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NEWS: Route Freed on the Fisher Towers - 5.12R

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 UKC News 07 Apr 2009
[The Fisher Towers in evening light, 2 kb]Jason Haas and Rob Pizem have free-climbed every pitch of West Side Story on 800-foot Cottontail tower in Utah's Fisher Towers, USA.
Despite a reputation for fairly stout aid climbing (5.9 C3), this is the easiest route on the most serious of the Fishers' four main towers. The route required...

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=46813
 andyinglis 07 Apr 2009
In reply to UKC News: Is this really news, when not all of the pitches were even led???? This wouldn't get reported in the UK if someone cleanly toproped a pitch!
 Michael Ryan 07 Apr 2009
In reply to andyinglis:
> (In reply to UKC News) Is this really news, when not all of the pitches were even led???? This wouldn't get reported in the UK if someone cleanly toproped a pitch!

It's an epic tale which expands horizons. Good to have items on the news page which reflect the diversity of global climbing - even if 'success' in the strictest sense of the word is not achieved.

Mick

 andyinglis 07 Apr 2009
In reply to Mick: Yeah I guess, but it just comes across like a couple of guys out for a crack at a route and their 'adventures'. Actually reminded me of some of the writing contest entries recently!
 TonyB 08 Apr 2009
In reply to UKC News:

I think it's a great article. There tends to be a feeling that we Brits have a monopoly on hard runout routes on poor rock. It's good to see others doing them as well.

I was especially impressed with their route in the Zion Narrows. I've been in the narrows before and the walls are dead vertical and waterworn. The most impressive thing is, that as the canyon is so narrow in most places you wouldn't be able to see more than the bottom pitch. This would have to be the ultimate in onsight climbing.

photo from within the narrows
http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.php?id=107468
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