were used by the Native Americans for threads, baskets, and other objects.
Rock climbing is a popular sport in Joshua Tree NP. We would have seen a lot more climbers if we had been there on a weekend instead of on Monday and Tuesday. This fellow was practicing traverses on the side of a boulder.
Joshua Tree NP March 20, 2007 Like the other chollas, the Pencil Cholla has long, wicked spines. It gets its name from the thin stems.
