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Fist Fight

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Access Issue: RAIN, WET ROCK and RAPTOR CLOSURES: The sandstone around Moab is fragile and is very easily damaged when it is wet. Also please ask and be aware of Raptor Closures in areas. Details

WET ROCK: Holds rip off and climbs have been and will continue to be permanently damaged due to climbers not respecting this phenomenon. After a heavy storm the rock will remain wet, sometimes for several days. PLEASE DO NOT CLIMB IN MOAB during or after rain.

RAPTOR CLOSURES: please be aware of seasonal raptor closures. They occur annually in the spring. Indian Creek Raptor Closure walls include: Echos, The Wall, Far Side, Original Meat, Tenderloins, Second Meat, First Meat, Selfish, Six Star, Cliffs of Insanity, Public Service Wall, Disappointment Cliffs, Fin Wall, Broken Tooth, Cat Wall, Slug Wall, Reservoir Wall, Critic’s Choice.

Description

Fist Fight is across from Battle of the Bulge. It faces East & South.

Getting There

Small pull off on the left (west) .2 miles past Supercrack parking lot. This crag is left of New Wave Wall. The trail leads out over the cattle pasture. Disturbing the cattle is not acceptable, dogs should be under control or left behind. The river must be crossed & may be difficult during high water. The faint trail up to the wall heads generally towards the prow of the cliff that splits the two aspects of the wall.

Routes from Left to Right

5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 2 ● Unnamed 5.10 Trad
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 4 ● Electric Glide Trad
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 1 ● Unknown Trad
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 7 ● Fist Fight Trad

● Unnamed 5.10

5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad

● Electric Glide

5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad

● Unknown

5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad

● Fist Fight

5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad

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Me taking my collection of blues for a walk. Tape your wrists or you'll bleed.

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Jeff Scheuerell

This is a great under appreciated wall! While not stacked with routes there are several great lines here.

I think naming Fist Fight, Fist Fight killed this wall. Fist Fight sounds hard and not fun to many, I think. But it is a hand fight and not really much of a fight. There are no fist jambs on this route unless you have very small hands. If this route were across the way it would get mobbed every day.

Unnamed route #9 in Creek Freak only gets 2 stars but I thought it was much better, not far from Fist Fight and is also a mostly #3 Camalot crack, so perfect warm up for Fist Fight. Looking up at it, it looks wider than it is. There is a #4 Camalot section about 15' up, the only part of the route that needs a #4, even though it looks wider, its not.

Unknown #1 5.10 and Unknown #7 10+ also both look great! Nov 13, 2025