WARNING: it is illegal and dangerous to climb routes on CU campus. Any climbing is undertaken at the climber's own risk.

This wall was first notably climbed in the Sender Films movie

"Front Range Freaks"

(2003). While there are many possible variations, the most popular and longest problem is to follow the hypotenuse of the triangle up to the top right corner and top out. The stone is solid, with bricks jutting out a couple inches to provide stellar crimps. The topout is not any more difficult than the rest, and the roof can be walked off of to avoid downclimbing.

If the highball exposure is a little much, one can also get a pump traversing back and forth a couple feet from the ground.

Featured in the film

Real Rock An Urban Climbing Experience

, releasing May 2019.

Pythagorean Theorem

Reciprocal

Math Tower

Start below the balcony on the backside of the Math 100 Auditorium. This begins with a double handed start on the lowest pinch to the right of the door. Gap the door by working left, and traverse under the balcony and up and over the bars on the top. Finish the route by gaping the door and dismounting on the corner. Remember that the balcony and metal bars are off. Use only the crimpy bricks to do this problem.

WARNING: it is illegal and dangerous to climb routes on CU campus. Any climbing is undertaken at the climber's own risk.

Ascend (free solo) the obvious tower of the math building on its south or west side. The brick is solid and sticks out a couple inches, allowing for continual crimps and pinches (all great, but length makes it pumpy). Slap the gutter on top and begin the downclimb - no easy rests, but no obvious cruxes. Pulling the roof isn't recommended - the flimsy gutter running along the edge makes the mantel quite unstable.

The arete can be climbed if one is looking for a spicy and exposed variation.

Climbing the math tower draws less attention than climbs in other regions of campus. While many people are still walking by as you climb, they often pay little attention. This may be because engineering students empathize with others who feel the need to throw themselves off a building.

Featured in the film

Real Rock An Urban Climbing Experience

, releasing May 2019.

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Routes in Math Building