Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xii
Introduction xiii
How to Get to Joshua Tree xiv
Camping xv
Supplies and Showers xv
How to Use This Book xvi
Climbing Seasons xvii
Leave No Trace xvii
Park Regulations xviii
Standard Joshua Tree Rack xix
Climbing Safely at Joshua Tree xx
Emergencies xxi
Climb Finder xxi
Map Legend xxv
1 Quail Springs 1
Trashcan Rock 1
Hound Rocks 5
White Cliffs of Dover 7
2 Mongolia 9
Eastern Siberia Cliff 11
3 Lost Horse Road 17
Freeway Wall 17
Rock Garden Valley 20
Lost Horse Wall 21
4 Hemingway Buttress Area 23
Ken Black Memorial Dome 23
Hemingway Buttress-Main Wall 26
IRS Wall 27
Dairy Queen Wall-Right Side 29
Dairy Queen Wall-Left Side 30
Dihedral Rock 31
5 Hidden Valley Campground 35
Intersection Rock 36
Old Woman 41
The Blob 44
Rock Hudson 47
Watanabe Wall 48
Hot Tub Formation 50
Sidewinder Cliff 51
Grain Surgery Cliff 52
Chimney Rock 53
Cyclops 54
Peewee Rock 56
6 Real Hidden Valley 57
Tumbling Rainbow Formation 58
The Sentinel 60
Locomotion Rock 64
Sports Challenge Rock 65
Hidden Tower 67
Houser Buttress 69
7 Echo Rock Area 71
Echo Cove Rock-Southwest Face 71
Echo Cove-West End 73
Rusty Wall 76
Echo Cove-East End 78
Echo Rock-Main Slab 82
Echo Rock-EBGBs Block 85
Touch and Go Formation 86
Echo Rock-South Face 87
Snickers 90
Little Hunk-South Face 92
Anasazi Wall 94
Little Hunk-Northeast Face 95
8 Wonderland of Rocks 97
Astro Domes 98
Lenticular Dome 107
9 Cap Rock 109
10 Ryan Campground 113
Headstone Rock 115
11 Hall of Horrors 117
South Rock 118
Middle Formation 120
North Rock 122
12 Saddle Rock 125
13 Jumbo Rocks 133
Conan's Corridor 134
14 Split Rocks 135
Rubicon Formation 136
Isles in the Sky 137
Future Games Wall 139
15 Indian Cove 141
Pixie Rock 142
Campfire Crag 144
King Otto's Castle 146
Moosedog Tower 148
Feudal Wall 150
Short Wall 154
Index 157
About the Author 163