To answer that question, I would have to drive over 500 miles through mountains and desert, and we only had 24 hours.

I drove down to San Diego Saturday morning where I picked up Shane from some financial mumbo-jumbo. We loaded all his gear into the Geo which was already loaded down with my gear and plenty of firewood.

After driving for several hours, only stopping for food and Gas, we finally arived at Joshua Tree. The sun was already going down. We booked over to Ryan campground in hopes of finding a vacant site. When driving through the town of JT, we noticed signs for the JT 50/100 mile bike race. I thought we were screwed for sure and we would be spending the night in Jumbo Rocks. Luckily, we just happened to find a group of guys packing up. We asked if they minded us moving it. They said no so we were set. The site was even close to The Headstone which was first on our hitlist. We put up the tent (I only use it to mark the site, I don't think I have slept in it for about 4 years and that was only because it was 45 degrees and raining). Next we grabbed some draws, harnesses, shoes, a rope and a few other things and headed out. By this time it was way dark.

To start of the festivities, I led Cryptic which is my favorite climb at Josh. Shane followed. Here he is topping out:

We sat up top for a while and then rapped off into the darkness:

Next I led SW Corner. We tried to get some cool pics but they just turned out black. Shane - It's called a lense cap, check into it. We sat up top for a while and watched the moon go down over the horizon. You could see so many stars it was incredible. The only time I have seen that many stars is in Wyoming. Because there was no moon at that point, you could see more then usual.

After sitting and chatting for a while, we headed back to camp for some cigars and beer. At this point it was only 9:00 PM. The people in the sites next to us were turning in for the night. We just got here and weren't about to stop. Back in the car we went and headed to Real Hidden Valley to go into the Hidden Crevasse. For those of you trying to find it yourselves, look up Saturday Night Live in the Vogel guide and it will point you in the right direction.

There's a bit of a crux to the crevasse which is mostly 3rd class. It only applies to us heavy eaters. Here are some pictures of Shane in the Crux.

With the crux out of the way it is pretty smooth sailing. You can even practice you chimney technique.

Once we topped out, we had some more cigars and watched the stars, some of which were shooting. We headed back to camp about 11:00 PM. It was dead quite. We weren't done though. We had more cigars and more beers. We slept good but not long. This was the first time in years I got to remember the joys of sleeping in below freezing weather and waking up to pee.

The next morning we were up before the sun. We got the fire going and cooked some oatmeal using the MSR. No explosions this time. Here is an entry for Climbing's Things Overheard as said by Shane very calmly: "Whoops, I'm on fire". Soon to be followed by me saying "Ouch, that's hot". (No climbers were harmed during filming).

After we extenquished ourselves, we sorted the gear and ended up with this.

Finally we have a half descent rack between the two of us. We packed up camp and headed for Sheep Pass Group Campground. Why you may ask, well this is where I learned to do Aid and no one really will bother us there. Shane wanted to do something neither him nor I had done before, so we went to campsite #3. I originally had a different crack in mind but this line ended up working out pretty good considering we had no beta and had never climbed it before. I couldn't find it in any guide book. It is near Wailing Sax wall.

I would rate it C1. The traverse was cool because it is a blind placement. I used all small nuts and 1 hex placement. Shane used the same with a cam placement. We both led the climb, me going first since Shane had never done aid. We setup a static line and he jumared up watching what I was doing. Here I am getting pysched to go:

Here is Shane doing his first ever Fifi hook. He blew it a kiss for luck:

Here are a few of him working his way up:

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Finally, here is Shane happy to be on top.

Still wanting to climb but to tired to lead anything, we headed to the Gunsmoke area. Shane bouldered and I relaxed. The sun was starting to go down so we headed out. We got this picture on the way out:

Not bad for 24 hours. We stopped at the All American BBQ in Yucca Valley and then I dropped Shane off. See you next time.