Kelsey (prezwoodz) struggles up the heinous offwidth of The Mace 5.9+. I obviously need to brush up on my offwidth skills, this thing owned me.

This was an epic day, get up this high, and a storm starts rolling in. Unfortunatly, we had already gone past the bail anchor, and were just 2 pitches below the summit. With the thunder and lightning rolling, we made our way to the top, rather hurredly, I might add. At the top, We got a bit of a break from the weather, enough so that we decided to cross over to the complete summit. Once I reached it, the wind and thunder picked right back up. So we bailed ASAP. Was a wonderful day, and a beautiful route.

This was after climbing The Mace, which seemed harder to me then its 5.9 rating implied. We timed it right though to get the sunset from the summit. The Cathedral Rocks and The Mace cast their shadows over the valley.

Mike "Chilliman" Cordova decending his first desert tower. If ever there was a summit worth offwidthing for this is it. The lean /clip/ bridge traverse/ step across is more exilerating than the jump back

CanyonWrenJen on the testpiece. Changing corners is the crux.

CanyonWrenJen pulls the difficult horizontal body stem/forehead smear/fwk it pull on the gear maneuver.

CanyonWrenJen describes the freedom felt by a baby when it leaves the birth canal.

CanyonWrenJen just past the crux, another beautiful day on beautiful stone is Sedona.

I think the vortex must have caused me to just keep taking pics. CanyonwrenJen snaps one of me, too, on the last part of the final pitch.

me on the pitch three hand traverse (to a super-fun chimney stem pitch). photo by beth. i could never get tired of this route.

CanyonwrenJen adventure bouldering in the Cathedral Rocks.

CanyonwrenJen adventure bouldering in the Cathedral Rocks.

Photo taken by Erin of the last pitch on the Mace. Walk to edge. Fall forward to opposite wall. Crab sideways. Climb flake.

This is a picture of me taking the leap of faith. The Mace jump is actually a mild jump and is less involved than the Oak Creek Spire jump. You gotta love Sedona. 11-19-05

My friend Helen doing something interesting with her feet and the view and the vortex and everything.

Nothing beats the climbing community. After posting a "call-out" for somebody to climb with during my short stay in Sedona, Mike and Ryan took me to the Mace. What a great day! You can she Mike and I have finished the first pitch and Ryan is at the crux.

The third pitch is arguably the best with a great step out over an exposed ledge with sparse footing and then up a fun off-width.

We sewed up the second pitch and then had trouble getting out a cam at the start....here is Mike coming back down to work on it.

KB chimneys up that last bit to get to the anchors on the FAT BASTARD

Where the groveling gets good! KB showing good style on the Fat B@stard!

One of the best pitches in Sedona: steep splitter cupped hands through a couple of bulges.

Hidden behind a detached pillar-Andy Kaufman Crack is a varied long crack offering some sweet moves.

...I am still just a rat in a cage." I just hear that line when thinking of Rusty Cage (5.10). This is a pretty evil size for me but not so much for Kole. He eats that steez up. Cupped hands, rattling... well, in their rusty cage. Photo by Hillary.

This is me on the fifth and final pitch of The Mace in Sedona. Stepping over the 150' deep space between the spires wasn't bad but jump back across gets you wishing you brought your tennis shoes up with you.

This is the 3rd pitch on the Mace. It's a 5.8 pitch with good exposure. After you clip this bolt you go around the corner and out of sight to an off width chimney. Good times! Photo by Shelley (a.k.a. rock_diva).