Start on the south edge of the tower and climb 5.7 to a ledge. Then comes the one and only aid move. Stick a lousy cam into a flaring crack (maybe offset cams would work a lot better!), pray that it won't pull, and step up on it. Hope the piece holds, and don't slip, because a fall will land you unpleasantly on the ledge. Once past that move, sling the funky horn with a cordalette, make a couple moves and sling another horn with a regular-length sling. Then comes the free climbing crux. It involves a slopey, sandy 5.8 mantle. If you fall, you'll pendulum down and left... After the mantle you can clip the anchors.
See topo pic for more beta.
As far as I know, this is a new route. If not, let me know and I'll fix it. Not that it means much in the Fishers, but the cracks were very dirty and muddy before I cleaned them out a bit, making me think that it probably hasn't been climbed before. The aid move could perhaps be freed without too much difficulty, but it sure would be scary above that ledge...
Location
The route starts on the south edge of the tower and then moves around to the east side.
Protection
A set of cams, one large nut. A cordalette or really long sling, several shoulder-length slings. See topo pic.
I climbed the Original Route first and then saw this route. At first I thought hmmm... I'll just climb that line next time I'm here. But then I realized that I probably wouldn't come back and that I might as well climb the route while I was already over there. So I climbed the tower twice in about an hour... The other route is easier and better, but this is a good time, as well.
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