Zac measuring the one slopey dish for half-hopping on to gain the steep face. Doesn't look like that big a step because Zac is like eight feet tall. 28 Oct 2006

Cynthia sticking the high step-across onto the steep slab, hands up for balance over the one foot. 28 Oct 2006

Jorge pulling the crux moves to get up to the better part of the crack above the bolt. Almost there. Just a little bit more. 28 Oct 2006

Reno sailing away across the top. 28 Oct 2006

SemiTough looked beautiful so we had to give it a go. Unsuccesful was my partner. I geared up and went for it. The first move at the start was hard and thin finger tips. That was the crux getting past my first pro. Small nuts. After that the climbing didn't let up. It was hard all the way up. I took one fall about 20' up. It's a must do for leaders venturing into 5.11 territory

A very fun wide crack. Honest. And not a scratch coming out of this wrestling match. Top stitch photo by Armando. 30 Sep 2006

Austin at the thin wall on Congratulations. The roof is a blast to pull! photo by Devaki Murch.

Popular climb in JT for good reason. We were fortunate on that day to beat the crowds out to the thin wall.

Ape Jr. tests his ape index on Saturday Night Live. Photo taken by the Brit.

Ape Jr. is shown here performing the crux dynamo maneuver. Note the intense spotting work by myself, BSF. Also, note the hair and the conspicuous lack of a safety cord. Extreem. Iron. Lion. Zion.

Peter Maggio heading up one of J-Trees many classics. This is a must do for any J-Tree regular.

Climber on the right leaning start that leads up to a recess, then the step out right to get into the thin fun leading up to a wide ledge, then step further right to couple of short corner sections to topout. 8 Apr 2006

Geoffrey Kinsey on April 3, 2006. Lost the on-sight by falling twice at the start, but lowered and re-started for a clean finish. Photographer: Rick Fredland

i took this after my father had clipped the bolts and was about to rappel down. after this we set up a top rope and my brother and i climbed it. it was a fun one. i recommend it to anyone going there

This was an easy but fun climb. We did it to get my brother on something that he could do in his hiking boots. This is more face climby and ledgy like we are used to in the Northeast. I led and set up camp to take pictures.

This is my brother's first time outside. He doesn't have shoes and said mine were too painfully tight, so he opted for his hiking boots. Well, this was a climb I found that I thought he could get up. It was easy, but i still enjoyed it.

Josh diggin' for gold on the old man's face!

We were checking out a cave on the other side of Locomotion rock when I looked up and said 'It's a face!' I thought this profile was so cool. Then I sent Josh up to pick his nose!

This was our first trip of hopefully many to Joshua Tree. I went with my wife (wonderwoman) and my brother (who doesn't climb). I have heard of the stiffness of the grades, and combine that with my crack noobiness, I didn't expect to put too much emphasis on the grades. THis route was a lot of fun, once you get past the crux at the start of the route. 5.6? YEah, right!

This is my beautiful wife getting her self ready on our first ever trip to Jtree. We were like kids in a candy factory. We were sad to only have two days to climb. Oh Well, we'll be back!

Sticking the Dyno and Holding the Resulting Swing on Saturday Night Live

The classic Wedgie Arete. Simply highball slab arete. Knee knocking. For real fun try the three highball slab routes to the left of this problem.

Enjoying a warm winter day on this classic at the sport challenge wall.

Beautiful solid fist jambs on this amazing climb 5.10b crack. The top part is tuff. Takes great gear. Be prepared to have fun climbing this route. To bad it's not longer. Great job Jeff taking the photo.