The Imaginator is a consistant and fun outing up the center of the Imagination Wall. 

  Begin at the center of the wall near a fairly tall tree.  There are three small, short dihedrals here (maybe 40' tall).  The leftmost one has a black roof/bulge extending from it's top off to the left.  Begin in the rightmost one. 

  P1:  Climb up the dihedral past a few bolts then continue up the face above to a pillar-feature.  Bear-hug up this feature past two or three bolts, then through the roof (crux) and belay at an uncomfortable stance underneath another roof.  130', 5.11c. 

  P2:  Skirt the roof to the left then head up to a very obvious wedge-shaped corner/roof feature.  Pull around this to the left and establish above with some difficulty.  Continue up to a good belay stance.  100', 5.11b. 

  P3:  Climb up off the belay past a bunch of weird iron intrusions.  A difficult blank stretch leads to easier climbing and the top of the wall.  120', 5.11a. 

  Rap the route with a single 70m rope.  Make sure your rope is not a hair shorter than 70m -- you can only get down from the 3rd and 1st pitches with rope strech.

The Imaginator

Collective Peace

Egyptian Sandfish

Perfect World

Open Road

Floodway

This Thing of Ours

Gription

Slab of Flab

Why Can’t We Be Friends

Rideshare

Cul-de-sac

Climb the dihedral to the slight bludge. Some thin slab climbing that trends left joining Collective Peace for a steeper, but easier finish. 

A slabby climb with some thin moves on good rock. The route eases right at the top and joins Slab of Flab for the finish.  

Climb the shattered-looking thin dihedral system.

Fingertip crimps, steep smearing, reachy moves. A burly technical climb. 

Start up with a cool thread jug to good slot holds. Clip the third bolt and pull the well protected crux reaching to a good vertical slot hold. Continue straight up for a few more bolts to a ledge and an anchor.

Start up a slabby right facing dihedral immediately into the slabby crux (stick clip recommended). From here better holds and stemming gets you up the dihedral before a large overlap below a shrub. Pull left over the overlap and continue straight up to a ledge with the anchors.

Somewhat thoughtful and balancy climbing over a series of bulges on textured blue-gray limestone leads to a decent rest under a small overhang. Hit the right sequence to pull the overhang and onto a short techy face trending slightly left to the anchor.This route is listed as "Speed Bump" in the 2021 Mojave Limestone guidebook.  

Some boudery moves off the deck lead to a decent stance at the first bolt.  Climb the sustained limestone slab on great crimps and edges for 6 bolts until pulling just left of a small roof on good holds to a ledge and the anchor. 

Awkward move off the ground leads to a high right hand sidepull. Climb the beige dihedral, exit via a balancy move to a sidepull/layback feature. Thin move to great hold for 4th bolt (slightly runout), then mantle to ledge and follow left facing corner to chains.

A quality and well protected limestone slab. Start on a jug, clipping the first bolt. Smear and balance your way up 6 bolts of lovely moderate blue limestone slabbin' to an anchor in a slight right facing corner.

Posting this as a PSA to avoid this horrible route.  The starting rock looks enticing, but don't be fooled.  2nd route from the right.Horrible bolt placements with imminent ground fall if you blow the 2nd clip, a spaced section in loose rock getting to bolt 3 with a nasty fall if you break something, more loose rock that will constantly shower down on your belayer past this, and an anchor placed in an alcove surrounded by loose blocks and giant death flakes with nothing solid in sight.  I stick clipped the anchor from the last bolt and pulled up on the rope because there was literally nothing solid to grab moving up to the anchor.Easily the worst route I've ever done with nothing redeeming about it.  Avoid at all costs.

Paradise for technical 5.11 slab climbing. The must-do route here is David Tidwell's three pitch The Imaginator (5.11c). There are also a harder routes of similar quality by Jerry Handren called Dominatrix (5.12b), and Young Marble Giants (5.12d).

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Routes in Central Slab Area