Comic Book Area  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Elevation:  4,400' Lat, Long:  34.013, -116.143 Map Page Views:  35,956. Good page?    Administrators:  C Miller, Adam Stackhouse, M.Morley, Sam Vanderhyden, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  C Miller on Jul 8, 2002 Make this area a Favorite What's New  Printer View Add Area  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event

BETA PHOTO: Comic Book Area.
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Description 

The Comic Book Area offers an opportunity to get away from the crowds of the nearby Echo Rock Area and enjoy some fun crack and face climbs with generally good quality rock.

Some of the better cracks here include Alice in Wonderjam (5.9), Comic Book (5.10a), Drano (5.10a), Frontal Lobotomy (5.10a), Take It For Granite (5.10c) and Brain Death (5.12a).

Full Frontal Nudity (5.10a), T-N-T (5.10c), Welcome to Joshua Tree (5.10c), Cleopatra (5.11b) and Silver Lining (5.11c) are some of the better face routes here.

Getting There 

Drive east past Echo Tee for about 0.5 miles along the Bighorn Pass Road, as if heading to Barker Dam, and park in any of several turnouts. From here a marked trail heads south along the edge of the hillside to the various climbing areas. Plan on 5-20 minutes approach depending upon which crag you plan on visiting.

The Classics

Featured Route For Comic Book Area

Frontal Lobotomy 5.10a/b  CA : Joshua Tree National Park : ... : The Comic Strip - SW Face

A really great, steep crack climb, that seems more exposed and difficult that it really is (aren't we always looking for this kind of route?) Excellent protection. One of the first climbs done in the Comic Book area. The young Matt Cox, Dave Evans and Spencer Lennard were very active in climbers in the 70s, establishing many fine routes. Pitch 1: The first pitch (5.9) is often neglected, but is actually quite good. Layback a wide crack (crux), which quickly becomes fingers; traverse le...[more]   Browse More Classics in CA

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