Pics from the past...

chronicling one of my climbs on Devils Tower in northeast Wyoming in 1988, a volcanic neck that rises 1,267 feet (386 m) above the Belle Fourche River (click to enlarge):

I was accompanied by former graduate student RR on this particular adventure, seen here on lead in the off-width Durrance Crack route, ranked as one of the Fifty Classic Climbs in North America:

Here is the requisite hero shot on the summit during a break in the snow flurries that dogged us during the several hour climb:

I recall there were dozens of chipmunks running all over the summit while we ate our lunch.  And here's another shot of me, on rappel on the south face descent route, zipping down the enormous phonolite porphyry columns:

NOTE: I am making it a personal project this year to digitize my vast color slide collection, conservatively estimated to be well more than 15,000 in number.  I intend to methodically high grade the collection and slowly scan slide sets as I find the time.  In addition, I will randomly and variously post some images that highlight some of my more interesting experiences on this blog of mine.