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Toker Villain

Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
Mar 7, 2008 - 07:05pm PT
I made the FA of Owl Rock more than 30 years ago, and as many times as I have climbed it since I have had to resort to alternate aphrodisiacs.

Maybe I'm not screaming it right?
tradmanclimbs

Ice climber
Pomfert VT
Mar 8, 2008 - 02:30pm PT
My friend called this Airport Tower but I couldn't find it in the Desert Rock book? It's near Moab. we didn't climb it the next morning as Alex had allready done it twice. we did a pretty cool one arround the corner called Waldens Room. It buggs me and I need to get up it someday.....
Todd Gordon

Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
Mar 8, 2008 - 03:03pm PT
Airport Towers (AKA Echo Pinnacle and Aeolian Tower).....Desert Rock (Blue One) Wall Street to San Rafael Swell P. 149-151. And Original Desert Rock p.P. 229. I did the Echo Pinnacle (Window Route III5.10+) with Lori Graf in the early 1980's ....it's a good one with climbing through the window at the top of pitch one, and a cool chimney window section on pitch two.......It's called Airport Towers because you can see them from the Moab Airport.
tradmanclimbs

Ice climber
Pomfert VT
Mar 8, 2008 - 08:10pm PT
Easter Island; Alex Spencer climbing
Jello

Social climber
No Ut
Mar 8, 2008 - 08:21pm PT
All the towers mentioned are good. A little known tower that's had just a couple of ascents, is Arch Tower, which is quite close to Texas Tower. It's a beautiful formation, and one of the most difficult of all the desert spires.

-ArchingJello
Toker Villain

Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
Mar 8, 2008 - 09:00pm PT
So Jello says you should drive your 4X4 up Arch Canyon to go do the tower,...




(just kidding, its a touchy subject to some)
tradmanclimbs

Ice climber
Pomfert VT
Mar 8, 2008 - 10:41pm PT
Owl Rock showing it's sex apeal April 2003
Toker Villain

Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
Mar 8, 2008 - 11:11pm PT
Looks like a woman wearing a giant stumpy diseased penis for a hat.
tradmanclimbs

Ice climber
Pomfert VT
Mar 9, 2008 - 07:35am PT
That Was Autum and it was her first or 2nd? tower. There was annother short little thing up on Comb ridge that we brought her up that trip. We had to clean up and mind our manners for a few days but it was kind of nice. We got some nice meals and she even did our dishes though I thought that Bella (the dog) had been doing a fine job of that all allong.
Michael D

Big Wall climber
Napoli, Italy
Mar 10, 2008 - 05:18am PT
S-N-T-R-Bolting, right-on dude! Climbed on the Tre Cime di Laverado with Jeffie last spring. Hmmm, there was a real soggy belay halfway up, then an awesome chimney that gave a .75 at about 110 ft, with the belay stance 10 feet further up around the chockstone! No bolts, but rusty pins on occasion.

My fav is Meteora, Heileger Geist. Did it with my wife and daughter for chuckles, the rap descent puts you right into a Hermitage site.

Cheers, Michael
fgw

Trad climber
portland, or
Mar 10, 2008 - 03:58pm PT
Steins Pillar in Oregon - again not sandstone but a pretty cool formation nevertheless:
Todd Gordon

Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
Mar 21, 2008 - 10:55am PT
RyanD

climber
Squamish
Jun 14, 2014 - 12:50am PT
bump
Hardly Visible

Social climber
Llatikcuf WA
May 29, 2015 - 08:38am PT
Since I've only done five of them I'm probably not qualified to judge the top ten, however four of them have already been mentioned up thread. One that hasn't been mentioned yet and is one of my favorites is The Three Penguins in Arches.



In fact I like it so much I've done it three times. What's not to like? It has convenience, nice views, a killer hand crack, some offwidth all on an undeniably interesting formation.


mike m

Trad climber
black hills
May 29, 2015 - 12:17pm PT
I want to play. Vertigo Mini CobraOf Course Devils TowerSteepleEyetoothSpire Two, Spire One and Balcony PointSouth Tower and Spire 4Inner Outlet and the East Summit of Inner OutletEast GruesomeGrandpa, Grandma, the Wicked Picket, Buttonhole, and the rest of the Picket Fence. about 85 other great summits in the Cathedral Spires I am leaving outespecially Kayyam and Rubyatt
steveA

Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
May 29, 2015 - 01:09pm PT
Hey Mike,

I thought they told you to cut that out on company time, ha, ha. Caught you!

Just kidding.
mike m

Trad climber
black hills
May 29, 2015 - 01:36pm PT
What's up Steve? A little lunch time ST never hurt anyone.
Rollover

climber
Gross Vegas
Oct 8, 2015 - 06:16pm PT
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