A perfect cilmb on a perfect day... really it was a perfect trip!

Starting out on the line of the Metal Physics. One of the best 5.7s Ive ever done.

Straight and linear. A must do climb for the 5.7 leader and even the 5.10.

One of the finest strolls in the Park. The real fun is the runout on the second pitch.

Mike took this shot of me clipping the third bolt on Dazed and Confused, a really fun route.... and one of my favorite Led Zeppelin songs too!

Mental Physics (5.7+***) on Lenticular Dome in the Wonderland of Rocks, Joshua Tree. A classic hand and finger crack climb, with crux just below the bolts at the first belay. The somewhat shorter second pitch requires some nice face work as the route moves up and left by one bolt to the top. Set up an anchor in the v-shaped crack - takes pro to 3+ in. Walk off right.

Mental Physics (5.7) was my first led in Joshua Tree. The climb is on the Lenticular Dome, deep in the Wonderland of Rocks. The low quality photo was taken with my friends $35 digital "JamCam".

Here I am racked and ready for Mental Physics (5.7), my first climb at Joshua Tree. Photo taken by Brian on the "JamCam" a $35 digital camera.

At the top of the first pitch of Mental Physics. It was getting dark, and didn't do the second pitch.

Mental Physics Pitch one. Early March 2007.