West Face of Leaning Tower (stolen from mountainproject.com)
Both Cam and I have been bitten with the big wall bug. Our time on Washington Column has got us psyched. We were planning on doing a long free climb this week, before climbing another big wall, but the way the weather is looking, it looks like the time is now.
Tomorrow morning, we are going to lug the haul bag up to the base of the Leaning Tower and attempt to climb the West Face Route (5.7 C2F). Something that makes the West Face super exciting is that nearly the entire route is overhanging. This makes the climbing a little more strenuous. But, this also will make the hauling a little easier, due to the fact that the haul bag will be free hanging in space and not dragging up the wall.
Our current plan is to climb 6 pitches our first day and then rappel back down to a very large belay ledge at the top of pitch 4, for a good nights rest. Then we will wake up the next morning and finished the remaining 5 pitches before descending off of the back side of the wall.
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