Layton Kor
Layton Kor | |
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 Layton Kor, in Eldorado Canyon, on the climb "Exhibit A" | |
| Born | June 11, 1938 |
| Died | April 21, 2013 (aged 74) |
| Occupation | Rock Climber |
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Layton Kor (June 11, 1938 – April 21, 2013) was an American
Titan; both routes are recognized in the historic climbing text Fifty Classic Climbs of North America.[2]
Kor also authored the book Beyond the Vertical.[3]
Kor received the 2009 American Alpine Club's Robert & Miriam Underhill Award for outstanding climbing achievement.[4] Kor lived in Kingman, Arizona and continued climbing until his early 70s. He had kidney failure and prostate cancer at the time of his death.[5]
Notable first ascents
Colorado
- 1959 Diagonal, Lower East Face, Longs Peak, CO. (V 5.9 A3) with Ray Northcutt.[6]
- 1959 T2, Redgarden Wall, Eldorado Canyon, CO. (current rating 5.11a) 1st ascent with Gerry Roach[7]
- 1960 Yellow Spur, Redgarden Wall, Eldorado Canyon, CO. (5.9 (A1)) FA with David Dornan, Feb 21, 1960[8]
- 1960 Long Dong Wall, Kissing Couple. FA with Harvey Carter and John Auld, May 4, 1960. (5.11a)[9]
- 1962 Psycho, Redgarden Wall, Eldorado Canyon, CO. (III 5.9 A4) 1st ascent with Huntley Ingalls[10]
- 1962 The Naked Edge, Redgarden Wall, Eldorado Canyon, CO. (III 5.9 A3) with Bob Culp.[11] Entire route with Rick Horn, 1964 (5.9 A4).[12]
- 1962 Yellow Wall, The Diamond, Longs Peak, CO. (V 5.8 A4) 2nd route on the wall, with Charles Roskosz.[13]
- 1963 Canary Pass, Redgarden Wall, Eldorado Canyon, CO. (III 5.7 A4-) 1st ascent with Pat Ament[14]
- 1965 Green Slab, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, CO. (VI 5.8 A4) with Brian Martz.[15]
Southwest deserts
- 1961
- 1962 The Titan, Fisher Towers, Utah. FA of formation (V 5.8 A3) with Huntley Ingalls and George Hurley.[17]
- 1962 Standing Rock (Monument Basin), near Moab, UT. FA of formation with Huntley Ingalls and Steve Komito.[18]
- 1963 Kor-Dalke-Schafer IV 5.10 A1, Monster Tower, Canyonlands National Park, Utah; FA of Monster tower with Larry Dalke and Cub Schafer, 26 December 1963[19]
- 1964 North Face III 5.9 A3(?), Argon Tower, Arches National Park, Utah; FA with Bob Bradley and Charlie Kemp, 17 January 1964[20]
California
- 1963 West Buttress, El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, California. (VI 5.10 A3+) FA with Steve Roper.[21]
- 1964 South Face, Washington Column, Yosemite Valley, CA. (V 5.10a A2) FA with Chris Fredericks, June 1964 .[22]
- 1965 Gold Wall, Ribbon Falls Area, Yosemite Valley, CA. (V 5.10 A3) FA with Tom Fender, May 1965.[23]
Outlying areas
- 1963 Robbins Route, Mount Proboscis, Logan Mountains, Northwest Territory, Canada. FA with Dick McCracken, Jim McCarthy and Royal Robbins, Aug 4-7, 1963.[24]
- 1964 Burkett Needle, Coast Mountains, Alaska. FA with Dan Davis.[25]
Publications
- Kor, Layton; Bob Godfrey (1983). Beyond the Vertical. Boulder, CO, USA: Alpine House. pp. 21–22. ISBN 0-9611748-0-3.
- Kor, Layton (1964). "El Capitan's West Buttress". American Alpine Journal. 22 (53). New York, NY, USA: American Alpine Club: 79. ASIN B000FLCQEM.
Bibliography
- Jones, Chris (1976). Climbing in North America. Berkeley, CA, USA: Published for the American Alpine Club by the University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-02976-3.
- Levin, Steve (2009). Eldorado Canyon, A Climbing Guide. Boulder CO, USA: Sharp End Publishing. ISBN 978-1-892540-65-2.
- Reid, Don; George Meyers (1993). Yosemite Climbs: Big Walls. Evergreen CO, USA: Chockstone Press. ISBN 0-934641-54-4.
References
- ISBN 0-89886-876-9.
- ISBN 0-87156-292-8.
- ISBN 0-9611748-0-3
- Rock and Ice. 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
- ^ MacDonald, Dougald (April 22, 2013). "Layton Kor is Dead". Climbing. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
- ^ Jones (1976), pp. 224-225.
- ^ Levin (2009), pp. 160.
- ISBN 0-9611748-0-3.
- ISBN 9780898866575, page 34.
- ^ Levin (2009), pp. 166.
- ^ Jones (1976), pp. 294.
- ^ Levin (2009), pp. 187.
- ^ Jones (1976), pp. 295.
- ^ Levin (2009), pp. 169.
- ^ Jones (1976), pp. 300.
- ^ Jones (1976), pp. 292.
- ^ Jones (1976), pp. 292.
- ISBN 0-9611748-0-3.
- ISBN 0-934641-92-7.
- ISBN 0-934641-92-7.
- ASIN B000FLCQEM.
- ^ Reid (1993), pp. 204.
- ^ Reid (1993), pp. 201.
- ISBN 1-881663-02-7.
- ISBN 9781594851438, p. 189.
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