Father Figure

This is a classic Joshua Tree sport route - short and to-the-point with demanding and unusual moves. Make your way up a steep wall past several horizontals and a lower crux (5.11+) to the top where you will encounter a somewhat reachy crux.

Shorter climbers may find the crux, and the route, to be slightly harder than the rating indicates.

Left of this is

Patracide

, a decent short warm-up route and to the right is

Factor 1

, another even more difficult climb.

• It is interesting to note that this climb has also been soloed several times.

To approach this route, walk past the right end of the west face and up slabs and boulders to reach the southern end of the formation.

4 bolts, anchors (all 1/2" SS)

Bolts replaced February 2017