Liberty Bell, Northeast Face. In June of 1966 the Barber Pole Route was climbed by Sandy Bill, Frank Tarver, and Cindy Wade. From the

top of the Bong (the large rock projection at the base of the northeast face) the route goes upwards to a ledge which diagonals left towards the northeast corner where a large bench is encountered filled with boulders. Here the route intersects the Independence Route (A.A.J., 1967, 15:2, pp. 291-3). From the end of the bench it continues upwards and begins diagonaling left once again. From the end of this lead there is a layback up a hidden crack, and then another 140 feet to the top of a pedestal. At this point it continues up the Independence Route. The new route is NCCS III, F8. Suggested hardware is 8 horizontals, and angles consisting of 1-2", 2-1½", 3-1", 3-¾", 2-5/8" and 2-½".

Don McPherson, unattached