These important routes would be excellent practice for Southern Utah tower climbing. The Buzz reminds me of Moses, Primrose Dihedral only shorter and easier but a sandstone testpiece none the less. The Cerf/Fisher first ascent party guarantees hardcore pedigree. The routes were opened when the 1st ascent team was very active in Zion Canyon. 3 half rope pitches, see photo topo

The Buzz and The Sting

Wee Doggies

D.O.E.

Revival

P1: fingers in varnished crack w/one bolt to 4 bolts up face, small ledge, easy cracks to bolted belay on ledge. 5 bolts, gear. 130ft

P2: crux pitch. 2 bolts up limestone band to sloping ledge, follow bolts up steep corner, exit right and up to pods in crack, easy face to spacious ledge. 11bolts 110ft

P3: 2 bolts up varnished face, sandy mantle, traverse ledges left and up to ledge, easy crack to summit and rap anchor. 5 bolts, gear. 80 ft

An Indian Creek Utah crack simulator. Thin crack in left facing, stepped roofed corner, crux tips above the last little lip. Rattly fingers to start.

D.O.E. Is an acronym for either “death of ethics” or “department of energy”. A 2m horizontal roof, with a hanging left facing corner in ceiling, to white, sandy wall on pockets and slopers. Old school bolted in mid-eighties, a bolt in roof and drilled baby angles in upper face, no fixed anchor ontop. (runner around talus)

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Routes in Rise Wall