July 3, 2008
Rock Climbing History - Hans Florine Sets Record at Yosemite's El Capitan - Popular Mechanics
March 29, 2008
climbers on intersection rock, joshua tree
climbers on intersection rock, joshua tree
j-tree granite has bite. photo doesn’t do my knuckles justice. trust me, they’re a bit sore and scabby. i think we might go out again on saturday.
j-tree granite has bite. photo doesn’t do my knuckles justice. trust me, they’re a bit sore and scabby. i think we might go out again on saturday.

j-tree

we arrived in Joshua tree Saturday and scouted around for some climbing that would be good for n00bs like us. almost immediately, we found Atlantis wall, which has a relatively easy walk-on for setting top rope. on Sunday and Monday we climbed there. nothing too hard - we kept it simple for our first outing.

it went really well. it’s incredibly easy to set up really bomber top-rope anchors for many of the routes, simply by slinging a boulder or horn with webbing or cordlette. we could easily and quickly set top rope for “men with cows heads”, “wet pidgeon” and “hot crystals” that way.

one or two photos and maybe a little video of our beginner’s effort at jt to follow in the nearish future.

March 27, 2008
All Climbing
Blogging on climbing, bouldering, mountaineering, and training.
abs19 (via Rogue Rock Gym)
abs19 (via Rogue Rock Gym)
Chris Sharma on the first ascent of Dreamcatcher, 5.14d/9a (via bigupproductions)
March 2, 2008
here’s a picture my dad snagged out at j-tree of a slackliner
here’s a picture my dad snagged out at j-tree of a slackliner