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Raven's Delight 

Raven's Delight 

5.9+

   

FA: Bego Gerhart, Jeff Widen, Tony Valdes, Don Burke 28 Nov. 1986
Type: Trad
Consensus: 5.9+ [details]
Length: 2 pitches, 140 feet, Grade II
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Submitted By: Ben Folsom on Feb 17, 2006


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The East face of Barney Rumble Tower. Ravens Deli...


Description 

The route follows a crack/corner system on the east side of the tower.
Pitch 1- Climb the corner via stemming and jamming (hands) then make a tricky traverse left on poor rock to a belay below the second pitch corner. 5.9
Pitch 2- Climb a short right facing corner (tricky) to the summit. 5.9+

Descent- Scramble down to anchors at the top of the north face and make one double rope rappel to the ground.


Protection 

Two sets of cams and some TCU's, maybe stoppers.



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Ben Folsom on pitch 1 of Raven's Delight.  Photo by Erica Kutcher

Ben Folsom on pitch 1 of Raven's Delight. Photo b...

The late Erica Kutcher arriving at the top of the first pitch.

The late Erica Kutcher arriving at the top of the ...

Ben Folsom arriving at the summit of Barney Rumble Tower.  Photo by Erica Kutcher

Ben Folsom arriving at the summit of Barney Rumble...

Ben Folsom and the late Erica Kutcher making their way across the Colorado River approaching Barney Rumble Tower.  Notice our nice dustpan paddles.  Even worse was our $20 raft from the Family Dollar in Moab.  Notice the ice lining the banks of the river.

Ben Folsom and the late Erica Kutcher making their...

The late Erica Kutcher stashing the "Trash Raft" on our approach to Barney Rumble Tower.

The late Erica Kutcher stashing the "Trash Raft" o...

The "road" to Barney Rubble. Capt. Dana Adler at the helm.<br />Photo by Todd Gordon.

The "road" to Barney Rubble. Capt. Dana Adler at t...


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By toddgordon
From: Joshua Tree, California
Apr 30, 2007

Even though this tower is approached from the River Road, I believe it is located in Arches Nat. Park. Novel approach with the boat;....we had quit a group.... 4 climbers and 2 "touristas..".....so we had a big raft. The climbing was fairly good too;....surprisingly good;....admit it;...many of these towers are just crumbling piles of choss;.......this one actually had some good climbing on sections of good rock!....Our team was Dave Evans, Margy Floyd, Dana Adler, and Derrick Reinig in March of 1996. After the climb, we floated all the way down to our campsite near Negro Bill Canyon. Big fun! It's tough to get all excited about a climb with the word "rubble" in the climb's name.......but this climb is worthy....

By jason malczyk
From: moab, UT
Sep 15, 2007
rating: 5.9+

To approach with the least hassle and poison ivy start from the pull off just up river from the tower. Float across the river and pull off under a dry waterfall. From there walk and crawl down river up against the cliff wall until you reach a large boulder fall that allows you to gain some elevation. Walk to the top right of the boulders as going up and rope up or not for one move of 5.7. There were two pieces of webbing, one with a rap rig located above the boulder field for your descent. The webbing could use some replacing for any who want to do a good deed. We were able to paddle a ducky up river and then across back to our car. Great small tower!!