The Wisdom Tooth, South Face, New Route. It was reported that Graham Fontella, Bill Gambel, Mark Davis and Kevin Daniels put up a new route, Novocain (VI 5.10 A2), on the south face of the Wisdom Tooth in the Ruth Gorge over a five-day spell of good weather in May. The route follows a prominent red dihedral for 16 pitches with what was described as mostly moderate free and aid climbing on good rock. (Climbing 172)