Ascents in Joshua Tree National Park by Neale Brain having trad-cpr or ascent-date

A really nice thin finger crack. A bit pumpy towards the top.

Fell on the crux moves at the bottom. Started again and got it clean. Really fun route.

Had wanted to lead this since seconding it years ago. Fun, well protected and a great little summit.

Didn't take a big cam so had to run it out a bit on P2 but fun, secure climbing and a nice sunset.

Had seconded this route years ago. Well-named: balancey and fun.

Apparently we both did the lower chimney/offwidth section facing the wrong way which made it much harder. I had to pull on a sling to get through this section. The rest of pitch 1 and the slabby pitch 2 were good.

Quite fun with a couple of awkward moves.

I led the first pitch (crux). Geoff led the second.

Only did first pitch. A great climb with some nice jamming and good rest opportunities.

Short but fun.

I think I started slightly right of the actual start for this climb which may have made it easier, but this didn't seem like a 5.10 to me (mainly because I've never managed to get up a 5.10 in J-Tree before). Mind you, I'm sure it would be a whole lot different on lead).

A bit of a sandbag. The name is misleading - I chose this for my friend's first ever rock climb having never climbed it myself: a good initiation to old-school "easy" JT routes! We descended in semi-darkness via the chimney near Bussonier.

Had led this a few years ago. Protects well - a good beginning leader's route.

Lots of loose flakes & knobs. A fun little climb but I was glad I wasn't leading it.

Certainly doesn't feel like a 5.9 - in fact it's only a 5.8 in the two guide books I've seen.

No cams required except for the belay - this climb is a great practice for slotting nuts!

Seconded 1st and 3rd pitch and led (onsight) a variation of the 2nd pitch which followed the left crack above the 1st belay instead of the right.

Requires a variety of techniques. The chimney near the top looks daunting but isn't too bad. I found the climb quite strenuous.

Fun route

Only my second lead, the first being a 5.3, but it felt OK at the grade.

Fell on my first attempt. Started over and got it.

A really nice slab climb.

A fun route with lots of variety and a bit of exposure.

We used this climb as an approach to Kundalini Linguini Weenie which my partner led but I didn't complete.

Pretty stiff for a 5.7 I thought.

My first trad climb. Slipped and fell low on the climb so wasn't clean. Good fun though.