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Desert Spires: Spider Rock, Cleopatra’s Needle, Totem Pole: Climbing Pictures with Original Articles and Selected Reading

Stories and photos of early ascents of desert spires

View of the Grand Canyon

Tags: grand canyon, grand canyon national park

View from rubble pile looking up at rock formations.

Tags: devils post pile, devils postpile national monument, geological features, yosemite national park

View from rubble looking up at rock formations.

Tags: devils post pile, devils postpile national monument, geological features, yosemite national park

View from rubble pile looking up at rock formations.

Tags: devils post pile, devils postpile national monument, geological features, yosemite national park

A large stone butte composed of rock with tight vertical striations or sections, rising above a forest at its base.

Tags: buttes, devils tower, devils tower national monument, geologic formations

A short waterfall emptying into a pool surrounded by rocks

Tags: Devils washbowl, kings river, rivers, waterfalls

Looking across city buildings to peak in the distance.

Tags: honolulu, oahu, settlements, volcanic cone, volcanoes

View across beach and bay with buildings towards peak.

Tags: beaches, diamond head, oahu, settlements, volcanic cone, volcanoes, waikiki

A river in the foreground, tall peaks in the background

Tags: alps, france, rivers