Horning Route

Happiness is Water has been lost for almost 43 years. Touch the Sky only has it shown on the maps, without any written description. The new Busse & Burr guide also has no information on it, only that it is supposedly 5.5. We discovered the location of the spire on the FA of a separate route. Upon reaching the top of the spire, there was a perfect intact glass jar register with only the two names in it from the first ascent in 1972. Pretty wild.

The register says they climbed the SW cracks. This is a gaping flaring chimney which looks crumbly and scary, with questionable gear. I would doubt it to be 5.5 but probably not too much harder. There looks to be a crux at the top of the chimney where it narrows down.

The register also said that they climbed it on a 95 degree day...probably where "Happiness is Water" came from.

Look for a cave feature on the southwest corner and a chimney above.

Unknown pro.

Rap anchor near top of new route on south face. Can rap with one 70 m rope for sure.