If you look closely you can see me. The hike up seems pretty easy, but there was a spot of exposed 4th class that got my heart pumping.

Can You say splitter? Why every thing in life be as simple as rock climbing? Hank Jones photo.

One of the coolest spires on earth! The best granite in the Vamps, super clean, super splitter.

light blue - Unfinished aid rt, 400 ft A.3, started by Pat Goodman and Hank Jones, Aug 2002. pink - The Undead 5.10 C.2; Pike Howard and Jack Childress, July 1999. blue - Sanguin Solution 5.11+ A.2+; Pat Goodman, Nan Darkis, Brad Jackson, Aug 1999. black - The Infusion 5.11 A.2+; Jeff Holllenbaugh, Mike Benge, Gregg Epperson, July 1994. yellow - Lair of the White Worm 5.11 A.2+; Brad Jackson, Pat Goodman, Nan Darkis, Aug 1999.

14 pitches long, "You Enjoy Myself" is the first all free route in the Vampire Spires. Established in Aug 2003 by Pat Goodman and Hank Jones. Located on the s. face of the Fortress, it follows some of the best corner and crack systems in the NWT's, a super classic!

P Goodman on the summit after the first free ascent of the 1'500' Fortress. The Fortress is the tallest spire in the Vampire Spires.

Lair of the White Worm was fisrt climbed by Pat Goodman, Brad Jackson and Nan Darkis, aug. 1999, the second ascent of the spire. L.W.W. all but the first pitch, follows a continuous crack system for nearly 900' up the east face of the Vampire Spire.