Has anyone summitted any of the towers, buttes, etc. within GCNP? I'm awaiting my backcountry permit for April and am hoping to have a shot at climbing Cheops Pyramid. On a previous trip there a few years ago, I became extremely curious about climbing other formations such as the Battleship, Escalante and Cardenas Buttes, etc.
Some of them can be day hikes from the South Rim, and with the views that they would command, I am surprised there isn't a greater deal of interest (I do belong to Arizona Hikers website and have Tomasi's book among others). There doesn't seem to be very much climbing beta...