1) Stem and climb up crack system to limestone ledge (5.10-) 2) Continue up corner to belay at ledge (5.10-) 3) Join original route and climb wide lower angle crack to brushy ledge. The "Histo" crack on north face does not go (boatloads of bird feces as of Oct 2009). Continue past prickly pear plot to rap anchors.(5.8) 4) follow original bolt ladder (MIA Oct '09)
Location
The formation has a downhill more broken corner on the WNW side. This system has really good climbing although the line looks less than quality.
....before the internet and only armed with the photo of Larry Coats on the first pitch we thought we had found Firecat Spire. We tried to traverse in the long limestone bad to the corner as the direct looked much harder than 5.10. After bailing, we tried the next corner left (downhill) which went- although we had no idea about how to summit. We found the bolt ladder (and the wrapped blocks from the FA of the tower!), but no aid gear made us rap off. We saw Firecat from the rap and I returned 2 days later to do it.
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