The Sword of Damocles.... A real Beauty. P. Ross o...
Description
Classic for the Things of Beauty!! Follow nail heads to the summit block. Pete Takeda thought this summit would be too small to stand on!
Location
This tower is perhaps the most noticable weird thing from I-70. From the Mt. Garfield trailhead, walk east just above the interstate into an open area. Then follow the steep dirt ridge up to the right of the tower. About 20 min walk.
This is a fun tower with a cool summit. The last nail (or maybe second to last?) was really flexing under body weight and the bolt at the anchor was quite a ways out of the rock. The rest of the fixed gear looked pretty good, though it took me probably 45 minutes to excavate enough dirt to find the two nails on the shoulder.
A pragmatic question. I walked up to The Sword and was curious, how does one get off the beast. It looks quite thin to rap without too much stress on the summit block?
Normal rap from summit anchor.... Just think light.... Would be nice to take a hand drill and add a new anchor on the summit block...just a thought.If you do happen to pull off the summit block ..please replace it.....Thanks
Things Of Beauty (aka Interstate I-70 Towers)
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