Throughout 4 days in March, James Barrow, 27, and Connor Baty, 20, traversed the Towers of the Virgin in Zion National Park– that’s 20 unique peaks across difficult surface, including 28 miles and about 18,500 feet of technical elevation gain. It’s no simple accomplishment, and some state this is the most impressive achievement in Zion in years.
According to St. George News, Barrow and Baty are Utah locals. The 2 satisfied while attending Utah Tech University and recognized they shared an enthusiasm for rock climbing. Barrow told St. George News that he and Baty forged a friendship while climbing at Zion.
In an Instagram post, Barrow, who is initially from New Hampshire, composed that passing through the Towers of the Virgin, a series of a jagged summits in Zion, was a “long held dream.”
Towers of the Virgin. Image thanks to the National Park Service Barrow’s post also information the set’s route, which started at 7:15 AM on March 9, 2024. The climbers then proceeded to traverse the towers, scaling no less than 20 peaks before coming down. They completed their trek at 5:30 PM on March 12, 2024.
Barrow and Baty told regional news they trained for this traverse, but are you truly ever all set to take something like this on? Obviously, Barrow even had a cold throughout this trip of a lifetime. The good news is, he states the weather condition worked together.
Can you imagine scaling 20 peaks in Zion in 4 days?
Over the course of four days, two climbers handled “The Complete Towers of the Virgin Traverse” in Zion– that’s 20 distinct peaks.