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The Kor-Ingalls has lunch

Anders stuck in the chimney on pitch one. The Euro sport climber is still having fun in the chimneys!

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Layton Kor drilling a bolt on the FA of Castleton Tower, Castle Valley<br>
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Photo by Huntley Ingalls

The Kor-Ingalls has lunch

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Anders stuck in the chimney on pitch one. The Euro sport climber is still having fun in the chimneys!

Ken Kaniff on top of first pitch

High school sweetheart, Jackson Marvell, jogging up Kor-Ingalls in August before his senior year.

Unknown climber offwidthing the crux. I stemmed and face climbed the crux cause I'm an offwidth weenie.

Stefan Doucette belaying the last pitch

Castleton Tower is on the right, The Priest and the Rectory are on the left. Kor-Ingalls climbs the big sunny dihedral on the right side of the tower. Photo: Darin Lang

Out of the sun on a cold day. On the ledge after the crux pitch

Blue line is the original Kor-Ingalls second pitch. There is one bolt on the left wall of the crack. Going this way means you get to use the cool hueco, circled in green. Pro your second for the traverse back right.

view toward the La Sals

Bobby at the top

Kor-Ingalls

Inside of pitch 3 (crux)

South Face

Cool, albeit slippery calcite on the left wall.

half way up Kor Ingalls on a beautiful Feb. afternoon

Route photo, the Kor-Ingalls route follows the obvious crack and chimney system up the middle of the face.

Some very important beta on the descent found in the summit register.

Cliff Band

bondo at the notch, just below the top

Eli checks out the jams on pitch 2.

Eli starting out on pitch 3.

View of route

Mike leading second pitch.

The Crux

The "Crew" at the top!!

Pre dawn, waiting for enough light to climb.

Anders, the Euro Sportclimber, still smiling with 400ft of air below his feet. N Face rap off Casleton with parties on the Rectory's Fine Jade in the background.

Ryan Sayers on the third pitch.

Why it's best to have a plan B for K-I.

In the second section of pitch 1.

Pitch 4: Why settle for the fun 5.7 face to the right when you can continue the classic wideness in the 5.9 slot to the left?

Swearing and rope tension prove to be an effective combo as Brandi escapes the Pitch 3 calcite hellhole.

looking down

Summit!

Joel Baron and Bo Johnston at the north face rap achors!

(L-R) Eli Powell and Brian Wandzilak show they are mentally prepared for what awaits.

Kor-Ingalls NF Rap

Stacking the rope

The wide section of Kor-Ingalls.

Hanging around on the Kor- Ingalls route.

Anders nearing the top of pitch 3.

Joan and 2 climbers from Seattle on the spacious P3 belay ledge.

Dawn shadow

The windy top!

Photo of Robert Breyer by Tom Fernwood.

Mestdagh approaching the summit of Castleton Tower.

Team shot with Dustin Clelen, Barb Anderson, and me. Taken by Mycroft Smith. P3 belay?

Massive belay atop P1.

Chad finishing up the 3rd pitch of Kor-Ingalls! What a wild pitch...

Kor-Ingalls

Paco on the second pitch.

The tower just before dawn.

BH heading up Kor-Ingalls.

Erik making a horizontal squeeze into the crux chimney. Its all for style

Midway on Kor-Ingals