Five Months in Paradise – Joshua Tree 2025 Recap (Run For Your Life, Falcon & the Snowman, Illusion Dweller, and more)

Joshua Tree National Park is Bobbi and I's favorite place for single pitch trad climbing. In 2025 we spent five months in and around Josh, and climbed some 130 pitches. The three routes which defined our season were Run For Your Life (5.10b R), Falcon and the Snowman (5.10c R) and Illusion Dweller (5.10b).

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Run For Your Life – A Trip Report and Essay on Traditional Climbing Ethics (October 2025)

On October 30th I redpointed the notorious Run For Your Life (5.10b R) in Joshua Tree National Park, after taking a huge fall from the final move 24 hours earlier. This article is a trip report in essay form, examining the polarizing topic of traditional climbing ethics.

November 12, 2025 2

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