Fisher Towers

There is good rock. There is mediocre rock. There is bad rock. And then there is the vertical mud of the Fisher Towers. Within striking distance of Castleton Tower (which is actually visible in the background of this image), names like the Titan, Cottontail or King Fisher are a whole new ball game when it comes to desert tower adventures. Expect desperate aid, including the infamous (and somewhat nonsensical) first ever A6 route, Intifada (line 10), mud gardening and a lot of no fall terrain. 

It is also likely that line 20, Stolen Chimney on Ancient Art and its very famous corkscrew summit, accounts for 99.9% of the ascents of visible routes on this image!

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Route List

1: Beaking in Tongues, 5.8 A4, S. Bartlett, D. Levine, Apr. 1997
2: Beak to the Future, 5.10 A3+, P. Gagner, J. Aslaksen, Nov. 2012
3: Fantasia, 5.10- C2+ R, H. Carter, T. Merrill, S. Kentz, M. Pokress, Oct. 1970
4: Finger of Fate, 5.8 C2+/5.12+, L. Kor, G. Hurley, H. Ingalls, May 1962/P. Robins, B. Bransbury, 2005
5: Wasteland, 5.9 A3+, D. Raleigh, W. Shipley, Oct. 1997
6: Scheherazade, 5.9 A4, L. Dawson, H. Carter, Sep. 1973
7: Olde English 800, 5.7 A1, C. Burns, J. Butler, Apr. 1997
8: My Cleanest Dirty Shirt, 5.5 C1, C. Burns, J. Butler, Apr. 1997
9: Brer Rabbit, 5.11b A3+ R, E. Webster, Apr. 1978
10: Intifada, A6 A5 X, J. Beyer, Dec. 1988
11: Free Gaza, A4+, J. Beyer, Feb. 2014
12: Line in the Sand, 5.8 BLT, S. Peterson, R. Jensen, C. Burns, Apr. 2017
13: West Side Story, 5.9 C3, H. Carter, A. Howells, D. Doucette, M. Dudley, M. Gadd, H. Hendricks, Jun. 1967
14: Deadman’s Party, 5.10 A5 X, J. Beyer, 1989
15: Tapeworm, 5.9 A3 R, B. Warshaw, B. Jarrett, Feb. 1994
16: Run Amok, 5.9 A3 R, J. Beyer, Mar. 1979
17: Sidewinder, 5.7+ A1+, P. Gagner, J. Aslaksen, Dec. 2010
18: Phantom Sprint, 5.9 C2, J. Beyer, Feb. 1986
19: Iron Chef, 5.7 A3+, C. Wilson, S. Bartlett, May 2007
20: Stolen Chimney, 5.10d/5.8 C0, B. Roos, P. Sibley, Apr. 1969
21: Hippie Route, 5.10+, H. Hendricks, D. Willis, Jun. 1967/H. Carter, T. Jennings, Nov. 1967
22: Minotaur, 5.9+ C2, D. Raleigh, L. Raleigh, 1998
23: Thermic Fever, 5.9+ A2+, J. Aslaksen, J. Forrester, Aug. 2021
24: Weird Science, A4, P. Gagner, J. Aslaksen, Oct. 2009
25: Death of American Democracy, 5.10 A4, J. Beyer, Dec. 1986
26: Hot Parad’Ice, A4+, D. Palmada, E. Ollé, Aug. 2012
27: Colorado Ridge, 5.8 C2, H. Carter, C. McCarty, May 1962
28: Walker-Forrest Variation, 5.10 A2, K. Walker, B. Forrest, 1970s
29: Dragon’s Tail Rock, Southeast Face, 5.6 C1, M. Baker, L. Henderson, May 1993