This was a very bad idea, when you don't have the reach. Right arm felt the pump real quick after letting go with the left to reach at the crack. Immediate hand traverse back to the right onto the rail again, for a heel-toe leg hook upsidedown hang rest. Did all possible to get this thing clean on the first go, but botched it at the end of the half hour struggle. Felt that long anyway. Came down. Went with a slightly different sequence and made good on the redpoint. A very patient belay by Armando. Photo by Steve. 1 Oct 2006

Bearded Cabbage onsight on Josh and my jtree 5.10 blitzkrieg day

Dominic enjoying the surprisingly easy roof crack of Geronimo. visit www.rockandice.ch.vu

Dominic placing a #4 Camalot in the roof crack of Geronimo. Joshua Tree Nat. Park visit www.rockandice.ch.vu

It was a hot sunny day, then the clouds rolled in! Nice!! Good climb, the crux is at the top.

Photo manipulation, of unknown climber, using two photos taken at JT. This was done, just playing around, while waiting for my broken collar bone to heal. Photos taken, 05/07/06 by Cosmiccragsman. The Unknown Climber has my email address. I will gladly put his name in the credits, if he will contact me with his name cc

Suffering a broken collar bone, the day before, on Stem Gem, I took this photo as I was getting ready to leave JT on Sunday. Photo by cosmiccragsman 05/07/06

Flamer getting a rest before he makes the transition into the thin horizontal crack crux hand jam..! An insane beautiful move. Photo by M.Miller

This panorama was stiched together form 11 images taken from a camera lofted by a kite 300ft above the floor. If you look closely you can see climbers on Toe Jam (center). Photo, Cris Benton

Nice jump to start....

Nate cleaning my half-ass lead of "Judas" (5.10b) at night by headlamp. This route put me back in my place after a solid ten minutes trying to start the damn thing.

This is me topping out on Dandelion (5.10a) in Hidden Valley on the Old Woman rock. We hadn't consulted the guidebook for this one until afterwards. Had I known its grade beforehand, I probably would've hopped on something a bit easier to begin spring break. First climb of my first time in what the old guys call the "Monument". My girlfriend, DeAnna, was the photographer.

This was a great climb. I got a little spooked at the top and read it wrong but finished it out after a hang to clear my head. Wasn't so much difficult as mental. I'll know better next time.

This is a picture of me hanging out on a short 5.7 on The Old Woman. Joshua Tree, California.

My buddy, Theron practices some aid, while my trusty rock hound, 'Chevy' stands guard. He's gone now, (the dog, not the climber), but his memory lives on. At almost 15, he's been surfing, rock climbing, backpacking, white-water rafting, flown in an old Lockheed Super-Constellation, and lived in CA, FL, MD, NY, ME and WA. Quite a life he had!

This is just another Hidden Valley Classic located on the Old Woman.

This is a picture of me on Bearded Cabbage. Joshua Tree National Park, California.

This is a picture of me on this Hidden Valley Classic. This photo is for my climbing mentor The Gambler.

Lee looking smooth and solid and cool on BANDSAW, just a split second before that solid part went all awry. Serious lead, first bolt some 40' above big jagged boulders, and two other bolts at 70' or so. Hats off to those who led. Thin face and roof and more thin face right of SEXY GRANDMA, up to the same anchors. 9 Oct 2005

This is George Hurley in the lower section of Dogleg, The Old Woman West face, Hidden Valley. Photo by Thomas Ribière.

This is George Hurley in the lower section of Dogleg, The Old Woman West face, Hidden Valley. Photo by Thomas Ribière.

After we had climbed Double Cross, George is packing his stuff. Photo by Thomas Ribière.

Making the long reach to the crack from the flake with a very positive heel hook.

This was her first climb at J Tree and she did well. I had never done it and was pleased with the rock but surprised by the start. We climbed in the morning til the sun hit then we left. Sonso45 took on nikon digital 082005.

this climb is on my favorites list, maybe cause it was my first trad trip. absolutely no regrets about driving 2800 miles to try out some trad. well, there is one, that i wanna go back