Devils Tower

Devils Tower WY (a volcanic neck)

- Said to be known among the Indians as Bear’s Tipi "misinterpreted the name to mean Bad God's Tower, later shortened to Devils Tower.

- President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower the first national monument in 1906.

- Devils Tower with it’s vertical face rises 867 from base to summit.

- The top is domed shape 400'x200' 1 1/2 acres. (roughly size of a football field)

- The first accent was in 1893 using pegs to make a ladder to the top

- The first technical climb was made June 1937

- George Hopkins was the only person to climb down the Tower - without climbing up first! In 1941

- Parachuted onto the top

- He could not get down and hd to wait 6 days for a rescue

- It is impossible to reach the top without mountain climbing experience.

- Of almost a half million visitors to devils Tower only 1% reach the top

- Two things here:

- We misinterpret God’s word

- Few climb His heights