Tooth and Claw, Wa pass

[Adventureboy]

Not to very long ago a friend and i attempted tooth and claw on Lexington tower. We arrived and found the first pitch after much searching and hopped on. It was a go, very clean sustained slab. Quite enjoyable. From there however each successive pitch became ditier and dirtier until pitch 4. Off the belay we saw a pin under a roof about 30 feet off the belay and noyhing but wide open space in between. And up into the roof was what seemed to be kitty litter plastered violently to the walls of the crack, what would be splitter hands and off fist other wise. We turned back after much deliberation and wondered intently when the last party to do this was.

Thusly my question. Has anyone got any idea when the last time a human was up there and, what does the pitch after look like.

[bwrts]

this route gets done every year, a few (or more) times I assume. I haven't got on it yet, but a bunch of my friends have done it and enjoyed it a ton.

[j_b]

the top of ~200' of the spire has some deleted rock but the rest is stellar. do a search for further info on the climb.

[bobbyperu]

imho i have enjoyed doing what you did... the first 3 of tooth and claw, then the upper 3 pitches of the east face route. lots of variety...i've had friends tell me that the upper pitches, although hard, and challenging, are also junky, and not very enjoyable... my $.02

[j_b]

fun way to do it, but whichever way you pick to the top of these spires (winter spires as well) you'll find some lesser quality rock; not where the climbing is hard though. personally, i never thought it was much of a problem but your mileage may vary.