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My Own Way

Name: My Own Way
Rating: 1.0

5.10b YDS 6a+ French 19 Ewbanks VII- UIAA 19 ZA E2 5b British X

Routes in Wind Tower - SW Face

L › R R › L A › Z

	Across The River From Butt Hair T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c PG13
	Bomb, The T,TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Boulder Direct T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Breezy T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Calypso T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Calypso Direct T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Calypso Direct Start T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Day 444 T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Erickson's Wide Crack T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c PG13
	G.Y. Dihedral, The T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Governor's Climb, The T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a R
	Hard-Up T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	I Did It My Way T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Jimmy Cliff T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b X
	Left Out T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c R
	Lemmings T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	My Own Way T,TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b X
	No, Do It My Way T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Raisin Bran T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Rastaman Roof T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Recon T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Reggae T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Roofed Out T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
	Salvation T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Stagger T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c R
	Tagger T 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Tigger T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Tigger Plus T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Unknown Left of West Overhang T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c R
	Variety T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	West Overhang T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Wind Ridge T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Wind Tower Slab T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a X
	Wind Tower Slab T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a X

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Type:	Trad, TR
FA:	Unknown. FFA: T. Bubb, 12/8/01 (?)
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Shared By:	Tony B on Dec 7, 2001
Admins:	Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: 2023 Seasonal Closures Details

Per Mike McHugh, ECSP: The upper loop of the Rattlesnake Gulch Trail, above the Crags Hotel Ruin and the
Continental Divide Overlook, is closed effective immediately.

This includes the Continental Crag climbing area.

These areas are closed to all activities, including rock climbing and hiking, through July 15 or until further notice, to protect nesting golden eagles on the south side of the canyon.

Golden Eagles are protected by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service under authority of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. A conviction of nest disturbance can carry a fine up to $5,000 and one year imprisonment.

See the map in the photo section for terrain closure.

Previous years: per Dustin Bergman, CO State Parks Officer #770, ECSP:

Seasonal Raptor Closures
Check Park site for current closures:
cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/…

For more information visit:
cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/…

Double check prior to venturing there. Thanks!

Description

Find the first pitch of Tagger via the route description on the page for that route. This variation was done on-sight lead. Judging by what had to be cleaned from it, it had not been lead prior.

Look below the left-hand edge of the Tagger roof, between the standard start of Tagger and 'Across The River From Butt Hair.' From this position, 'My Own Way' climbs the blunt arete directly, without deviating to either side. This arete intersects the roof on pitch-1 of Tagger at its left-hand side. Pull the roof and follow easy cracks to the anchors above P1 of Tagger. This is only about 30' of independent climbing.

Like the nearby 'I Did It My Way,' this line is not very independent and is not very noteworthy, but for the mind game of committing to the small holds on little or no gear.