The structure of high-lying states in 22 Ne has been studied using the 14 C( 12 C,α) 22 Ne reaction at E( 12 C)= 44 MeV. The spins were determined by measuring double (α,α) angular correlations. Selective population of the 9 − and 11 − states at E x =20.1 and 20.7 MeV, respectively, identifies those states as the 9 − and 11 − members of the first K π = 0 − band, whose lower members were investigated by a method using