"Joshua Tree Bouldering" is the reference guide for bouldering in one of the Earth's great playgrounds - Joshua Tree National Park. With nearly 500 pages, this book is thick! The size and complexity of Joshua Tree's granite mazes are astounding: 30 square miles of rock piles, hundreds of formations - and countless boulders. For those seeking the thrill of exploration and a lifetime of bouldering, Joshua Tree is endless. This is the most comprehensive book available on Joshua Tree bouldering, documenting over 2000 problems.
Josh is one of the cradles of American bouldering, with historical problems from the 1960s posed by the wild and uninhibited Desert Rats, through the serious classics of the Stonemasters of the 1970s and 80s, to the V-double-digit testpieces of Rob Mulligan, Chris Lindner, Chris Sharma, and Keenan Takahashi. Come test some of California's best and most famous bouldering problems, including White Rastafarian (V2), Slashface (V3), Lynn Hill Memorial Face Problem (V4), Stem Gem (V4), JBMFP (V5), So High (V5), Scatterbrain (V6), Planet X (V6), Streetcar Named Desire (V6), Pumping Monzonite (V7), Caveman (V7), Dark Matter (V9), Iron Curtain (V11), and Iron Resolution (V13).
Moreover, the town of Joshua Tree is really cool, appreciated by climbers worldwide!
Specifications
- Author: Robert Miramontes
- Publisher: Wolverine Publishing
- Publication Year: 2016
- Edition: 2nd
- Number of Pages: 484 in color
Features:
- Over 2000 bouldering problems
- Premium sewn binding
- Color-coded problems by difficulty
- Photos of nearly all bouldering problems
- Inspiring action photographs
- Artistic and accurate maps
- Camping information
- Detailed bouldering history
Covered Regions
- Lost Horse
- JBMF
- Real Hidden Valley
- Hidden Valley Campground
- The Outback
- Asteroid Belt
- Echo Tee
- Barker Dam
- Planet X
- Cap Rock
- Ryan Campground
- Hall of Horrors
- The Underground
- Geology Tour Road
- Indian Cove
- … and more!
About the Author
Robert Miramontes first visited Joshua Tree National Park in the mid-1980s and began a lifelong obsession with climbing and bouldering. His love for the park inspired the cultivation of another passion - photography - and the combination of these passions led to the creation of this book. Robert has now written six books about the area, including this one, as well as the titles Wolverine Joshua Tree Rock Climbs and Joshua Tree National Park: The Insider’s Guide. He lives near the park with his wife Christina, also a climber, and their daughter Alexandra.