Coyote Tower

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Summary

Coyote Tower

Shirley topping out on Coyote Tower.

Quick in and out to Sedona for a bit of sunshine and sand. Climbed the Coyote Tower via its 6-pitch 5.10 line. Not much to look at really (hardly a tower, more of a buttress on Courthouse Butte) but it features some surprisingly good climbing. The highlights were the two dihedral pitches, 2 and 5…possibly the funnest climbing we’ve done on Sedona choss to date. And we had the formation all to ourselves as a bonus. Spent the first half of Sunday bushwhacking and getting our asses handed to us on another climb elsewhere…Home Sunday evening.

Photos

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Coyote Tower…or “Tower” – that unremarkable looking buttress at the right edge of Courthouse Butte (Oct. 2013).


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Leading pitch 1 of Coyote Tower – it goes something like boulder move, walk, boulder move, walk…for 160 feet. Things get much better right above though (Oct. 2013).


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Shirley topping out on pitch 1 of Coyote Tower (Oct. 2013).


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Leading the crux pitch on Coyote Tower – straightforward but fun corner crack (Oct. 2013).


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Shirley nearing the top of the crux pitch 2 of Coyote Tower (Oct. 2013).


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Shirley almost done with pitch 2 though arguably this is the crux move…right at the tippy top (Oct. 2013).


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Shirley topping out on pitch 3 of Coyote Tower – this is the limestone band…looks quite choosy but has seen enough traffic to be in fact pretty clean (Oct. 2013).


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Starting up pitch 4 of Coyote Tower with Oak Creek Spire in the background (Oct. 2013).


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Shirley topping out on pitch 4 (Oct. 2013).


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Another great pitch on Coyote Tower – this is #5, 5.9 lieback to a handcrack (Oct. 2013).


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Leading the sixth and final pitch of Coyote Tower. The wide slot allows a 5.9 passage through the overhanging summit cap rock (Oct. 2013).


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Oak Creek Spire (which we’ve climbed some years ago) as seen from somewhere on Coyote Tower (Oct. 2013).


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Leading the final pitch of Coyote Tower (Oct. 2013).


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Shirley following the 6th and final pitch of Coyote Tower (Oct. 2013).


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Shirley approaching the wide exit on pitch 6…don’t know how but I nearly chipped my front tooth while exiting this here cap rock slot…gotta climb with what you got: hands, knees, tooths…


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The joys of the wide top-out on Coyote Tower (Oct. 2013).


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Top of Coyote Tower (Oct. 2013).


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Shirley on the summit of Coyote Tower with Oak Creek Spire visible on the right (Oct. 2013).


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Keeping up with the latest trend: imported Swiss nylon belt…rated to 20kN (Oct. 2013).


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Shirley hiking out with the Courthouse Butte in background (Oct. 2013).


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