Stacking the rope

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Stacking the rope

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

Mestdagh approaching the summit of Castleton Tower.

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Jan 30, 2014

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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

topping out

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

Stefan Doucette belaying the last pitch

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

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

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

view toward the La Sals

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.

Bobby at the top

Kor-Ingalls

Inside of pitch 3 (crux)

Probably 1975. Long before "50 Classics" times. First of many, many times climbing it - seemed like a yearly thing

Summit of Castleton Photo by Kelly Hartman

South Face

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

Cool, albeit slippery calcite on the left wall.

half way up Kor Ingalls on a beautiful Feb. afternoon

Cliff Band

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

bondo at the notch, just below the top

Eli checks out the jams on pitch 2.

Mike leading second pitch.

View of route

Eli starting out on pitch 3.

The Crux

Hanging around on the Kor- Ingalls route.

The "Crew" at the top!!

Pre dawn, waiting for enough light to climb.

Summit!

Ryan Sayers on the third pitch.

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.

Dawn shadow

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

looking down

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?

In the second section of pitch 1.

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

Kor-Ingalls NF Rap

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.

Stacking the rope

Mestdagh approaching the summit of Castleton Tower.

The windy top!

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

The wide section of Kor-Ingalls.

Photo of Robert Breyer by Tom Fernwood.

Anders nearing the top of pitch 3.

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...

Gary leading P2

BH heading up Kor-Ingalls.

Silly me rather happy

Midway on Kor-Ingals