Trad Climbing

"Where protection is not assured by a usable crack, long unprotected runouts sometimes result, and the leader of commitment must be prepared to accept the risks and alternatives which are only too well defined. Personal qualities - judgement, concentration, boldness - the ordeal by fire, take precedence, as they should, over mere hardware... But every climb is not for every climber; the ultimate climbs are not democratic." Doug Robinson

Joshua Tree · Tahquitz · Red Rocks · Yosemite

Joshua Tree
Sunset at Joshua Tree National Park

Resources

	Route Browser Photos, topos, and detailed info. for over a thousand Joshua Tree climbing routes!
	Selected Routes includes photo topos and descriptions.
	Geology and Geomorphology How those rocks came to be.
	Camping at Joshua Tree.
	Guidebooks & Topos: Route Browser Rock Climbing JT Classic JT Rock Climbs Trad Guide to JT Free Toproping Guide Free Bouldering Guide Reviews
	Photos
	Guided Climbing with Vertical Adventures
	Average Temperatures

Tahquitz/Suicide
Tahquitz Towers Over Humber Park

	Guidebooks: Climber's Guide to Tahquitz and Suicide Excellent topos and route descriptions.
	Gary Valle's Tahquitz Rock Climbing Notes Nice images and recollections from a veteran climber.
	Guided Climbing with Vertical Adventures

Red Rocks
Hiking In

	Overview
	Geology
	Guidebooks: Rock Climbing Red Rocks
	Ginger Cracks An overlooked 5.9.

Yosemite
November Snow on Half Dome

	Guidebooks & Topos: Yosemite Climbs: Free Climbs Yosemite Climbs: Big Walls
	NPS Page The official site.
	SuperTopo Topos and other good stuff.
	Tuan's Pages All things Yosemite-related.
	Yosemite Online
	Camping Reservations
	Average Temps and Ppt

Joshua Tree · Tahquitz · Red Rocks · Yosemite

This document was last updated on Friday, February 23, 2007