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I agree, that #2 in the anchor is no beuno

I was always taught to void using passive protection for your first piece. You want something that can be directional to avoid the reverse zipper effect. Cool you're using cowbells though, so many people skip using nuts or hexes these days. Nothing better than a solid passive piece that you could hang a bus off of!

What a crack

I remember doing this climb back in the late 80's....Great route, lots of fun!

How do ypu get it back

Suprised that hook held you and your ball of steel. Does that hook operate on friction alone?

yes I would whip

Sorry for the quality. RUclips compression at its finest.

“Can you do that for me… no” 😅

No more throwing cams 🎉🎉🎉

Why would you call off belay when you’re not in direct That is a bad habit just opening the opportunity for a freak accident.

Another nice, easy route I've done in Josh a couple of times. Not terribly challenging, but exposed enough to make it interesting. Please keep putting up these easy and moderate routes. I love watching the movement on the 5.12's & harder, but the less difficult climbs have a lot to recommend them too. The first time I did this route was in April, don't recall the year, probably the early 1980's. It was a few days after Josh got a bit of rain, and at the top, when I looked down, the desert floor looked blue almost as far as I could see. When we got down, I realized that I'd missed the forest for the trees. The blue color was many thousands of little 5 pointed star shaped flowers. But the only way you could get a real perspective was up top. Individual flowers were pretty, but...

cheeky climb

The roof a 11:24 looked very fun!

mon that was excellent

Easy clean bro, love that Tommy came to help in the beginning

Dual angle. Such production value!

Nice climb! You floated it. This is on my tick list. Do you know if you can rap to the side and setup etude for TR?

Such a classic! Dude you styled it, good work 👍🏻

lmao the captions were a nice touch

Another comment from an OG climber. One of the best crack climbs I've done anywhere, sustained thin fingers to medium hands, wonderful friction on the granite face and it eats up trad pro. I don't recall using cams at all. Of course, not everybody had a ton of cams in those days lol. But the nut & small hex placements were absolutely bombproof. I even slung that tree in the middle; it was solid even then. Great vid of a great climb.👍 [edit] Glad I found your youtube channel. I've bookmarked it-I'm kinda old school in that I don't subscribe, sorry. But I appreciate that you put up superb moderate to easy climbs, not just the 10's & above. There's a certain snobbery that says if it's not at least 5.10, it can't be a 5 star climb. I've done 'way too many 5 star moderates at 5.8 & under to believe that. Even if they weren't rated that highly in the guidebook.

Wow, you climbed lower section (before the tree) so easy. I started doing lie back since the crack seemed to be too thin and did not have good time there at all.

fucking sick bro

The ladder reveal was so smooth

I like carrots

I remember this climb being pretty tough for a 5.8, but you made it look way easier. Good job, and nice hex catch too!

You really know how to climb Jack! Fantastic adventure man you are really skilled

I gotta learn rope climbing soon, these routes look fun

Clean climb, V2 in my gym tho 🤷‍♂

I see you showing off throwing and catching that blue hex

Probably one of the best 8's in J-Tree. Great locks, small edges most of the way for your feet except the last few feet, and bomber pro the whole way. I'd be suspicious of the (-) rating. It might be only a couple of moves at the top, but they're pretty interesting. OK, so I'm an ancient climber. When we first did this, you had to reach below the top of the pinnacle to get some pro for an anchor-no bolts. And the descent was roughly a 5.6 downclimb. This is much more civilized...👍

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1:24 I was watching this!

I very much appreciate you sharing this climbing experience. I did this climb 45 years ago in the freezing, cold rain. It was a sudden cloud burst. I couldn't believe how water much came down the track, down my arms and across my chest. By the time I reached the top the rain had stopped. I do recall setting up a belay in the same spot as you. We didn't have camming devices back then. I think ended up using a couple large hex nuts in opposition to each other and a large sling around part of the rock. I think your anchor placement up top is fine, but I would suggest using your slings in a way that better equalizes the static load. Across the way is a climb I believe called Cyclops. You might try that sometime. Good job. Stay safe.

As an old trad climber who's done Double Cross a few times, It's still one of the best crack climbs. I especially like that you didn't use all cams. Not so many younger climbers use Hexes for hand & fist cracks anymore, but properly placed, especially when the crack flares going up, they can be more solid than cams. 👍😊 [edit] And you don't have to climb 5.10 or harder to have a great climb.

nice dude

Pretty exciting climb. Why do you call it soloing?

I LOVE TRAD SOLOINGGGGGG

nice video man! Love the POV climbing

This is sick af awesome video fellas

too much yappin 👎

Nice van with Wendy holding down the fort! Hi Wendy!!!

Nice crack all the way up! Great teamwork with @tommylee3834 on that simul rappel. Be safer next time duh ...

On your simul rappel it’s best practice to tether both climbers together. In the scenario you are not in sync, simul rappelling without a tether can be catastrophic. Have fun and be safe!

my favorite part is the one with the cowbells ringing!

5.4

Great video! I'll watch moderate trad stuff all day over 5.14d. I miss climbing at JT!

A strong anchor is considered 23 KN or more. If you believe that those red and yellow cams in your anchor are legit in good quality rock you can just do a two piece anchor with a quad. You’ll get a self equalizing anchor and it’s more efficient. Cheers and happy climbing.

👀 'Promo SM'