If you could do one route at Devil's Tower...

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storer

Trad climber

Golden, Colorado

Sep 13, 2013 - 10:22pm PT

Many years later now but no myth....Great thing about age is that ancient experiences, especially climbing related, remian vivid to the present.

mouse from merced

Trad climber

The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.

Sep 13, 2013 - 10:26pm PT

N. E. route up to "what the hell, try it."

Let the devil take the chicken-hearts.

The worst I could do is fail and I have much practice at that.

Ed Hartouni

Trad climber

Livermore, CA

Sep 13, 2013 - 10:30pm PT

always the one that is in 50 Crowded Climbs in North America

if that's the only one you're ever going to do...

Jaybro

Social climber

Wolf City, Wyoming

Sep 13, 2013 - 11:02pm PT

I did that one first Ed, because in those days they made first timers do Durrance. They even made Robbins and Bridwell climb it their first time, I hear. I've soloed it since then, when I was alone and saw a chance. But I don't think I ever did it roped again. It's one of my least favorite. For a similar grade I'd reccomend Tad (Blitzo and I concurred on that one) or one of the Weissners.

McCarthy West might be my all time fave, though I think it pushes the 5.10- criteria. In the mid five ten to five eleven grades there is an amazing choice of classic routes to do!!

homemade salsa

Trad climber

west tetons

Sep 14, 2013 - 12:31am PT

Walt bailey for.sure. we always said it was the best 5.9 on the planet.

mouse from merced

Trad climber

The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.

Sep 14, 2013 - 12:32am PT

I'd like to do Tad with none other.

He's my Maine man.

Mark K

Social climber

San Marcos, California

Topic Author's Reply - Sep 14, 2013 - 12:40am PT

Thanks for all the awesome responses! Looks like I may have to set aside more than a single afternoon and tick a few of these.

Question: Do I have any chance of finding these routes with the Mountain Project descriptions, or should I just suck it up and buy the guide book?

Tork

climber

Yosemite

Sep 14, 2013 - 12:40am PT

Assembly Line

Jaybro

Social climber

Wolf City, Wyoming

Sep 14, 2013 - 02:03am PT

You'd probably do fine with MP, though they had the old "poor persons guide" by Dingus & Hollis for sale at the fort recently. Alternately for three times as much you could buy Frank/ Zack's book that has vintage photos of said pair in it!

tradmanclimbs

Ice climber

Pomfert VT

Sep 14, 2013 - 11:00am PT

When in doubt support real guide book authors. personaly i try to remove my routes from the free sites as soon as a real guide comes out.... help a poor history buff climber out and buy the book;)