By Shawn Adams From Hyde Park, New York May 19, 2010
| Starting at 5.0 and ending wherever, what is everyone's consensus of the top twenty cracks to climb in JTree? Cheers, S |  FLAG |
By Fat Dad From Los Angeles, CA May 19, 2010
| I think my top five would be O'Kelleys, Coarse and Buggy, Wangerbanger, Equinox and Illusion Dweller. Somewhat arbitrary, but all good. Others: Hot Rocks, Touch and Go, Sail Away, Perfect Fingers, More Funky, Asteroid Crack, Imaginary Voyage, Dogleg. So many... |  FLAG |
By steve edwards From SLC, UT May 19, 2010
| Hard to argue with Todd but I've done those five and think Equinox is better, and one of the best cracks I've ever done. It's the only line on a formation and an absolute splitter. And I don't really like crack climbing. Hot Rocks is good, too, but it has a face crux if I remember correctly. And that 5.9 in some corner near Echo was also always a favorite. |  FLAG |
By steve edwards From SLC, UT May 19, 2010
| Touch and Go. That's it. Thanks Fat Dad. |  FLAG |
By bheller From SL UT May 19, 2010
| +1 million equinox |  FLAG |
By Pat C From Honolulu May 19, 2010
| Nobody's got Rubicon up??? Illusion Dweller, Damper, The Orphan, Perpetual Motion, Clean and Jerk (pretty cracky), More funky than monkey for sure, Flakes of Wrath, Johnny Quest, Etude, Open Book, Double Cross, That really brutal one next to run for your life...... what's that one called, Fisticuffs! The exorcist, Tax man, Jumar of flesh, six pack crack also bird of fire, and the dolphin. and crack # 6 is good |  FLAG |
By Paul S. From Orange County, CA May 20, 2010
| These are ones that I have done so it will not have anything harder than .10d....also not in any specific order, bird of fire, heart of darkness,double cross, touch and go, pope's crack, super roof, white lightening, sail away, hands off, the gem, deflowered (yes I like this one), invisibility lessons, continuum, high strung, ball bearing, o'kelly's crack, the exorcist, dandelion, taxman, semi tough, prepackaged.....ooops thats 21 |  FLAG |
By Brandt Allen From Joshua Tree, Cal May 20, 2010
| Todd's Big Five are excellent routes, just remember you have to do them all in one day. For less of an ordeal, remember the Little Five, Touch and Go, Pope's Crack, Hands Off, Sail Away, and Ball Bearing, also done in a day. Unless there has been some serious tectonic plate movement recently, Flakes of Wrath, Johnny Quest, Etude, and Open Book are still at Suicide/Tahquitz. |  FLAG |
By RTM May 20, 2010
| I don't know about Todd's top 5, but my 5 are: Equinox, Bird of Fire, Rubicon, Hot Rocks, Wangerbanger |  FLAG |
By x15x15 May 20, 2010
| i think vector should be on the list. great rock, fabulous climb, a delightful setting, and usually no chalk on route. |  FLAG |
By caughtinside From Oakland CA May 20, 2010
| My favorite 20 that I can think of of the top of my head, in no particular order: Rubicon Perpetual Motion Touch and Go Scary Poodles Coarse and Buggy Sail Away Pope's Crack Cedric's Deep Sea Fish Market Bird of Fire Prepackaged Mental Physics Overseer Anacram Invisibility Lessons Continuum the Bendix Claws Right V crack Double Cross The Rattler Tax Man I haven't done these, but I've looked at them and they look sick: Wangerbanger O'Kelleys Vector Equinox |  FLAG |
By x15x15 May 20, 2010
| i dont see crack queen on the list either. that climb blows most of the others away... |  FLAG |
By Pat C From Honolulu May 20, 2010
| you know, snake book out in loveland or oz or whatever is super fun, and I completely forgot Sphincter Quits! that one's one of my favorites for sure. |  FLAG |
By Michael Ybarra From on the road May 24, 2010
| Fire or Retire and both Mel Cracks would make my list. |  FLAG |
By Brent Silvester May 24, 2010
| I'll say Big Bobs Big Wedge (although it a boulder problem, it still is quite long and it is a roof crack for gods sake). More Funky than Monkey. Another roof crack. We really don't have too many here in Southern Arizona. +1 For Illusion Dweller and the Exorcist and Tax Man. |  FLAG |
By Matt Toensing From Boulder May 24, 2010
| heart of darkness and also apocalypse now if you are into that sort of OW thing |  FLAG |
By x15x15 May 25, 2010
| kamikazi crack is pretty darn good too. better than many of the ones listed already. |  FLAG |
By caughtinside From Oakland CA May 25, 2010
| Matt Toensing wrote: apocalypse now 12 feet of 5.8 OW one of the best cracks in Josh? |  FLAG |
By Darren in Vegas From Las Vegas, NV May 25, 2010
| Many of my favorites were already mentioned, but here are a couple I didn't see yet Modern Warfare (offwidth) Spiderline |  FLAG |
By Ryan Kelly From work. May 25, 2010
| Toejam. It's all about Toejam. |  FLAG |
By caughtinside From Oakland CA May 25, 2010
| Ryan Kelly wrote: Toejam. It's all about Toejam. Have you redpointed that splitter rig yet? |  FLAG |
By Fat Dad From Los Angeles, CA May 25, 2010
| A few of easy 5.7s: False Smooth as Silk (either 5.4 or 5.7) Classic Corner Bushcrack Popular Mechanics (5.9) is really clean. You'd almost swear you're in the Valley. |  FLAG |
By Ryan Kelly From work. May 25, 2010
| caughtinside wrote: Have you redpointed that splitter rig yet? I'm still projecting The Bong. ToeJam will have to wait till 2011. |  FLAG |
By Ryan Kelly From work. May 25, 2010
| Fat Dad wrote: A few of easy 5.7s: False Smooth as Silk (either 5.4 or 5.7) Classic Corner Bushcrack Popular Mechanics (5.9) is really clean. You'd almost swear you're in the Valley. I don't know about False Smooth as Silk, but Smooth as Silk is great for 20 feet or so. +1 on Popular Mechanics, and the one to the left of it - Ace of Spades? |  FLAG |
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