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Ron's Tower - Standard Route
5.9 YDS 5c French 17 Ewbanks VI UIAA 17 ZA HVS 5a British C1
Avg: 2.7 from 3
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East Tower - Fluttering Butterflies T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a A2 |
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Ron's Tower - Playing the Flute T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c A1 |
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Ron's Tower - Standard Route T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a C1 |
| Type: | Trad, Aid, 160 ft (48 m) |
| FA: | Steve Anderton, Mike Colacino, Bill Duncan |
| Page Views: | 1,885 total · 11/month |
| Shared By: | Bill Duncan on Sep 25, 2009 |
| Admins: | Jesse Zacher, Bradley Mark Edwards, Nick Reecy, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
Description
The FA was on Thanksgiving Day, 1996. Climb up to the top of the bedding seam and a nice ledge. 5.8 Continue up the crack (5.9) until it turns into a thin hands/finger crack (5.9) and becomes vertical. Continue up to the chimney and the summit. This will likely go free at 5.11 or so. I think the FA party might have had a wee Thanksgiving Day hangover.
Avoid the loose rocks immediately to the right of the base of this route. The middle tower looks inviting, but a thorough recon did not yield any routes on the back side sans a bolt ladder. On that recon mission, Ron K. was caught in a disastrous avalanche of that loose rock while scrambling back down, and sustained life-threatening injuries. The epic that followed is legendary (stopping freight trains, etc.). The tower is therefore named in his honor.
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