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Dec 8, 2025
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Even if you are climbing at your limit, linking pitch 3+4 is logical because 4 is so short. You can sew pit…
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Nov 30, 2025
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Sadly, someone declared their stupidity by carving some meaningless letters into this problem. It’s at abou…
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Sep 7, 2025
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Every pitch except the crux pitch was very dirty when we did this in early September. Like, cracks totally…
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Sep 7, 2025
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Sorta strange rappel placement on the upper right side of the wall, at the ledge on top of the high life. W…
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Aug 10, 2025
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I removed the bowling ball sized death block. The larger chunk of rock above it moves a little but seems pr…
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Jul 29, 2024
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This is 90% talus with only a few sections of true scrambling. We didn't think approach shoes were required…
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Nov 26, 2023
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Two stars for the part to the ledge, but the top is suicidally loose. Even when you get through the obvious…
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Nov 26, 2023
Joshua Tree NP
> Hidden Valley Area
> Real Hidden Valley
> Sports Challeng…
> Sports Challenge Rock…
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You don't need a totally insane rack for this. Some folks informed us you need a number 7 C4 or big bro for…
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Oct 2, 2023
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Approaching from the main needles trail is possible, but descending the gully on the northwest side of the…
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Oct 2, 2023
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We could not find any good info for the part of the approach after the fire lookout trail. Perhaps it was o…
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Oct 2, 2023
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As of Sept 30 2023, FS road 21S05, the lookout trail, and the trailhead pit toilet have reopened after the…
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Sep 19, 2023
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I tried to follow the description Croft gives of the "east Face" and found it reliable except for the very…
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May 30, 2023
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An alternate approach when the road is snowy is via enchanted rock. We followed the trail from the pullout…
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May 30, 2023
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P3, we only found 2 bolts. P4, we thought had the hardest climbing thru the second bolt. One of the bolts…
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Jan 1, 2023
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Took a rack from .4 to 6, with doubles .4-3 and triples .75-2. The rock is more coarse than grainy. Excepti…
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Nov 1, 2022
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Does anyone do this route in reverse, as an actual rock climb? As is, it goes down, not up.
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Oct 17, 2022
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The zig-zagginess of this route make climbing it in the 5 pitches mentioned a little hard. If we did it aga…
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Oct 17, 2022
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Currently 3 fixed ropes. The lowest is from a small deciduous tree. It is quite long and the fuzziest of th…
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Aug 7, 2022
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This rock sometimes takes on shapes that are more easily climbed barefoot than in climbing shoes. Very cool…
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Aug 7, 2022
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Anchor is back, 2 nicely done glue ins. The protection bolts are replacements but they could use replacing,…
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Aug 7, 2022
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There are now only 4 bolts. This page and the book say 5, but the 5th one is nowhere to be found. It seems…
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Jul 31, 2022
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This climb only protects well if you supplement your cams with many nuts. If a cam doesn't fit, a nut will.…
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Jul 24, 2022
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The top anchor for this is up and skiers left of the clamydia anchor, on top of the flake/block, under the…
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Jun 9, 2022
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On toprope, I tried the move left to stand on the obvious knob and clip the "3rd bolt". It's not a 5.10 mov…
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May 14, 2022
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The three bolts on the route, the midway anchor, and the 4 anchor bolts on this side of the top of the pill…
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Jan 17, 2022
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Fun! The beginning protects decent with really small nuts and a red c3 if you dont have a 00, though the cl…
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Dec 20, 2021
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Not sure where on this thing the V7 moves are supposed to be. It's closer to V5, and if you are tall, that'…
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Nov 29, 2021
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The gear on this route is fiddly, and the rock below the roof is not as stellar as you hope. There's plenty…
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Nov 29, 2021
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Very secure climbing with excellent gear. I don't know why the guide book only gives this 2 stars, it's exc…
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Nov 29, 2021
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This is harder than smithereens or euthyphro and a little steeper.
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Nov 29, 2021
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A rewritten complete description, based on the comments, our time on the route, and some corrections of the…
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Oct 10, 2021
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This one seems contrived. The first part is solid at maybe 5.7 and then at the end you really have to fight…
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Oct 10, 2021
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This a thought provoking climb. Whether or not your ego will allow you to accept it at 11a, does anyone kno…
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Oct 4, 2021
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In early October 2021 and maybe late in other hot low snow years, the rating for this route would be more a…
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Sep 27, 2021
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I did this problem a few years ago and remember hanging from the jug to start. I just went back and there's…
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Sep 7, 2021
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The nut on the second to last bolt was finger loose and I had nothing to torque it with. Could use some att…
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