Welcome to one of Earth's great playgrounds of stone - Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California. The sheer size and complexity of Joshua Tree's granite mazes is mind-boggling: 30 square miles of rock piles, hundreds of formations and millions of boulders. For those seeking the thrill of exploration and a lifetime of bouldering, Joshua Tree is ad infinitum. With an explosion in bouldering activity, this book is double the size of previous editions, documenting more than 2000 problems, from some of the first and most-historic boulders in the US, through Stonemaster classics of the 70s and 80s, to recent v-double-digit testpieces pioneered by the likes of Rob Mulligan, Chris Lindner, and Chris Sharma.
- Author: Robert Miramontes
- Language: English
Areas covered:
- 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!
Specifications
- Format: Paperback
- Dimensions: 484 pages
- Published: March 19, 2012
- Publisher: Wolverine Publishing; 1st edition
- Language: English
About the Author
Robert Miramontes first visited Joshua Tree National Park in the mid 1980’s and got hooked on climbing and bouldering there, marking the beginning of a life-long obsession. His love of the park inspired the cultivation of another passion — photography. Combining these two passions led to the creation of this book. Robert has now written six books for the area, including this book, and the Wolverine titles Joshua Tree Rock Climbs and the Insider’s Guide. He lives in nearby Desert Hot Springs with his wife Christina, also a climber, and daughter Alexandra.
