blakeatt12 - Aug 12, 2022 7:31 am Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2022
On Sight Free Solo of Durrance
Excellent route to free solo. Well protected and generally very easy. You must know how to do offwidth climbing. Rock is not polished as people have said. Only real challenge is the second pitch of 70ft. The rest is pretty chill. Carried a 75m dry rope up in a small backpack hooked to the side of my harness so I could do the offwidths. Rappel off the nose on the second or third rappel or your rope will get stuck. Start early because it gets hot as hell by like 8am.
Woodie Hopper - Jun 7, 2020 10:05 pm Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2020
First DT climb
Combined pitches: 3 long and 1 short to the summit (1:44). Fast climb & fun. With Lansdon Alcorn.
cweight - Oct 7, 2014 4:51 pm Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2014
Climbed 4 Kidney Cancer
Our team climbed Devils Tower as part of the Climb 4 Kidney Cancer team. See Climb4kc.org. Our team was composed entirely of inexperienced rock climbers. Some of us are patients with kidney cancer, some are physicians who care for patients with kidney cancer and some researchers looking for cures for kidney cancer. Franks Sanders and Leigh Laslee were our guides. Two of our group of 5 made it to the top up the Durrance with the Bailey Direct finish. We had an awesome time. Most of the preparation was in the gym. Check our our Facebook or twitter pages @climb4kc or website at climb4kc.org and join us. We're looking for other climbers to take pictures with the logo and post on our site and others. Kidney cancer is more deadly than breast and prostate cancer, but gets very little research funding.
Saw a local climb this in cowboy boots when I was there for the first time.
shanahan96 - Mar 20, 2013 11:20 pm Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2012
classic durrance
my first of NA 50 classics, come prepared for consistent off-widths!
jamie
PanamaRed - Sep 29, 2012 9:36 pm Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2011
Epic
This was the second major lead climb i had ever done up to this point (the first being the Upper Exum ridge) . I lead all the pitches and had a blast. The heat was brutal though, as well as the flying ants on the top, but i had a great time. I met Frank Sanders near the top and talked with him for a moment. He shared some water with me. Thanks Frank!
strudolyubov - Aug 12, 2012 2:01 pm Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2012
Cool climb, a little polished and very hot but would love to do it again.
McCannster - May 1, 2010 12:27 am Date Climbed: Apr 17, 2010
Durrance
Up at the Tower for the weekend. Figured as a 50 Classic Climb, I couldn't go wrong. Fun climb, I found that Durrance crack was way harder than I had expected.
Dow Williams - Apr 26, 2010 11:16 am Date Climbed: Apr 21, 2010
Durrance Route
The main reason for our visit to Devils Tower was to visit with Frank Sanders. One of the most generous souls I have ever met in the climbing industry and a must person to meet if you get the chance. We had it to ourselves on a great day in April, summit as well. Maybe two other parties on the entire tower! April, mid week, the way to go. 70m was perfect to rap the route, although if other parties, take doubles to use the conventional rap line. I did the direct finish and thought it was the most difficult pitch of the route, and Frank has it at 5.9 I see. I was confused as I guess there is a 5th class pitch to the left. Fun pitch that ended right below the final rap anchor. With Stacy.
JonW - Aug 4, 2009 3:33 pm Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2009
Sucks
This route really isn't climbing and mostly involve chimneys. The pitches are really really short and the rock is greasy. I won't be doing this route again. It sucks.
dfrancom - Jun 1, 2009 1:09 pm Date Climbed: May 28, 2009
Fun
Great Route. The crux for me was on the cussin crack pitch. I struggled to get over the first Chockstone. Fun route and very physical.
did the slab approach, apparently the classic approach, not the easier, 'stay low and to the right' slab approach. should've done the 1st pitch, 5.5. may have been quicker, would've planned on one more pitch as far as time goes, and would've been more fun. but, the slab approach deemed interesting and fun, too! should've trailed the rope and hauled the bag for the 1st two pitches, too! learned the hard way on that! got to the meadows via jump (don't jump) traverse. sun went down. climbed back up the jump traverse to rappel the route in the dark. DIDN'T RAP OFF THE NOSE! stupid, stupid. had to climb the rope in the dark to relieve the rope of it's 'not pulling through cause it was stuck in the crack' duties. ahh, the aliens were watching. returned to solid ground safely at about 9:00 pm. yeah. in november. dark. very classic stuff. loved every minute of it...for some reason I don't remember much of the rappelling in the dark...(human nature to suppress the negative experiences in life, right?)
pyerger - Aug 13, 2008 11:00 pm Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2005
motorcycle mania
Lots of people on this one. Fifty crowded classics. Harley Heaven.
blakeatt12 - Aug 12, 2022 7:31 am Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2022
On Sight Free Solo of DurranceExcellent route to free solo. Well protected and generally very easy. You must know how to do offwidth climbing. Rock is not polished as people have said. Only real challenge is the second pitch of 70ft. The rest is pretty chill. Carried a 75m dry rope up in a small backpack hooked to the side of my harness so I could do the offwidths. Rappel off the nose on the second or third rappel or your rope will get stuck. Start early because it gets hot as hell by like 8am.
Woodie Hopper - Jun 7, 2020 10:05 pm Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2020
First DT climbCombined pitches: 3 long and 1 short to the summit (1:44). Fast climb & fun. With Lansdon Alcorn.
cweight - Oct 7, 2014 4:51 pm Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2014
Climbed 4 Kidney CancerOur team climbed Devils Tower as part of the Climb 4 Kidney Cancer team. See Climb4kc.org. Our team was composed entirely of inexperienced rock climbers. Some of us are patients with kidney cancer, some are physicians who care for patients with kidney cancer and some researchers looking for cures for kidney cancer. Franks Sanders and Leigh Laslee were our guides. Two of our group of 5 made it to the top up the Durrance with the Bailey Direct finish. We had an awesome time. Most of the preparation was in the gym. Check our our Facebook or twitter pages @climb4kc or website at climb4kc.org and join us. We're looking for other climbers to take pictures with the logo and post on our site and others. Kidney cancer is more deadly than breast and prostate cancer, but gets very little research funding.
alpineair - Oct 29, 2013 9:32 am
Classic.Saw a local climb this in cowboy boots when I was there for the first time.
shanahan96 - Mar 20, 2013 11:20 pm Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2012
classic durrancemy first of NA 50 classics, come prepared for consistent off-widths!
jamie
PanamaRed - Sep 29, 2012 9:36 pm Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2011
EpicThis was the second major lead climb i had ever done up to this point (the first being the Upper Exum ridge) . I lead all the pitches and had a blast. The heat was brutal though, as well as the flying ants on the top, but i had a great time. I met Frank Sanders near the top and talked with him for a moment. He shared some water with me. Thanks Frank!
strudolyubov - Aug 12, 2012 2:01 pm Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2012
DurranceLed all pitches. Lots of off-width. Nice climb.
mtneering - Aug 7, 2012 3:38 pm
Climbedlead a few pitches too
evanj - Dec 1, 2010 11:55 pm
first timeAmazing route, did the jump traverse!
JoeyBagoDonuts - Oct 19, 2010 7:40 pm Date Climbed: Oct 14, 2010
Great Climb, Beautiful DayAlmost a perfect day.
noahs213 - Aug 17, 2010 1:15 pm Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2010
GreatGreat climb. 90% offwidth
breagen - Jul 13, 2010 6:43 pm Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2008
Durrance!Hot but fun day on the tower!
rockrat2 - Jun 20, 2010 8:56 pm
hot, but great climbCool climb, a little polished and very hot but would love to do it again.
McCannster - May 1, 2010 12:27 am Date Climbed: Apr 17, 2010
DurranceUp at the Tower for the weekend. Figured as a 50 Classic Climb, I couldn't go wrong. Fun climb, I found that Durrance crack was way harder than I had expected.
Dow Williams - Apr 26, 2010 11:16 am Date Climbed: Apr 21, 2010
Durrance RouteThe main reason for our visit to Devils Tower was to visit with Frank Sanders. One of the most generous souls I have ever met in the climbing industry and a must person to meet if you get the chance. We had it to ourselves on a great day in April, summit as well. Maybe two other parties on the entire tower! April, mid week, the way to go. 70m was perfect to rap the route, although if other parties, take doubles to use the conventional rap line. I did the direct finish and thought it was the most difficult pitch of the route, and Frank has it at 5.9 I see. I was confused as I guess there is a 5th class pitch to the left. Fun pitch that ended right below the final rap anchor. With Stacy.
JonW - Aug 4, 2009 3:33 pm Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2009
SucksThis route really isn't climbing and mostly involve chimneys. The pitches are really really short and the rock is greasy. I won't be doing this route again. It sucks.
dfrancom - Jun 1, 2009 1:09 pm Date Climbed: May 28, 2009
FunGreat Route. The crux for me was on the cussin crack pitch. I struggled to get over the first Chockstone. Fun route and very physical.
peerzat - Nov 15, 2008 4:17 am
close encounters of the third rock kind.did the slab approach, apparently the classic approach, not the easier, 'stay low and to the right' slab approach. should've done the 1st pitch, 5.5. may have been quicker, would've planned on one more pitch as far as time goes, and would've been more fun. but, the slab approach deemed interesting and fun, too! should've trailed the rope and hauled the bag for the 1st two pitches, too! learned the hard way on that! got to the meadows via jump (don't jump) traverse. sun went down. climbed back up the jump traverse to rappel the route in the dark. DIDN'T RAP OFF THE NOSE! stupid, stupid. had to climb the rope in the dark to relieve the rope of it's 'not pulling through cause it was stuck in the crack' duties. ahh, the aliens were watching. returned to solid ground safely at about 9:00 pm. yeah. in november. dark. very classic stuff. loved every minute of it...for some reason I don't remember much of the rappelling in the dark...(human nature to suppress the negative experiences in life, right?)
pyerger - Aug 13, 2008 11:00 pm Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2005
motorcycle maniaLots of people on this one. Fifty crowded classics. Harley Heaven.
RModelli - Jun 19, 2008 11:34 pm
fun in the wind at the towerHAd a great climb with my friend Isaac....a bit of an epic end to it, but fun nonetheless