Album: 2003: Climbing: Joshua Tree, May 2003

These are pictures from a trip to Joshua Tree with Aaron in May of 2003. It was my first time climbing trad, and it was an excellent trip. We climbed several cracks, ranging from 5.7 to 5.9, and one bolted face climb. The pictures are mostly of the landscape and vegetation. Unfortunately I didn't get any good climbing pictures, because it was just the two of us. Any time one of us was climbing, the other was belaying.

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	I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. This is a large Joshua Tree, surrounded by hundreds, perhaps thousands, of other Joshua Trees. Amazingly, this is what much of the landscape looks like in the...	May 6, 2003 2048 x 1536 pixels 1.7 MB
	Rocky landscape This is a typical landscape at Joshua Tree. Lots of Joshua Trees and not much other vegetation, and big beautiful granite boulders that look like they just fell...	May 6, 2003 2048 x 1536 pixels 1.6 MB
	Crack addiction Just look at all them cracks. It's a trad climber's dream, which makes one understand just why this is such a popular climbing spot.	May 6, 2003 2048 x 1536 pixels 1.5 MB
	Aaron rappelling Aaron rappelling after we climbed "Double Cross," an excellent and classic 5.7 crack climb. We had done three other routes earlier that day, but that was the...	May 6, 2003 2048 x 1536 pixels 1.6 MB
	A beautiful cactus This is just one of several very lovely flowering cacti that we saw that day.	May 6, 2003 2048 x 1536 pixels 1.5 MB
	A beautiful cactus This is a close-up of a really beautiful flowering cactus that we saw.	May 6, 2003 2048 x 1536 pixels 1.6 MB
	A beautiful cactus This is a close-up of a really beautiful flowering cactus that we saw.	May 6, 2003 2048 x 1536 pixels 1.6 MB
	A climber's hand My hand, at the end of the day, demonstrating a decently well-made tape glove, and my fingers covered with a mix of chalk, dirt and grime, and a little blood. I...	May 6, 2003 2048 x 1536 pixels 1.7 MB
	Aaron's full rack I thought this was a pretty impressive rack, so I took a picture of it. Cam-a-lots, TCU's, a couple Friends, many nuts, and a bunch of slings and quickdraws....	May 6, 2003 2048 x 1536 pixels 1.6 MB