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Havachatwithhexy... 30-Mar-2005 At 2:52:10 PM HEX

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On 19/03/2005 HEX wrote:

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>Utah-Desert-tower/Eiger-Direct, LEGEND, Layton Kor ...
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Freakyspooky !!! --- awesome timing Hexy ...

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25 March 2005

>Finger of Fate Goes Free

>Britons Ben Bransby and Pete Robbins have freed the classic Finger of Fate route on >Utah's Titan . The Finger of Fate was the original >route on the 800-foot giant of the Fisher Towers, established in 1962 by George >Hurley, Huntley Ingalls and Layton Kor. Englishman Stevie Haston attempted to free >the route in 1996 but was unwilling to risk falls onto the 34-year-old bolts of the final >two pitches. Haston returned several years later and completed the first free ascent of >the Titan via the Sundevil Chimney.

>The Finger of Fate was rebolted in 2004, opening it to further free attempts. Bransby >and Robbins reportedly found climbing up to 5.12c on the eight-pitch climb, which is >cleaner than most of the muddy Fisher Towers routes because of its relative popularity >as one of the Fifty Classic Climbs of North America.

Hurley's TR in National Geographic is an absolute classic ... well worth rum-arj-ing around in 2nd hand bookshops to get the GOLD on this one ...
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