Ancient Art: The SPICIEST climb of the year! | Desert tower escapade in Moab, Utah

The objective was simple: we wanted to climb as many desert towers as possible on our way home for the holidays. Our experience with desert tower climbing? Zero! So we drove to Moab, Utah - the land of sandstone and towers! We started our mission with a warm up on Owl Rock in Arches National Park, then got a little in over our heads on Stolen Chimney at Fisher Towers, and ended our trip on The Mace in Sedona, AZ. It was a desert road trip to remember and the off-width sufferfest will not soon be forgotten! Enjoy:)
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[@codyandvictoria]

I just want to say my hands are still sweaty from this one 😂 Hope you guys enjoyed it! Subscribe for more!

[@mls01981]

I was sweating too, wondering if the tat on the top of the tower was trustworthy or not! Nice sending to both of you.

[@overwatchxrescue]

Knees weak, arms are heavy?

[@thewanderingjacobs]

That top out was killer, I was sweating watching!

[@jorgeadrianes]

Ooooh my hands were SWEATING while you were on top of the chimney. Congrats on that epic climb!

[@codyandvictoria]

Our hands are still sweating just thinking about that climb😅 Thanks for watching!

[@hikingcloud]

As always you guys always raise the bar with your adventures, so beautiful ❤

[@user-gx4fh1qw1g]

Greatest duo ever! Awesome video as always. The views are incredible.

[@alehax27]

Earned a sub. Excellent video, edit, and adventure

[@codyandvictoria]

🙏🏼 Thanks so much! Always looking for feedback. Let us know what else you'd like to see.

[@VincentClarke]

Woooha guys, awesome cinematography!! Your videos are always beautiful but this one was FIRE! Well done!❤‍🔥And also your storytelling is getting better and better every time, love it!!

[@AlpineAtlas]

It's a real treat to see such a rad climb so elegantly filmed. Keep it up you guys. I'd love to see more of this awesome little van build!

[@codyandvictoria]

Really appreciate you watching. Maybe we'll share the van sometime soon 🤘🏼

[@jakesreilly]

this is so rad. thanks for making these beautifully shot videos

[@hollidayadventures]

Ahhhh we want to climb Ancient Art so bad. That summit pitch looked so gnarly!

[@codyandvictoria]

Standing on top of the summit makes the whole climb! It looks scary but DO IT! You won't regret it🤘

[@TheZackMom]

Yewwww!! What a freakin timeeee!! And that #5 never looked sooo pretty!

[@codyandvictoria]

That #5 was the most useful thing ever up on The Mace

[@_alex_desjardins]

Watched this video 3 times already. You two are creating the best climbing content on YT! Keep it up 💪

[@codyandvictoria]

Haha I'm here for it! Thanks for checking it out

[@Marcela.Isabel]

Rad! Rad! Rad! Super cool couple!

[@codyandvictoria]

🤘🏼🙏🏼

[@CarlosRodriguez14]

Yikes!!! This video takes the winner of giving me the most anxiety 😂 pretty dope guys!

[@codyandvictoria]

Nothing compared to what you see every day I'm sure

[@iev4n]

Been waiting so eagerly for this to come out!

[@codyandvictoria]

🎉🎉

[@thealivelife]

I love how my heart is racing watching this! IN-freaking-SANE is the correct way to describe this. Climb on!!

[@codyandvictoria]

My man!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Thank you thank you.

[@small.towns.open.spaces]

Made my nads tingle! That was awesome! Great filming! Thanks for sharing!

[@codyandvictoria]

Thanks for watching

[@lifewithlindsey1920]

Loved it!!!

[@pattysmith9892]

Totally Awesome!! Moab is insane that’s why I LOVE it!! Sick climb!❤

[@codyandvictoria]

Such an epic place!!!

[@geoffswyka1143]

Babe wake up those crazy kids climbed Ancient Art

[@codyandvictoria]

🫢

[@amandajchan]

itching to go trad climbing, this was such a great vlog!

[@brianc4917]

Epic footage!

[@NoOverhead]

My left armpit was sweating during this entire watch. What an epic climb!

[@heikogehrig]

Another amazing video. Love the look/color grading. The music integration. The mood! Almost felt like I was there. Great job! We were in Sedona and Moab earlier in the year (the reverse of yours) and loved it! It rained a lot though and ended up climbing just a few days!

[@codyandvictoria]

Yeah interesting with the rain... Ended up having a week of rain in AZ too

[@MizzCriss]

Wow Wow Wow 🤩🤩 Awesome Video 😎

[@colinandpaige]

This was absolutely insane 🤯

[@tavakessler]

epic as usual! love the moab area

[@codyandvictoria]

Such a great area for recreation! Would be easy to stay there for months.

[@trevorratchford3768]

owl rock was the first climb i did in moab! brings back some sick memories. thanks for sharing the stoke y’all

[@it_me_wongi]

Gahhhh makin me miss the desert! So rad!

[@TimmyCramer]

Poor Mable! Took Kota my blue heeler to Verde hot springs and fossil creek yesterday. Hot water and cold water.....wonderful and sunny! Timmy C Arizona

[@codyandvictoria]

Sounds like Kota is living the dream! Cant wait for Hazel to get back out there

[@TimmyCramer]

@codyandvictoria Hazel...got her name wrong!

[@richardgordon9428]

😮 that got the heart going just viewing from the couch

[@codyandvictoria]

Success!

[@overwatchxrescue]

Looks pretty intense!

[@cafeervamate]

Best climbing videos! congrats from Brasil!👏

[@codyandvictoria]

Not the best climbers, but hopefully the story makes up for not sending 5.15 😂

[@1vegan]

That was f’n crazy. This old arm chair climber loved it! 💪

[@codyandvictoria]

We thought so too 😅 thanks for being here!

[@KevinEassa]

epic!!

[@entreadapt]

Well done on this little film!

[@codyandvictoria]

Thanks!

[@mtb_ryan]

So gnarly! That top out definitely had my hands sweating.

[@codyandvictoria]

Once was enough for me!

[@jackgreener2864]

drone b-roll shots were on point and def adding Owl Rock to the list. Also almost at 200k!!

[@codyandvictoria]

Owl Rock is cool man! Would be a good challenge and a sweet top-out

[@BeckiandChris]

Omg my legs are weak and my feet are SWEATING watching y’all get to the top of that chimney 😳😳 beauty video!

[@codyandvictoria]

Haha thanks friends 🙏🏼 definitely a sketchy top out on this one. Not sure if we'd do it again... 😬

[@samuelbarton4066]

So sick guys! Definitely want to take a southwest climbing trip next year!

[@codyandvictoria]

Highly recommend.

[@Wizard-oy9hl]

so rad

[@SophieReimer-Epp]

This triggered my fear of heights just by watching lolll You guys are so cool!

[@codyandvictoria]

Haha I'm not afraid of heights and I was still freaking out 🤣

[@antnguyen]

Wow.

[@James_McInerney]

I was pulling my head back from the computer screen - that exposure was insane!!

[@degonzoman]

Spent the summer knocking off towers all over Utah with Fred Becky back in the day. Staying at Eric Bjornstads trailer in Moab was the highlight when he broke out his old slides as he and Fred talked about the old days of real Dirtbag climbing. The guy could tell you how the entire trip went by one slide of his pink Cadillac on some random dirt road. Miss those crazy phone calls from my old pal Fred. "Come on man just need a few days to get it done, work will be there or she will be there when you get back, I got it all figured out, I can be there in 5 or 6 hours" he would say.

[@codyandvictoria]

Damn I couldn't imagine what it was like back in those days. I think every climber would have liked to hang with the legends and do some sketchy shit 😅 Those guys had balls of steel and not a care in the world. Back before you could make money on KZbin for doing it... Happy with where we're at but I bet it was pretty sweet back then too.

[@TuckerandAlyssa]

Great video! Have you guys been to new Jack city yet?? Some amazing desert sport climbing there!

[@codyandvictoria]

Never been but I'm sure we'll get there one day. Gotta check off all the classic spots !

[@will_is_all_i_am]

Gangstas!!!!

[@33MatCh]

Love it ! 🎉 congrats. Whats the name of the campground ? And where is it ? Thanks !

[@codyandvictoria]

Upper onion creek campground☺️ it's about 30 minutes east of Moab👍

[@BuddinAdventures]

🎉🎉🎉

[@davidgelman4935]

I sat on the tip.

[@ashwinvasavada8401]

Omg omg omg

[@DREXELENG2015]

Awesome, I was just up there in early September, but I got stuck on that weird wedge pinch where your left hand is at 12:44 and couldn't get my right foot up. Projecting a boulder problem for 15 mins with 400' of air below, was definitely something new for me! Did you skip that wedge pinch, and just move through to the bucket?

[@codyandvictoria]

Yeah you know everyone talks about the 5.10 pitches but that last pitch was tough and sketchy. I ended up trusting the pinch just long enough to get a foot up and reach the sandy bucket. After that it gets a bit easier but the exposure gets worse. Then you pull over the bulge on the right side which is also a tough move. At least you could pull up on the quick draw if you wanted...

[@frigginjorf]

Love the vid! Climbing on the Beal Booster iii 9.7? How do you like it? Good durability? Good anti-kink?

[@codyandvictoria]

Love the dual pattern and unicore. It's our favorite rope. We keep buying the same one over and over. Idk if I'll ever get a non-dual rope again. Its super convenient for rapping. It does coil a little but I blame the grigri. Never had coil problems back when we used an ATC

[@moritzmittermayr]

Yooo, just watched the 3x basejump by Andy Lewis x GoPro, was that you guys watching him?! 😂🤘🏼

[@codyandvictoria]

I wish! Haha that video is so sick.

[@markferguson4821]

Just what we need, to draw more attention to an already overcrowded, overused and overrun climbing area. When I climbed ancient art 25 years ago, the fishers were empty and pristine, now the area is trashed and overrun with white vans. Keep your drones out of the towers. I wish climbers these days would just climb for themselves and leave it there, try it, it’s more enjoyable and satisfying to not spray about every climb and every area.

[@codyandvictoria]

The only constant is change. You can either keep living in the past and sulking in your suffering or accept that things change and be a positive advocate for the outdoors. People are going to climb there no matter what, so how can we improve it rather than complain in comment sections? Change your mind, change your life. Wishing you the best.

[@fireguy123469]

I have some serious second hand anxiety watching this.

[@codyandvictoria]

😬😬

[@MKNYC_]

Sitting at my desk drinking a pepsi and these views have my hands sweating 11:29

[@codyandvictoria]

Love to hear it! 😍

[@davidgelman4935]

Ii climbed Ancient Art, cork screw summit 5 .9Ao in 2000 very soft,crumbly rock it seem dangerous at time I was62 then,and I sat in the top not stood which didn't occur to me then Jimmy Dunn who watched me at the time said I did fine Best to all Dave Gelman

[@i.amreis]

Am i the only one jumping on my seat?

[@whatscreenname]

8:03 Did u guys actually keep passing the rope to each other every time you filmed so whoever is on camera has the rope on their neck??? 😂😂

[@codyandvictoria]

No actually! We carried two ropes to the climb but ended up only climbing with one. The original beta says to rappel with doubles but we managed with a single. We had mentioned the two ropes but it got cut from the edit 😅 figured nobody would notice...