Ascent Notes for: South Face Direct - 5.9 Average Rating : 4.00/5

The first 30 ft felt really hard. But desert trad is always hard for me. Trad 5.8 always seems like 5.10 sport. The summit is amazing but the climb is not super fun. It's blocky, chossy, tight squeezed, too much going around corners and not being able to see/hear your belayer. But I've climbed it four times just so I could bring people up it for the view and exposure. It's like being in an airplane. Very nice tower for those of us who can't make it up castleton.