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Oct 6, 2017
Does anyone know if Scott Frankel's directions are still valid? Since his post was back in 2009, I won… View Comment
Feb 4, 2017
My husband and I actually climbed this back a couple of years ago and it was my 1000th different climb in J… View Comment
Oct 2, 2016
What year was this photo taken? View Comment
Jul 10, 2013
My climbing partner and I thought these climbs felt fairly easy for their ratings, but it was a fun wall to… View Comment
Apr 12, 2013
Glad you and Pete enjoyed the routes and were able to add another couple fun ones to the mix. I'll have to… View Comment
Dec 10, 2012
Does anyone know the latest about the condition of bolts at El Cajon Mtn? Has the hideous chopping fiasco… View Comment
Jul 1, 2012
Yup! I'm carrying a lot of gear. Figured I say it before someone else feels compelled to do so. View Comment
Dec 5, 2011
It appears this bear has human legs wearing approach shoes. Hmmmm. View Comment
Nov 25, 2011
The Joshua Tree West guidebook indicates that there is a 2-bolt anchor at the top of Working Overtime. Thi… View Comment
Oct 26, 2011
Great shot of Holden doing what he does best! View Comment
Oct 26, 2011
So who's been chopping these routes? :-( Thanks for the additional info, Todd. I need to get out there a… View Comment
Sep 19, 2011
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who thought this climb was a sandbag and that the pro was sparse. But… View Comment
Sep 19, 2011
Great shot! View Comment
Aug 18, 2011
The bad bolt has been removed and the anchor has been replaced as of 8-17-11. View Comment
Aug 17, 2011
I climbed this route back in 2004 over Memorial Day weekend. I had an extra day in the area before my part… View Comment
Aug 17, 2011
I had the honor of swinging leads on this route back in 2003 and it was spectacular. My partner got the 5t… View Comment
Aug 15, 2011
This is a very enjoyable climb! It does take good gear all the way up and the stemming above is fantastic.… View Comment
Aug 7, 2011
There were no rap anchors to be found at the top of Slump Rock. The down climb didn't look appealing at al… View Comment
Aug 7, 2011
According to this photo, The Sphynx (5.6) is shown as topping out at the same anchor as for Ball and Chain… View Comment
Jul 24, 2011
There are no rap anchors at the top. We decided to down climb "So Another 5.3," which is actually rated 5.… View Comment
Jul 23, 2011
This was a very fun lead. I actually did find the #4 Camalot to be very useful at the crux. View Comment
Jul 23, 2011
The move past the flake seemed hard for the grade, but perhaps it's just height dependent. A bolt here wou… View Comment
Jul 23, 2011
I agree with the comment about the 3rd bolt placement. I slung a horn above it just as a back-up. This is… View Comment
Jun 20, 2011
I agree that this climb was pretty stout for a 5.6. We also thought it was a lot shorter than 40 feet. Ma… View Comment
Jun 20, 2011
This route felt harder than 5.5 to me, but maybe I was too obsessed with staying in the crack and should ha… View Comment
May 22, 2011
We did this route on TR and found the moves to be pretty stout for 10a. However, it was a very fun climb.… View Comment
May 22, 2011
We set up a TR on this route and it was a lot of fun. There was only a few harder moves at the top, but we… View Comment
May 22, 2011
For some reason I felt this climb was a LOT easier than Nutcracker. It felt like a 5.2 rating to me. This… View Comment
May 22, 2011
The first half of the climb was a really nice crack and the traverse was fun too. However, this climb is d… View Comment
May 18, 2011
Led this route last Saturday and it was surprisingly fun and very clean. My friend Cate was thrilled to do… View Comment
May 18, 2011
We enjoyed this route last weekend. Some loose stuff, but it's cleaning up nicely already. View Comment
May 15, 2011
This was a really fun crack climb. If only it were longer! Getting to the climb and the first opening mov… View Comment
May 15, 2011
Enjoyed leading this route, although it felt a bit more spicy since it was very windy today. View Comment
May 15, 2011
Making the crux move over the roof felt a lot harder than 5.9, but it was a fun route. View Comment
May 8, 2011
There is not much gear to be had on this route. View Comment
May 8, 2011
I agree this route was definitely harder than 5.5, but it was a surprisingly good route that protects well.… View Comment
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