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Truman Tower on the left. White House Wall on the...

Description 

This is the major formation protruding from the base of Emancipation, looker's left of White House Wall.


Getting There 

Park at Emancipation/Inner Marker Pull-off.
Follow the trail that divides Marker and Emancipation ascending to the right to gain Emancipation. Truman Tower is located at the very base of Emancipation next to White House Wall.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Truman Tower:
The Truman Crack   5.10     Trad, 1 pitch, 180 feet   
The Buck Stops Here (AKA "The Truman Motto")   5.11-     Trad, Sport, 4 pitches, 380 feet   
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Truman Tower, "The Buck Stops Here" <br />AKA "The Truman Motto" <br />Will Busse on Pitch 2

The Buck Stops Here (AKA "The Truman Motto") 5.11-  SD : Mount Rushmore National Mem... : ... : Truman Tower
Pitch 1: 5.11aStart on the lowest pt of Truman Tower in a 10' crack. Follow the crack to the face past a couple of bolts trending up and right around a corner to gain a major crack that diagonals back to the left. Follow this crack to a ledge, belay here. Pitch 2: 5.10From the belay ledge follow the vertical crack up past the bulge through a series of parallel vertical cracks to gain a weakness below the headwall, follow this weakness and crack system up and left past a set of anchors and 1 bo...[more]   Browse More Classics in SD