Type: Trad, 100 ft (30 m)
FA: Cammo Burns, belayed by Mike Schillaci, October, 1989. FFA: Luke Laeser, May 1997
Page Views: 2,997 total · 15/month
Shared By: Camster (Rhymes with Hamster) on Apr 18, 2008
Admins: Jason Halladay, Mike Hoskins, Anna Brown

You & This Route


7 Opinions
Your To-Do List: Add To-Do ·
Your Star Rating:
Rating Rating Rating Rating Rating      Clear Rating
Your Difficulty Rating:
-none- Change
Your Ticks:Add New Tick
-none-
Use onX Backcountry to explore the terrain in 3D, view recent satellite imagery, and more. Now available in onX Backcountry Mobile apps! For more information see this post.

Description Suggest change

The Leaning Tower is just like it sounds. A big leaning tower. In the center of it is a prominent crack system that starts out fairly thin and widens as it goes up. The crack was first climbed to about halfway up (on aid) by Chris Foster and George Rinker in 1978. They left a bundle of pitons and anchor material when they bailed off. Cam Burns (with help from Mike Schillaci and Paul Fehlau) then climbed the entire crack in late 1989 (A2). It was later free-climbed by Luke Laeser who I think renamed it Mean Leaner.

Protection Suggest change

A mixture of gear from thin stuff to wide cams. [If aiding, a shitload of gear from 000C3 to #4 Camelot, and camhooks]

Photos

loading