Ascents as trad by David Gibbs having Distinct route

Felt pretty easy on TR, might have felt a bit tougher on lead.

Soft 5.8 -- only a couple moves of 5.8, right off the ground, if you start on the right-side start.

Start was soaking wet and slimy, other bits were wet in the crack, so we decided to TR it.

David struggled on lead -- we thought this was Popsickle (5.7). But I found it a comfortable follow -- bomber hand jams the whole way, with good smears with the left foot, and jams with the right. Protected well, too.

A bit dirty and mossy -- needs a recleaning or more people climbing it. Not as good as it could be in the current shape.

Went smoother than I expected. I should lead this next time.

Definitely wet when climbed, which made things a bit more challenging.

Cockabooty has a few variations, we top-roped a variations with a 5.8 finish -- staying left to pull a few harder moves over the bulge at the end of the lay-back section.

Like several other trad routes I've climbed in the area, felt like climbing stacked blocks in places. Gear looked generally pretty good, if you avoided the looser bits. But seemed really hard for a 5.7, even climbing it on TR.

Followed clean -- but was exhausted (shaking) at end of P1, so had to call off trying pitch 2. Maybe food? Maybe spending an hour shivering at the belay? Not sure why.

First ever climb at JTree, thought I was getting on a 5.4, found this to be a very stiff 5.4. Took one rest on gear, otherwise good.

Climb takes decent gear, though the boulder problem to the first ledge was a bit tricky with a rack on.

I took several falls on this one. I found it harder than "Johnny Rock", but buddy said it was easier. We agreed that "Johnny Rock" was more technical, but this one more physical (strength based).

Fell, again, in the crux section from bolt 1 through 2 to the mantle. I'm pretty sure the moves in that section are not 5.8.

Unlike many of the other climbs in the area, this doesn't take particularly good gear.

Climbed up through the easy blocky section, cleaning placements as I went. Looked at the harder, thinner, section; wasn't sure feet were solid; would have needed to clean thin crack for hands & gear; decided to back off. Down-climbed cleaning my gear as I went.

I tried it. Tried about 3 different starts until I found one that worked -- actual described start was way too hard for a 5.5 (Miramontes rating). Found the gear not confidence inspiring, the rock crumbly with lots of gravel. I made it about 3/4 of the way, before finally bailing, hiking up, rapping in and recovering my gear.

Not recommended as a climb.

Tried, TR setup poorly, didn't want to attempt many of the moves with the bad fall.