Tower Crack 5.7
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| Type: | Trad, 30 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.7 [details] |
| FA: | Fritz Wiessner, 1933 |
| Submitted By: | John Peterson on Feb 22, 2006 |
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Keith Hoek leads.
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Description The left-hand corner above Wiessner Slab.
Fritz did this in mountain boots with a crappy rope tied around his waist. Climbers with poor crack technique think this is really hard!
Protection #2, #3 Camalots + some smaller stuff.
Working up Tower Crack.
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Looking back down Tower Crack at the top of Wiessn...
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By Paul Crowder
Apr 5, 2006
| Steep but short, strenuous but well protected. One of a handful of very nice ways to the top of the crag from the top of the Wiessner Slab. A short winter afternoon spent climbing Wiessner's and then Tower Crack in plastic mountaineering boots, on lead, is an exciting diversion from Connecticut's uneven ice climbing conditions. |
By Steve Marr
From: Colorado Springs, CO
Jun 16, 2006
| Nice route. I would agree with everything Paul says - steep, short, and strenuous. The crack is actually smaller than it appears from the ground, and protects well with a couple stoppers and some medium-sized cams. Makes a great exit pitch off Wiessner's Slab. |
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