Empire State Building

Windy Perch

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Not sure if this route has been done before. It probably has, but seemed worth adding it. Begin in a chimney on the North face of Spire Six. Move out of the chimney up and right onto wind carved, wavy features. This is the crux and the run out section. Continue up and right through a series of fins to the rightmost summit of the Spire Six cluster. If anyone knows a name for this, or has any information on it comment below!

A short spire with bullet-proof rock, good holds, and sparse protection. Starts with a left moving traverse, wraps around the base and climbs on a less than vertical line on the south face. Things get interesting at a crux involving a finger crack within a pod-escaping situation. The climbing is not as spectacular as the view but defiantly worth doing if you are someone who wishes to bag every accent that Herb and Jan Conn first discovered.

A good, short summit with intense climbing on really great rock. May have a steep move or two in a water trough that could potentially be harder than 5.7 and requires a good lead head.

One of the more remote and underexplored areas within the Cathedral Spires. Fraught with narrow, labyrinth-like gullies, sudden shear drop offs and approaches that become climbs in themselves, this area is guaranteed to provide chills, thrills, isolation, desolation and many opportunities for viewing wildlife, rare plants and spectacular vistas. Summits tend to be short and are sometimes accessed from the tops of ridges rather from the lowest parts of gullies.

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Routes in Spire Six