Devil's Monument

2 Sept 2006 - We are staying in Sundance which is farther from Devils' Tower than we would have liked but live and learn. The drive out is scenic and the view as you approach the monument is fantastic. You can see the monument for several miles and it just gets more impressive as you get closer. Message of the photos is the dramatic size, the classic car show in progress today, the way the rock 'rounds out' at the bottom in some places and the pile of rubble from 'falling rock' in the past and finally, how the monument is made up of many six-sided columns. Yes, the channels you see are each individual columns of rock and they continue to fall off the monument. Although not visible in the photos, there are some 50 climbers on the rock today. For the record, there have been only some 4 deaths in over 60 years of climbing and there are about 2500 climbers per year.