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All Locations > California > Joshua Tree NP > Lost Horse Area > Lost Horse Wall > Lost Horse Wall… > Mare's Tail (5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a)
The start of the route is out of view, but it starts about 40-50 feet to the right of Dappled Mare start and just a couple feet to the right of a tree. The first bolt is directly above the tree. Traverse left to the bolt passing an old piton with a wire o
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Chris Jack
Jan 8, 2022
“The start of the route is out of view, but it starts about 40-50 feet to the right of Dappled Mare start and just a couple feet to the right of a tree. The first bolt is directly above the tree. Traverse left to the bolt passing an old piton with a wire o”  

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fancy beetle in the wash
The start of the route is out of view, but it starts about 40-50 feet to the right of Dappled Mare start and just a couple feet to the right of a tree. The first bolt is directly above the tree. Traverse left to the bolt passing an old piton with a wire o
selected Lost Horse routes
Just past the crux slab moves over some small gear. Fun section
Skip following Mare's Tail in her power toque on our second date - 2010
Comfy belay on Mare's Tale.
Jascha approaching the P2 belay
Belaying on summit, and looking down on the backs of 3 ravens flying past from above.
Leading up past the P3 thin crux, with Allison all bundled up at the belay set at the humps.
looking back after to having bail on P2 due to high winds (it's possible to rap off the bolted 5.11 route with a single 60m rope rappel)
You can climb this a (somewhat) direct start option for Mare's Tail. It climbs over this blocky stuff, up and right to a thin dihedral where a couple 10- moves get you up and onto the ledge. Then traverse right to the start Mare's Tail. <br> <br> The foreshortening makes it a bit tricky to see/annotate, but once you pass the hard part you just walk over to Mare's. <br> <br> If you compare to the other topo posted here, this start goes straight up above the words "shared start".
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