This is the tower in between Echo and Aeolian.  We cleaned a lot of loose rock off and there was not any anchor on the summit so we counterbalance rappelled to get off.  We started on the side to the West and worked our way to the southern side.

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O Tower

This small tower has many route options.  Here is what we found.

We climbed a left facing corner system in the middle of the West side.  Climb up past loose rock over some bulges, placing gear whenever possible.  Climb on to the top and head 30' left to the true summit on sandy rock.  I had a sit belay with a couple bad cams backing me up on the top.  (It was dark, there might be a better anchor that I didn't find)

Protect your second as best as possible but a "what ever you do don't fall now" moment is likely.

We did a counterbalance simul rappel with a 60m rope to get off.

We climbed a loose chimney on the SW side of the tower and then to a fist size crack at the top.  We soloed most of this only protecting the mantle onto the top.  There are no anchors on top so counterbalance simul rappels were used to get off.

This tower is like a boulder problem with a hard mantle onto the summit.  Climb on top of the bench between the two towers and place gear at your feet for the mantle onto the summit block.  This was actually kind of heady. We slung a block that was kind of sketchy on the summit so treat our slings with suspect.

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Routes in Small towers next to Echo and Aeolian