Humanities Tower

WARNING: it is illegal and dangerous to climb routes on CU campus. Any climbing is undertaken at the climber's own risk.

This tower is a committing free solo on solid brick. The stone juts out from the building a decent couple inches, allowing for consistently bomber pinches and crimps the whole way up. Top out onto one of two small ledges to shake out before the downclimb (nets on the top prevent taking the stairs down from the inside). Don't blindly throw a hand onto the white ledge near the top - electrically charged wire is present to keep birds away.

The two part crux consists of keeping your head together as throngs of Snapchat-thirsty college students pool at the base while still moving fast enough to be off before campus police arrive. An inconspicuous moonlit ascent might be in good taste.

Featured in the film

Real Rock An Urban Climbing Experience

, releasing May 2019.

This is found on the Humanities Building at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The east and the south sides of the tower are equally difficult.

A cam or large tricam could theoretically fit in some of the larger gaps between bricks, but at that point...what are you doing with your life?