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Erin coming out of worm hole.

Top of the second pitch, looking past the anchors

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Geoff Gadow

Nov 19, 2002

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When you're 6' and you say you want to do the wormhole, you get laughed at.

Here's a picture of the infamous "step-across." This is my first time up Spire 4; on lead, no less. I'm a tall, spindly freak, so I could spend all day between the two summits, but short people usually have to think for a few moments before their "leap of faith." This picture is a change from the traditional "butt shot," since this is actually a "crotch shot." :-)

Looking up through the worm hole. It's a tight squeeze.

Top of the spire

No comment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOOO7ly2BaM&ab_channel=NathanWalton

Base of the third pitch, great view! Lots of room!

Looking up "pitch one" if your doing it as 3 pitches or Just Scramble up about 30 feet up to a bolted anchor.

Starting Up Spire 4 - 1974 (at least I'm 90% sure it's Spire 4) [photo by either D Byers or S Schofield ]

Matt Misfeldt "falling" across the gap to the summit of Spire Four.

"Cathedral Enchainment": West Gruesome + South Tower + Spire Four.

Erin coming out of worm hole.

The last pitch...

Top of the second pitch, looking past the anchors

Summit.

The Wormhold atop of Pitch 1.

Looking up Pitch 2 from the belay atop Pitch <br>
1. The rope show the general path you should <br>
follow.

Climbing the chimney for the first pitch of Spire 4. The worm hole is at the top where the chockstone caps off the chimney.

A tight squeeze!

Aaron nearing the summit of Spire Four.

celebrating ascending spire 4

Angela climbing the crack on pitch two.

George Hurley and friends, coming off South Tower at the wormhole, August 2008.

I placed a directional that i left un-clipped until Gabe got to the "fall across", once he cleaned all the gear I clipped him in. This part and the worm hole makes this route a very memorable climb, not to mention the views

Can't believe I squeezed through that

Aaron just might be the biggest person to have been able to get through the wormhole. Barely.

Lookin thrilled, Jay leaving Spire 4

Looking down Pitch 1.

in-between spires!

The Worm Hole!

Angela finishing pitch one by squeezing through the wormhole.

Matt Misfeldt cruising up crystals on the second pitch.

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