Joshua Tree NP
Location Description
120 photos
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Monica, putting on her climbing kicks on Thanksgiving...
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John, belaying from a rock while Jim puts on some shoes...
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Climbing still life: a couple of BD Cam-A-Lots.
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View of our surroundings on Thanksgiving afternoon.
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One of our team members gives King Otto's Castle (the...
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A.J. and Harold getting ready to climb a 5.10c on King...
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Harold, atop King Otto's Castle before rappelling down.
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Monica and John, walking back to camp to start to...
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Shadows are very long at 3:30pm.
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Sunset, around 4:30.
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Rob standing by our fire at Lucky Group Camp #13.
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Playing bocce ball while Monica starts to prepare...
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Thanksgiving fire.
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Jen cooking paella. All in all the Thanksgiving feast...
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Our tent, between 11pm and 12pm on Thanksgiving Night. A...
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Single shot from our camp on Thanksgiving night.
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View to the north between roughly 1am and 3:30am on...
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The crew on Thanksgiving at Joshua Tree National Park.
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John spotting Jim on a really hard bouldering problem...
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Matthias boldly leading "An Eye for an Eye and a Route...
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Traversing the wandering Eye for an Eye and a Route for a Route.
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John belaying on a much easier slab climb while Monica...
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View near Barker Dam.
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John climbing some unnamed slab on crumbling dime edges...
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Working those toes and calves.
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Going pretty slow I guess.
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Alex climbing An Eye For An Eye A Route For A Route...
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The easy start of An Eye For An Eye A Route For A Route.
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The crux of the route, maybe. Unless you're bad at slab...
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Alex pulling the roof on An Eye For An Eye A Route For...
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Alex walking on dime edges.
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John climbing An Eye For An Eye A Route For A Route on top rope.
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Joshua tree sunset on Friday evening.
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Friday evening sunset.
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Desert tower and stars from the campfire Friday night.
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Playing around with lights and a joshua tree and the night sky.
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Mountains to the southeast of our tent.
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John and Alex at the top of a 5.8 double-crack on Trashcan Rock.
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Monica climbing a double crack 5.8 on Trashcan Rock in...
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Monica on a double crack 5.8. Very steep for only a 5.8!
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Rob hurt his shoulder so he wasn't climbing but...
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Joshua Tree near Trashcan Rock.
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Agave? Baby Joshua Tree?
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Monica, in the fuschia shirt.
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Victory!
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Joshua Tree
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Apparently joshua trees were named by Mormons who...
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View from on top of Trashcan Rock.
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Sunset on Saturday evening. Sad! We must drive home tomorrow.
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John, Alex and Rob goofing around and posing on a rock...
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Trying to balance. Alex looks confident.
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Alex balancing.
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Moon setting to the west.
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Fuzzy. Just a sliver of moon.
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Monica scrambling on some rocks next to our campsite,...
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Monica at Stirrup Tank Wednesday morning.
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Jay leading Gargoyle (5.6) at Stirrup Tank on Tuesday....
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Lee climbing Gargoyle while Jay belays. Monica also...
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Posing for a photo.
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Lee on top.
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Jay rigging up a rappel.
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Jay on rappel.
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Jay on rappel.
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John, on top to check out the view (you could climb up...
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Jay, having just lead a route (can't remember the name!)...
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Rob seconding some chimney in lower Garden of Rocks on...
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John, Monica and Jay on Thanksgiving night while...
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Pietro and Ian hiking in to climb at Atlantis Wall in...
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Monica leading a 5.7 at Atlantis Wall.
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Monica leading a 5.7 on Atlantis Wall. Jay, Lee and Rob...
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Monica working on a nut placement while Lee is belaying.
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Monica leading. Jay and Rob at the left. Lee belaying Monica.
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Monica climbing. I love the little bush growing out of...
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Grabbing a face hold.
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Placing more gear.
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Looking down.
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Checking the time on the Casio.
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Climbing on up.
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Looking intent.
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Monica throwing in a jam.
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Jamming it out to the top.
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Rob climbing a 5.10 route over on the right side of the...
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Lee climbing.
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Ian and Pietro at the base of Lloyd's Rock.
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Lost Horse Valley. Very pretty. Atlantis Wall is the two...
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Lost Horse Valley and the Aguille de Joshua Tree (hard...
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Jay leading Friend Eater (5.9) at Lloyd's Rock.
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Jay on Friend Eater (5.9).
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Pulling one of the last moves before dark.
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Joshua Tree sunset.
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Jat atop Boortemus Boulder, site of an incredible...
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Looks like a neat boulder.
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On Saturday, the heat drove us to a near cave-like...
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Jay leading Apocalypse Now (5.9) inside the Heart of...
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Rob belays Jay on Apocalypse Now.
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I like the silhouette effect.
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Red-pointed my first 5.11a trad lead: Heart of Darkness....
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Hiking back to the road in the Saturday afternoon heat.
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Lots of Joshua trees in this part of the park.
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Rob, Monica and John hiking back to the car on Saturday...
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More Monkey than Funky (5.11c), the John Bachar test...
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John leading the easy slab approach to the horizontal hand-crack.
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Immediately placing a #1 and #2 camalot in short...
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Going horizontal. Placing another #1 closer to the lip.
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Struggling to stay upside down.
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Planning to put a .75 right by the lip.
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D'oh!
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It's hard work just sitting up like this. How am I...
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Making another go of it.
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Thin hands over the lip... it's still overhanging by...
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Trying so hard....
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The route continues up from here, headed to the climber's left.
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Monica contemplating More Monkey than Funky (5.11c)
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Sunrise at camp on the last day of our trip.
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Rob leading Driving Limitations (5.8) at Indian Cove.
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Rob on Driving Limitations.
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Monica on Driving Limitations (5.8).
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Monica again.
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Last route of the day before the sun drove us back to...
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Joshua Tree takes its toll on gear: My precious $170 TC...