RECENT UPLOADS: Kor-Ingalls (III 5.9) - Castleton Tower, Castle Valley, Utah
The desert spire that helped launch a revolution - Photos from PhotoPost's Classic Climbs - “I WAS STARTLED THERE COULD BE SUCH A THING,” says Huntley Ingalls, the first climber to spot the 400-foot (now) desert icon Castleton Tower. It was 1956, and Ingalls had happened upon Castleton, the Fisher Towers, and the Six Shooters during a gravity survey for the United States Geological Survey. His other impression? “That Castleton was beautiful,” says Ingalls. “It struck me as a classic.” Read more.