joshua Tree

Roman having fun with the start of the flake - The crux for sure. A real Yosemite 5.8 chimney.

Nice.

Jason Partin topping out on the Flake.

approaching the Flake

A crappy scan of a pic from an early 90's trip.<br>
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Toss the #4!

This is the initial chimney section. I am smiling because I have a big cam placed above my head! Photo by Chris Parks.

Eric clearing the off width. Photo by Geoff

Finally past the offwidth section.

I think I got a little too high before moving over to the flake on the right.