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Last spring, Will Stanhope headed to Utah’s desert kingdom to headpoint established routes and find a few of his own. “You don’t really need to go on the full spirit quest and wander out into the middle of nowhere to find new routes,” says Stanhope. At Indian Creek, it’s a matter of looking between the established lines.