devil's tower...dangerous

Devils Tower (Lakota: Mato Tipila, which means “Bear Lodge”) is a monolithic igneous intrusion or

 volcanic neck located in the Black Hills near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern

 Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. It rises dramatically 1,267 feet (386 m) above the

 surrounding terrain and the summit is 5,112 feet (1,558 m) above sea level. Devils Tower was the

 first declared United States National Monument, established on September 24, 1906, by

 President Theodore Roosevelt. The Monument's boundary encloses an area of 1,347 acres (5.45

 km2). In recent years about 1% of the Monument's 400,000 annual visitors climb Devils Tower, 

mostly through traditional climbing techniques. More after the break...

Devils Tower (Lakota: Mato Tipila, which means “Bear Lodge”) is a monolithic igneous intrusion

 or volcanic neck located in the Black Hills near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County

, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. It rises dramatically 1,267 feet (386 m)

 above the surrounding terrain and the summit is 5,112 feet (1,558 m) above sea level

Devils Tower was the first declared United States National Monument, established on

 September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt. The Monument's boundary encloses

 an area of 1,347 acres (5.45 km2).

In recent years about 1% of the Monument's 400,000 annual visitors climb Devils Tower, mostly

 through traditional climbing techniques.