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| Ice Man Jerry Van | Kors Ingalls,and East Face doulbe 5.9 crack  Date Climbed: Jun 8, 1982 | |
| We climbed the classic Kors Ingalls Route then the next day did a route on the east face on a double 5.9 crack. I wanted to climb that rock formation since I was 10 years old seeing a picture of Castle Tower in a Natl. Geographic magazine in 1962. Climbed it 20 years later. | |
| Posted May 4, 2008 2:07 pm | ||
| utclimber | Classic Tower Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2004 | |
| I've been on Castleton a couple of times. The first time was on the North Chimney, a fantastic route. The second time was on Kor Ingalls, which we shared with tons of other parties. Both routes are good. | ||
| Posted Jan 14, 2008 12:15 am | ||
| gremlin | kor ingalls Date Climbed: Mar 27, 2005 | |
| good fun, the crux 3rd pitch was pretty easy reachy face climbing on the calcite features, but i'm tall | |
| Posted Oct 26, 2007 1:01 am | ||
| alpine climber | north chimney Date Climbed: Mar 31, 2007 | |
| good day out, part of spring break utah climbing trip, got a little cold without the sun | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2007 2:56 pm | ||
| plume | North Chimmney | |
| Climbed with the wife. No problems except for a torn shoelace before beginning. That desert sandstone eats everything. Beauty of a climb. Good to finally climb it after attending Castle Valley Adventist school way back in the early 80s. Better than burning down the school. | |
| Posted May 24, 2007 10:10 pm | ||
| fossana | Kor-Ingalls | |
| May ?, 1996 Spectacular climb | |
| Posted Apr 9, 2007 12:43 am | ||
| benjohnson | Route Climbed: North Chimney Date Climbed: Mar 31, 2007 | |
| Fun climb, but gets cool in that chimney. Nasty offwidth to start the second pitch. | |
| Posted Apr 2, 2007 11:23 am | ||
| aintlifegrand | N. Chimney Date Climbed: Mar 14, 2007 | |
| North chimney lots of fun | |
| Posted Mar 23, 2007 5:58 pm | ||
| tiogap | Kor-Ingalls Date Climbed: Oct 1, 1996 | |
| I climbed this with Andy. Warm day, and overdressed. Would not do it again, but maybe the North Chimney route. The last pitch was the most fun. | |
| Posted Jun 7, 2006 4:04 am | ||
| hiker100 | Kor Ingles Date Climbed: Apr 17, 1999 | |
| Beautiful climb to cap off our road trip to moab | |
| Posted Mar 23, 2006 11:15 pm | ||
| iceisnice | Route Climbed: kor-ingalls Date Climbed: Dec '04 | |
| Why does this route get so much fame? Kinda sucks. Been polished by thousands of people. | |
| Posted Oct 4, 2005 1:00 am | ||
| adwilson | Route Climbed: North Chimney Date Climbed: 2005 | |
| Not Bad. | ||
| Posted Sep 22, 2005 3:44 pm | ||
| aleasure | Route Climbed: Kor-Ingalls Date Climbed: march 2004 | |
| My first desert tower. Not nearly as hard as it has been made out to be. | ||
| Posted Jul 14, 2005 7:38 pm | ||
| poorboy44 | Route Climbed: Kor-Ingalls Date Climbed: March 2003 | |
| Like most people, my first desert climb. Fun route, definitely a bit burly. The route is shady so if you are doing it as a team of 3 you will get cold! | |
| Posted May 16, 2005 1:54 pm | ||
| AngelaA | Route Climbed: North Chimney Date Climbed: April 2004 | |
| 2nd my hubby up this climb - WOW! Great climb - great view! I would have had a better time if I wouldn't have had the Brazillians below me smokin' up a storm. . . but I just climbed faster to get away from it :) Scary rap especially in a 40mph wind - blew our ropes right around the corner. Glad when I got both feet on the ground again! Can't wait to do it again!! (to check out the whole story - www.teamarp.com) | |
| Posted Apr 15, 2005 4:04 pm | ||
| dunsum | Route Climbed: couple Date Climbed: November 18th 1995 | |
| Kor-Ingells, 5.9, 11/18/95, 11/5/05 North Chimney, 5.9, 12/2/95 | |
| Posted Apr 9, 2005 2:14 pm | ||
| colbyjw | Route Climbed: Kor-Ingalls Date Climbed: March 19, 2005 | |
| Did this route for my second time and found it somewhat enjoyable. I did the second pitch completely different than my first time up it, so I changed the page to hopefully avoid any kind of confussion. The first and last bolts were kind of sketchy. The first bolt (protecting the first crux 3/8") sticks out almost an inch. I tightend up the third (1/4) bolt with my fingers before commiting to the crux (probably not making any difference other than a psychological one). It was a beautiful day, but there were 5 groups in line behind us. People should dare to get on the more obscure routes rather than waste a day waiting to do a moderately enjoyable "classic". | |
| Posted Apr 5, 2005 4:08 pm | ||
| jtree | Route Climbed: Kor-Ingalls Date Climbed: 1991 | |
| Climbed this route with my brother Mike in the middle of July. We brought a single quart of water that we finished off before we even got to the base. Sweated up the slimey chimney and finally topped out totally dehydrated. We had a gallon of water waiting for us back at the jeep and the thought of that water is the only thing that got through the descent and hike back. One mouthful of the scorching hot water that had been sitting in the interior of the vehicle all day, and we realized we couldn't drink it. But all was well in the end as we hauled to Moab and quickly found someone to sponser us at the local pub and before I knew it I downed five straight cool ones. We then ate a huge meal and both slept like babies that night. That was our first real desert climb and needless to say we were taught the importance of water out west. | |
| Posted Mar 23, 2005 8:47 pm | ||
| rpc | Route Climbed: Kor-Ingalls Date Climbed: December 25, 2004 | |
| Shirley and I climbed this on a cold Christmas Day. Parked at 2nd parking lot (by mistake). Lost the approach trail below 1st cliff band but found a straightforward route thru. it. Second cliff band involved ~10 feet of low 5th climbing on good rock. Route itself is fun. P2 was the crux for me due to its sustained nature. P3 is not that bad due to the nice rest stances. Used 1 #4 Big Bro on P3 and was quite happy to have it. #5 Camalot is useless IMHO. #3.5-4 Camalots and #5 Friend very useful for P2. I thought that the summit makes this a NA Classic (not so much the OW moves on the rotue :) - the views are amazing. Could not find summit register. Saw two bivy shelters (and a rock shoe) on the spacious summit plateau. This was another classic climb where we did not encounter a single soul the whole day. Our dog waited this one out in the truck at the TH (overheating was NOT an issue on a day where temps. in the shade never broke above freezing). This was also our last route of 2004 (great way to end it!). | |
| Posted Jan 6, 2005 5:29 pm | ||
| forkliftdaddy | Route Climbed: North Chimney Date Climbed: May 2003 | |
| Great route! Went as a party of 3. Initial cracks were stellar, chimney was fun, and last bit of face was sweet. Were the last party to leave the summit and then came the epic descent. At the end of the first rappel, one rope swung out of sight with a knot in the end. Ended up leaving most of that rope swinging in the wind, rapping on a 50 m. Got back to camp around 9:00. Poured out our friends fire with precious beer when the wind shipped up. Wind died immediately, and we went to eat. Needless to say, they were a bit angry. | ||
| Posted Aug 16, 2004 2:43 pm | ||
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