Layton Kor
Layton Kor, in Eldorado Canyon, on the climb "Exhibit A"
Born(1938-06-11)June 11, 1938
Canby, Minnesota
DiedApril 21, 2013(2013-04-21) (aged 74)
OccupationRock Climber
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)

Layton Kor (June 11, 1938 – April 21, 2013) was an American rock climber active in the 1960s, whose first ascents and drive for climbing are well known in the climbing world.[1] His routes included many climbs in Eldorado Canyon, near Boulder, Colorado, The Diamond on Longs Peak, towers in the desert southwest, and Yosemite National Park, among other locations. Notable among his first ascents is the Kor-Ingalls Route on Castleton Tower and The Finger of Fate Route up the Fisher Towers' 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

California

Outlying areas

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. New York, NY, USA: American Alpine Club. 22 (53): 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

  1. ↑ Achey, Jeff; Chelton, Dudley; Godfrey, Bob (2002). Climb!. The Mountaineers Books. ISBN 0-89886-876-9.
  2. ↑ Roper, Steve; Steck, Allen (1979). Fifty Classic Climbs of North America. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. ISBN 0-87156-292-8.
  3. ↑ Kor, Layton (1983) Beyond the Vertical, Boulder, Colorado:Alpine House. ISBN 0-9611748-0-3
  4. ↑ "Layton Kor honored by AAC: If you've climbed, you've likely done a Layton Kor route. There's the Kor/Ingalls on Castleton Tower, the Finger of Fate on the Titan, and innumerable routes throughout Colorado, Yosemite and the West". Rock and Ice. 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  5. ↑ MacDonald, Dougald (April 22, 2013). "Layton Kor is Dead". Climbing. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  6. ↑ Jones (1976), pp. 224-225.
  7. ↑ Levin (2009), pp. 160.
  8. ↑ Kor, Layton; Bob Godfrey (1983). Beyond the Vertical. Boulder, CO, USA: Alpine House. pp. 21–22. ISBN 0-9611748-0-3.
  9. ↑ Cameron Burns, Selected Climbs in the Desert Southwest: Colorado and Utah, 1999, Mountaineers Books, ISBN 9780898866575, page 34.
  10. ↑ Levin (2009), pp. 166.
  11. ↑ Jones (1976), pp. 294.
  12. ↑ Levin (2009), pp. 187.
  13. ↑ Jones (1976), pp. 295.
  14. ↑ Levin (2009), pp. 169.
  15. ↑ Jones (1976), pp. 300.
  16. ↑ Jones (1976), pp. 292.
  17. ↑ Jones (1976), pp. 292.
  18. ↑ Kor, Layton; Bob Godfrey (1983). Beyond the Vertical. Boulder, CO, USA: Alpine House. pp. 87–98. ISBN 0-9611748-0-3.
  19. ↑ Bjornstad, Eric (1996). Desert Rock - Rock Climbs in the National Parks. Evergreen, CO: Chockstone Press. p. 201. ISBN 0-934641-92-7.
  20. ↑ Bjornstad, Eric (1996). Desert Rock - Rock Climbs in the National Parks. Evergreen, CO: Chockstone Press. p. 142. ISBN 0-934641-92-7.
  21. ↑ Kor, Layton (1964). "El Capitan's West Buttress". American Alpine Journal. New York, NY, USA: American Alpine Club. 22 (53): 79. ASIN B000FLCQEM.
  22. ↑ Reid (1993), pp. 204.
  23. ↑ Reid (1993), pp. 201.
  24. ↑ Ament, Pat (1992). Royal Robbins - Spirit of the Age. Boulder CO, USA: Two Lights. pp. 125–127. ISBN 1-881663-02-7.
  25. ↑ Colby Coombs, Alaska: A Climbing Guide, 2002, The Mountaineers Books, ISBN 9781594851438, p. 189.
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