Type: Trad, 40 ft
FA: Todd Swain, Allen Steck, Steve Roper & John Thackray, December 1988
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Shared By: C Miller on Feb 27, 2006
Admins: C Miller, Greg Opland, M. Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer suchoski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes

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Description

Begin near the left margin of the face, just left of White Collar Crime, at a hand crack which thins and dies out after ten feet. Continue up the lumpy face past two bolt to an anchor at the top.

Short and enthralling and one star out of five.

Protection

2 bolts, 2 bolt anchor (all 3/8"); hangers only at the top

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Pardon Me - political button from the 1970's
Pardon Me - political button from the 1970's
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susan peplow
Joshua Tree
 
susan peplow   Joshua Tree
 
Good route, crack protects with high gear and transition onto the face. Actual crux is probably just before the 2nd bolt but not significantly run out at that point. Clean rock, fun & can be set up for the TR if you're not feeling it. 1.5 stars Nov 29, 2014
Bob Gaines
 
Bob Gaines  
 
Begins with a short hand crack, then has 2 bolts on the slab. Apr 15, 2015
C Miller
CA
  5.9
C Miller   CA  
  5.9
This route is listed in the 1989 Joshua Tree Supplement (Vogel/Bartlett), the 1992 Joshua Tree Guidebook (Vogel) and both editions (1992 and 2002) of the Rock Climbs of Central Joshua Tree guidebook (Bartlett) as having one bolt.

Obviously a second bolt has been added, not unlike W.A.C. in Echo Cove, which needs to be removed - Murf, you out there? Apr 17, 2015
Bob Gaines
 
Bob Gaines  
 
There are a couple of mistakes in the Vogel 1992 book on Watergate Rock. The big one is that the route immediately left of Pardon Me, route 1826 (listed as Political Rehabilitation 5.8) is depicted in the photodiagram as having one bolt and it actually has none! Apr 17, 2015