The Ladder at Devils Tower was first constructed and used in 1893 by William Rogers and Willard Ripley to publicly ascend Devil's Tower.
[2] The present tower ladder consists of a series of wooden stakes connected on the outside by vertical wood planks.
One end of each stake is driven sideways into a rock crevice, vertically ascending the southeast side of the tower.
Attached with nails and/or baling wire to the other end of the stakes are 12-inch lengths of 1 x 4 - inch lumber.
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