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"Not because it's there, but because it might not be there much longer." (Layton Kor, one of the tower's three first ascensionists, on why they climbed the tower.) Photo snapped by Andrew Kulmatiski.
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A nice shot of all but the first pitch.
buttonheadspinner on top of Standing Rock, 1987.
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Zuke Lackmann
Mar 7, 2010
“"Not because it's there, but because it might not be there much longer." (Layton Kor, one of the tower's three first ascensionists, on why they climbed the tower.) Photo snapped by Andrew Kulmatiski.”  

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A nice shot of all but the first pitch.
"Not because it's there, but because it might not be there much longer." (Layton Kor, one of the tower's three first ascensionists, on why they climbed the tower.) Photo snapped by Andrew Kulmatiski.