PRINT: Rock Climb Dress Rehearsal, Joshua Tree National Park

Dress Rehearsal

5.7, Trad, 70 ft (21 m),

Avg: 2 from 97 votes
FA: Chris Miller & Jan Hargett, November 1989
California > Joshua Tree NP > Lost Horse Area > Lost Horse Rdsi… > Playhouse Rock

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

There is a good photo of this route in Vogel's guide. It goes up some slippery slab to the small arete you can see from the bottom. Then it goes left up to the belay. There are some bolts and chains below where we made a gear anchor-we chose to walk off though.

Incorrectly listed in some guidebooks as "Practice Rehearsal".

Protection

Some 2' runners are useful as the route turns upward to the right about 50' up.

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Chris Aeria working the crux.

Jason P starting up Dress Rehearsal

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Kevin Currigan
Lakewood

5.7

P.S. Climb the arete moving right then slightly left and up to the belay... Feb 26, 2005

Bill Olszewski
Colorado Springs, CO

Fun climb and typical of the routes on this wall: low angle start with intermittent pro, a middle section of viable crack climbing, then easy top-out. This one's all about the crux middle section. May 19, 2007

Colin Parker
Idyllwild, CA

5.7

This route is also fun and varied, and pretty long for Playhouse. The exposed part on the arete is solid! May 27, 2009

Chris D
the couch

Fun start like many of the other routes on this wall, but the real treat is the unexpectedly airy crux moves up the crack to the arete at the top of the climb.

Throw a runner over the horn on top of the arete. Mar 22, 2010

Lzpup Brewster
North Bend, Wa

5.6

Fun, loved the arete part, some rope drag on the rock over the arete. You will pass rap anchors on the left up towards the top, we rapped off of these instead of walking off, although getting to them was a bit exposed. Apr 13, 2015

Patrick McLean
Orange County, CA

Was a fun lead, no sign of any rap station as of 2018/12/9. The walk off was ok, some exposure getting to it. A little route findy in the dark. Dec 9, 2018

Sean
Oak Park, CA

the bolted rap rings are to climber's right as you top out on that upper arete, as in still about 20 ft below the summit. photo shows Becca at that bolted rap anchor atop The Irritators adjacent to Dress Rehearsal

Becca at the bolted rap anchor atop The Irritators that tops out next to Dress Rehearsal. 1 May 2019.

May 2, 2019