This striking little tower is the School Master. It's a two pitch climb that starts in the notch between the tower and the cliff. The first pitch is a 5.9 hand crack to off-width to chimney and then a good belay ledge. The second pitch climbs the face in this pic, it's a bolt ladder that requires some climbing between bolts and was pretty spicy. The top of the tower is only about 16 inches wide and 6 or 7 feet long. I didn't dare stand on top because the wind was blowing too hard.
The climber to the right is me but I'm not on the tower route in this shot. I'm climbing a real fun 5.10 called the Trial. We spent a couple of days climbing at this wall and I still didn't do all the routes I wanted to...maybe this fall.
Jimn72 says:
That looks great. I wish I lived closer to rocks and cracks like that.
climbingtrash says:
Thanks Jim. I wish I lived closer too, it's about a 6 hour drive to the Creek for me.
woodchuck07 says:
Verry nice view! 6 or 7 hours sounds pretty great to me, being like 36 or 37 hours away.
xahx says:
:O rock on! how long is it?
climbingtrash says:
The tower is about 200 feet tall.
woodchuck07 says:
Do you folks EVER have a bad day out there? I mean like months of rotten weather to deal with, etc.? Seems like it's 100% wonderful climbing all year round from all the great posts that come up every month here. I'm bummed....and not just cuz I'm still in a leg cast. CT, I doubt if I could ever keep up with your pace IF I ever did visit the desert once again.
climbingtrash says:
Northern Utah can see some pretty long stretches of bad weather but Southern Utah does stay pretty nice. The summer is when climbing can become difficult with 100+ degree days. An early start or climbing in the shade is usually the remedy. I'd take the pace down a notch for ya WC. But my climbing partner "White Gas Willy", (who is 59) is pretty hard to keep up with. Seriously! The guy climbs harder than I do.
woodchuck07 says:
Is that WillyStick White Gas Willy, one and the same? I swear if I lived, climbed each day, and retired in a climbing environment, I'd be pushing myself to the limits by this age too.
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