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- From: brodesky@td2cad.intel.com (Michael Brodesky)
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- Subject: All you wanted to know about Jtree but forgot to ASk
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- Date: 29 Dec 92 17:58:23 GMT
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- Last fall I posted a question asking about routes to 10d at Jtree. With
- all the recent requests I decided to post the list. The following people
- contributed to the list, Ron Olsen, Dave Noir, Steve Waltman, Ray
- somewhere in Colorado, and Me.
-
- Food place not to be missed Edchadas Mexican in 29 palms. There ia also a movie
- house and showers in town. At last call showers were $3+-.50 at the
- local gym.
-
- The rock climbing shop in 29 Palms has good prices and is worth a
- visit. White gas can be purchases at Kmart.
-
- If you can find Solobsy face try Bebop tango (11b) and the 11c to the
- left of it. This face was a nice place to climb on a windy day. As was
- Loose lady 5.10b. To get to Solobsy face you must go through a cave to
- the left of Tumbling Rainbow. From the top of Loose Lady you will be
- able to see it.
- Also check out theBig Horn Matting Grotto - something like this.
-
- Make sure you prepare for all weather conditions. You might want to even
- bring X-country skies. Ya never know.
- If you bring a dog,(btw anyone looking for a 2 year old mix lab?) do not
- get caught with out a 6 foot leash. And don't get caught more than the
- regulated distance from the trail head. I think the going rate is $50
- for either ticket.
-
- Wonderland is great. But it can get real windy in there.
- And if you are a true sport climber don'T bother going to Figures on a
- Landscape, its a walk. And I don't want to have to wait to do it.
-
- J-Tree
- Echo Rock area has several nice face climbs in the 5.9-5.11 range
-
- "Heart & Soul" 5.10a (Echo rock area... a really cool climb)
- requires some natural pro
-
- Real Hidden Valley
-
- S ail Away" 5.8 (One of the nicest 5.8 cracks you'll ever find!)
-
- Indian Cove
- "Sweat Band" 5.10c (Nice Long face climb)
- Routes on King Ottos castle in the 10 bc range. There is a route called
- the bridge 11a-c? runout and scary not worth doing.
- Left V crack 11c Pin scars and thin cracK
- Right V crack 10b Mostly top roped or soloed
- Face to right of above 11C
-
- Bird of Fire (10a) - 100ft of beautiful jam crack with an overhanging crux
- at the top. It starts from a ledge 200 ft up (steep walkup)--really pretty.
- The Orphan 5.8 or 5.9
- The Exorcist is a 10a jam crack - one of those straight up cracks in the middle of an otherwise blank
- face. (Like Bird of Fire but not as long/hard).
- Black Tide .7 (might be called Stichter Quits in new guide)
- Heart and Sole .10a
- Illusion Dweller .10a
- Run for Your Life .10b
- Solid Gold .10a
- Figures on a Landscape .10b Belay from point after crux. There
- are three bolts and a ledge to
- stand on. If you stop at the
- hanging belay you still have the
- crux to do and a bad belay point.
- Loose Lady .10b great route must dO
- ??????? to the right of loose lady 11? also gooD
- Run For Your Life 5.10b **** (bolt-protected face; runout at crux?)
- Papa Woolsey 5.10b *** (right at the campground)
- Sidewinder 5.9+ R **** (scary traverse at top)
- Pinched Rib 5.10b *** (a little runout)
- Heart and Sole 5.10a *** (bolted face)
- Solid Gold 5.10a R **** (intense; do 5.9+ 1st pitch and rap)
- Figures on a Landscape 5.10b R ***** (runout at crux on 2nd pitch)
- Caught Inside on the Big Set 5.10b **** (supposed to be great)
- Poodles are People Too 5.10b *** (thin crack and face)
- Trashcan Rock
- Walkway 5.3 Fun solo
- Tiptoe 5.8 ** Neat dike/face; 4 bolts.
- Bring small Friends, TCUs for belay anchor.
-
- Hemmingway Buttress
- White Lightning 5.7 *** Nice hands; do Poodles Are People Too
- thin-crack finish (5.8 - great).
- Can rap with two ropes from top of PAPT
- or squeeze down tight tunnels to right.
- Bring extra #2 through #4 Friends; need TCUs
- for PAPT finish.
- IRS Wall
- Tax Man 5.10a **** Great steep fingers/hands; rap from tree
- Bring extra TCUs. Worth the hike.
-
- Hidden Tower
- Sail Away 5.8 **** Good steep fingers/face; rap off.
- Extra TCUs handy.
- Wild Wind 5.9 ** Face/hands; go to top and rap
-
- The Sentinel
- Illusion Dweller 5.10a ***** Great sustained fingers/hands/crux bulge.
- Can rap (2 ropes) or do short pitch to descent.
- Bring extra TCUs and Friends through #3.
-
- Tumbling Rainbow Rock
- Fisticuffs 5.10b *** Short strenuous fist
-
- Sports Challenge Rock
- Sphincter Quits 5.9 R *** Scary thin crack/face; awkward RP pro at crux
-
- Houser Buttress
- Loose Lady 5.10a **** Great face; new bolts; good pro
- Bring #3.5 and #4 Friends for belay.
-
- Old Woman
- Dogleg 5.8+ *** Fun hands; extra #2 through #4 Friends useful.
- Double Cross 5.7+ **** More fun hands; rap off
- Toe Jam 5.7 ** Toe cruncher; can do 2nd pitch to top or rap
- Geronimo 5.7 ** Wild roof! Bring 1 #3, 2 #3.5, and 2 #4 Friends.
-
- Chimney Rock
- The Flue 5.8 R *** Scary face, fun hands
-
- Intersection Rock
- The Flake 5.8 ** Grunt chimney, fun flake & bolted face.
- Go to top and do 2 raps; 2nd rap by Waterchute
- Mike's Books 5.6 ** Fun corners; do direct start (5.8).
- Overhang Bypass 5.7 *** Airy crux on 1st pitch protects with #0 TCU.
- Second pitch is commiting hand traverse.
-
- The Blob
- The Bong 5.5 ** Fun hand crack and overhang; rap after 1 pitch.
- Approach via Hobbit Roof area.
-
- Cyclops Rock
- The Eye 5.3 R *** Steep fun climb. Walk off back side.
-
- The Wall
- Chalk Up Another One 5.9+ *** Sustained thin face; bolts
- Bring small pro (Tricams?)
- for flared groove at top.
- Hands Off 5.8 *** Good corner with hand crack
-
- Rollerball Formation
- Rollerball 5.10a *** Barn door layback & hand crack through roof
- Two hard moves; the rest is easy.
- Bring #3.5 Friend for roof.
-
- Echo Rock
- Double Dip 5.6+ ** Fun flake and face; bolts; descend to left
- Stichter Quits 5.8 *** Awkward layback to face; bolts; rap on right
- Bring 4 QDS and sling for belay.
- Stick to What 5.9+/10a *** Thin friction; bolts; rap on right.
- Belay at rap anchor or bring TCUs for belay.
- Pope's Crack 5.9 **** Great corner crack to hand traverse; sustained
- Belay right after hand traverse, and rap
- from top of British Airways.
- Bring extra TCUs, #1.5 through #3 Friends.
- Bambi Meets Godzilla 5.8+ *** Slot to fun hands; long pitch.
-
- Touch and Go Face
- Touch and Go 5.9 **** Fabulous sustained corner crack.
- Bring extra TCUs, #1.5 through #3 Friends.
-
- The Gully
- The Snatch 5.10a * Sharp hands; crux layback start
-
- Little Hunk
- ZZZZZ 5.9 R **** Steep awkward face; bolts; 1st crux run out.
- One good bolt for belay or bring TCUs.
-
- Room To Shroom Rock
- Room To Shroom 5.8 *** Easy short hands/fist; rap from tree.
- Not worth the hike unless you also
- do Chemical Warfare (5.10b ***).
-
- Freak Brothers Domes
- I Can't Believe It's a Girdle 5.9+ R ****
- Friction/face to wild, scary dike traverse.
- Bring wired nut for missing hanger on 1st pitch.
- Bring TCUs, small Friends for 3rd & 4th belays.
- 2nd pitch run out between 2nd and 3rd bolts.
- Second should back-clip last bolt on 3rd pitch.
- 4th pitch is 5.5, not 5.7.
-
- Lenticular Dome
- Mental Physics 5.7 **** Clean hand crack. Do 1 pitch and rap with
- two ropes, or diagonal rap with 1 rope over to
- top of Dazed and Confused. Second pitch is
- unprotected face.
- Dazed and Confused 5.9 R *** Great top-rope face; scary as a lead with
- only 4 bolts in 80 feet. Rap after 1 pitch.
-
- Comic Book
- Comic Book Crack 5.10a *** Fun 1st pitch; offwidth to nice crack to
- slightly runout face.
- Second pitch has very hard
- move at start and then is wide and trivial.
- Bring doubles on #1.5 through #4 Friends.
- #4 Camalot useful.
- Rap from big ledge on left side of rock.
-
- Alice In Wonderjam 5.9 **** Horrendous approach; 5th-class scramble up
- talus and chimneys. Don't bring packs or extra
- gear to base of climb! Fabulous sustained climb;
- fingers, hands, offwidth.
- Bring doubles on #1.5 through #4 Friends.
- Save #4 Friend for crux offwidth at top of
- pitch. Tricky descent back and down left side.
-
- Saddle Rocks
- Walk on the Wild Side 5.8 **** 1st pitch has 3 5.8 cruxes; second crux
- is runout. 2nd and 3rd pitches much easier.
- Bring 6 QD's and a long sling to clip
- fixed tech Friend under roof on 1st pitch.
- Downclimb and rappel to right.
-
- Hall of Horrors
- Lazy Day 5.7 *** Neat little crack. Descend to left.
- Exorcist 5.10a **** Great fingers to crux face with bolt.
- Bring extra TCUs. 30' rap off back side
-
- Future Games Rock
- Continuum 5.9 **** Good dog-leg hand crack with awkward crux
- Invisibility Lessons 5.9 **** Fun fingers and stem
-
- Corridor Face
- Colorado Crack 5.9 **** Great steep fingers and hands; descend to right
- Gem 5.8 ** Nice hands; sharp rock
-
-
- Intersection rock area (includes Steve Canyon, Old Woman, Hidden
- Valley Campground, etc.)
- overhang bypass, 5.7 (3)
- north overhang, 5.9 (3)
- hobbit roof, 10b (2)
- super roof, 5.9 (3)
- sidewinder, 5.9+ (4)
- watanobe wall, 10b (?more like 10a) (3) (S)
- double cross, 5.7+ (4)
- dogleg, 5.8 (3)
- mama woolsey, 10a (2?)
- papa woolsey, 10b (3) (the woolseys can be congo lines)
-
- Echo Rock Area
- touch and go, 5.9+ (4)
- stick to what, 5.9 (3)
- jack of hearts, 5.9 (3)
- heart and sole, 10a (4)
- EBGBs, 10c (4)
- pope's crack, 5.9 (3)
- compassion of the elephants, 10c (3)
- stichter quits, 5.7 (3) (aka black tide)
- (if you're climbing 5.10d, you might consider swept away, 5.11a)
-
- Real Hidden Valley
- illusion dweller, 10a (5)
- run for your life, 10b (4)
- sail away, 5.8 (4)
- loose lady, 10b, (4) (S)
-
- Lost Horse (also hemingway buttress area)
- bird on a wire, 10a (3) (S)
- tax man, 10b (4)
- white lightning, 5.7 (3)
-
- Saddle Rocks
- walk on the wild side, 5.7+ (4)
- harlequin, 10c (4)
-
- Hall of Horrors
- dog day afternoon, 10b (3)
- exorcist, 10a (4)
- (lazy day, 5.7 (3) is a good warm up in that area)
-
- Wonderland (I haven't explored here much)
- figures on a landscape, 10b (5)
- solid gold, 10b (4)
- room to shroom, 5.9 (4)
- mental physics, 5.7 (4)
- dangling wo li master, 10a (4)
- book of changes, 10b (4)
- caught outside on big set, 10b (5)
- gunsmoke, 5.11 (an end-of -the-day workout traverse, never more
- than 3 ft off the deck)
-
-
- Enjoy, Sorry about duplicates. And remember there better not be a line
- on figures on a landscape. I'll be in Jtree from April 6th or 7th until
- the 10th or 11th. Look for a grey Isuzu, A black mix lab(any takers) and
- someone telling great jokes. Oh yes and, I forgot the interesting
- clothes and my very nice looking partner Elaine.
-
- And before I go, On a recent trip to Pinnacles with Elaine and the
- Loobster, they both flashed/cruised up to 10c. Elaine also got her first
- 10c flash as she "Floated" to the top of a route, and her first roof
- lead on the flatiron. Me I got my first 25 footer as I floated though
- the air watching the ground get ever closer. And my belay partner get
- ever higher off the ground.
- --
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- During the week I climb left to right. On weekends I climb up and down.
- Rootbeer^2 = Beer ? Were all in it together.
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