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Tabeguache Tower
5.12 YDS 7b+ French 27 Ewbanks VIII+ UIAA 26 ZA E6 6b British C0 R
Avg: 3 from 2
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Routes in Rough Canyon
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Cousin It T 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a PG13 |
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Uncle Fester T,S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Bromance S 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a |
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Dead President T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Eve of War T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Guantastic T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c |
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Junk Ride, The T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b PG13 |
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Lemon Chimney T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b |
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Lemon Squeezer T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a |
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Maximum Impaction T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c |
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Rough Rider (thanks d-ron) T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c |
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Solar Impact T 5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b PG13 |
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Tabeguache Tower T 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b C0 R |
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Waxing Gibbous T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
| Type: | Trad, Aid, 350 ft (106 m), 3 pitches, Grade II |
| FA: | Bill Duncan, Steve Anderton, Matt Simpson, FFA: Ben Rueck & Rob Pizem |
| Page Views: | 2,791 total · 12/month |
| Shared By: | Bill Duncan on Aug 14, 2006 · Updates |
| Admins: | Jesse Zacher, Bradley Mark Edwards, Nick Reecy, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
Description
It has fine climbing on good rock with an excellent view of Rough Canyon and Grand Mesa from a very small, 1 person summit. It is located near Grand Junction, east of Colorado National Monument. The route ascends an obvious crack system on the east face.
Pitch 1. Begin on a thin crack (A1/C1), follow this until a blocky section is reached (5.7), then to a good belay ledge atop a large block, 120 feet (37m).
Pitch 2. Climb a fist crack (5.8) to a large, bombay chimney. Move left around a huge fin inside the chimney, and climb some offwidth and squeeze to a small roof, (5.9). Move through the roof (5.11), then traverse left, and climb 30 unprotected feet (9m) up a squeeze chimney (The Time Warp), then past some loose rock to a 2 drilled-pin belay at the saddle, 5.9R. 150 feet (46m).
Pitch 3. Beaks in drilled holes and a couple of knifeblades get you to a 2 drilled-pin anchor 10 feet (3m) below the summit, (A1). Scramble to the summit with a leash.
Descent: rap to the anchors at the saddle at the top of the 2nd pitch. Rap to the west, to the saddle between the tower and the wall. Scramble down and to the north to some webbing around a large block on the opposite side of the gully. Rap to the ground.
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