Kelsey (prezwoodz) stands dwarfed by White Rastafarian in JTree during the heat of the summer.

Sausage, egg, and cheese burritos in the making, while our first line of the day awaited in the morning sun, right behind our campsite. Good lead, Reno! 29 Oct 2006

Snapped this shot just before sunset in Hidden Valley. What a fun place to hang out and spend your weekend!

Setting up the top out. After 15 tries and two visits I finally finished this so called V1. Personally I think it goes much harder. But what do I know.

5.8 route at intersection. Starts with a chimney into a hand crack into a large flake system and finaly a true J-Tree face. Good fun.

Two moves from the top out, which by the way isn't much easier on this 17ft (J-Tree) V1

Tourist photographer shooting while I put the finishing touches on Lunar Lieback

Good fun V2 face climb. Getting ready for 2006 Trad season.

First time at J-Tree. This line is easy to spot on TheBlob. Quite an eye opener from the "5.7's" I'm used to....I did get it clean though, took all I had, but I did get it. Can't wait to go see what other gems Joshua has to offer.....

I can't climb v7, but the sections of this route from the beginning to the stout chimeny and then the end were really fun! It was also fun to work the crux. Lots of movement.

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

I liked this climb a lot more than I thought I would, since I tend to climb far too much with my upper body.

Bearded Cabbage onsight on Josh and my jtree 5.10 blitzkrieg day

Cyclops Rock with the eye visible near the top - everything in J-Tree gives you a false sense of perspective - the eye is about 6 ft wide and 12 ft high. Even though a 5.3 - a must do route for J-Tree.

Hanging around the campfire with friends... What a great way to end the 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

my bud AJ and I were on this one then chris turned up but didnt remember the start (yeah right, hes so modest) I showed him then he just floated the problem. I like the way it looks, the shadows form a genie in the bottle effect.

this set up was just siting there with no one on it so we decided to tack it for a test drive, played on it for an afternoon then it disapearsdagain not long after that,we never did see who set it up?

great moderate trad route to relax on!

Science getting busy on Stem Gem, in Joshua Tree California. Awesome palm-pressing leading into a technical feet-first crux move. A must do for any classic boulder fiend. Photo: JOYEE LAU 06'

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

me and buddy ben top roped it. it was awhile ago but it was fun, good overhang problem at the bottom.

Raven Flying over campsites, looking for any scraps of food left by visitors. They can spot small morsals of food, from their vantage points, atop the rocks surrounding the campsites. Photo by Cosmiccragsman Nikon D2x 06/30/06

Coyote photo taken at HVCG while I was having lunch. Nikon D2x Photo by Cosmiccragsman 07/01/06