Moses, Canyonlands National Park. A new route was put up on Moses Tower by Steve Green, Doug Snively, Jim Dunn and Kurt Rasmusson. The route was to the right of the first-ascent line, roughly up the northwest edge of the rock. The two routes meet at the highest belay, just before the free-climbed summit blocks. The ascent required only two bolts, which were used for belays. NCCS IV, F9, A4. The third ascent of Moses was done by Italian climbers Giorgio Bertone and Lorenzino Cosson and the American Craig Martinson. The climb was filmed by Carlo Mauri for Italian and German television. They used the Beckey-Bjørnstad first-ascent line. Zeus, the thin tower next to Moses, was climbed by a new route by Dunn and Snively, who placed five bolts for aid. The route begins on the ridge closest to Moses. NCCS III, F8, A4.

Eric Bjørnstad