An attractive way to reach the summit of the spire. Climbs easy face holds and an s-shaped crack up the sunny west face of the garden spire. It gets a bit steeper at the top and begins to feel exposed.
Location
Easily viewed from the approach into the Garden, the start of this climb is reached by traversing in from the north side of the Spire near the two sport routes. It may be a good idea to anchor the belayer as there is another 50 ft of cliff beneath this ledge.
Protection
Standard rack. A single 1/4" bolt with home-made hanger is at the steep section towards the top.
By Aaron Hobson Administrator From: Las Cruces, NM Dec 9, 2006
Some of the crack systems directly below the starting ledge for old-yeller have some fun climbing. The large blackened crack to the left looks promising as a trad-lead. The more discontinuous stuff just under the ledge would be scary to lead and have some very loose rocks (even the stuff that looks solid), but makes a fun top-rope.
Garden Spire
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