Favorite desert tower chimney
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Wondering what your favorite chimney pitch or pitches are on desert towers and why |
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Independence Chimney on Independence Monument |
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Second to last pitch on West Side Story, Cottontail Tower. Full body stem that splits the entire tower in two, you can look out both sides. Way cool! |
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Lonely vigil stem box is one of my favorites as well. |
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The Windows Route in Sedona, AZ |
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Second pitch of Off Balanced Rock in Arches I remember being pretty good too. Good topic. It's hard to be a great tower without squirming at least a little. |
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I liked the first pitch chimney of Jah Man on Sister Superior since it actually has pro along the way :-) |
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The first pitch on jah man is great as well. It has pro even though it's pretty secure and popping out of the chimney onto the belay stance at the sidewalk is a such a cool view. |
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Also the short squeeze chimney on the second pitch on Zeus tower is fun. It has lots of hidden goodies inside and is pretty chill. |
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The second pitch on Abraxes Tower ( mountainproject.com/v/abrax…) in Kane Springs by the Tombstone has a really fun, straightforward chimney, you get to place protection inside a finger crack located in the chimney. The climbing is good, the view is great, and the approach is short, unlike some of the other towers. |
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Honeymoon Chimney. It's clean and has nice desert varnish. A real beauty. |
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Not sure if it's my favorite, but I thought Space Tower was pretty dang cool. |
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Last pitch of Texas Tower is pretty hard to beat in terms of quality squirming. Long pitch, good rock, and leads to an amazing summit. |
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Charles Vernon wrote:Not sure if it's my favorite, but I thought Space Tower was pretty dang cool.+1 for sure. Great little tower! |
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Space tower is an awesome Tom Gilgie Classic. |
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Where is super chimney? |
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Peter it is up above the Moab Rim Trail. |
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north chimney on castleton |
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I think the final pitch on North Six Shooter's Lightning Bolt crack is the best I've done there. It is usually tried as full on squeeze until it gets too narrow. then you back off and get over it by the outside edge of the crack. Until you get by the constriction and flop back into the chimney to finish. Very exposed too. |
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Honeymoon Chimney |
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I have recently come to the conclusion that it must be Ascended Yoga Masters. |