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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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May 13, 2016 - 09:12pm PT
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Wow Kris! Congratulations!
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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May 13, 2016 - 09:40pm PT
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So McHale, I figured all that info you gave me was bs, so I just cut it all out. I mean do you really expect anyone to believe that your stepdad would turn a couple of not old enough to drive teenagers loose down below The Needles, knowing their plan was to climb about 1000 ft of granite up to the lookout where he would meet you at the top of your climb later the following day? ;-)
Now that's what I call parenting!
If parents did that today, and Child Protective Services got wind of it (say through a teacher at school) they could lose custody of their kids.
How things have changed.
But then it's even harder to believe that he let you go up there alone with Beckey later the same year.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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May 13, 2016 - 09:45pm PT
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Hey, you got it all wrong anyway. Joe Brown was not a teenager and Becky was my Stepdad. LOL! Oh wait, that would mean Becky is still my Stepdad. Something is wrong with this picture. Maybe in the second printing we can get it straight!
Kris, this is the opening page of a journal I started in 1975. See, the guidebook was in the future the entire time.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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May 14, 2016 - 10:12am PT
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So McHale, is the recipe for Pea Soup in there?
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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May 14, 2016 - 02:55pm PT
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Probably - it's all connected you know. Somebody should have named something 'Lentils' but I'll bet that's a future route. I could just have been really hungry when I named Pea Soup.
OK, I'm scanning through the journal looking for mention of the Needles but nothing so far except a passage that said, "Every moment is thick as soup". That was in reference to El Cap though. I'll keep looking.....
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msiddens
Trad climber
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May 15, 2016 - 07:28am PT
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Kris- thanks for the info and work. Now and over the years. Just rolling through the thread and made some memories flood back to good climbs and people. Needles is such a special place.
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nathanael
climber
CA
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Jun 13, 2016 - 05:29pm PT
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Bump with some pictures from my trip up there Memorial day. Really awestruck by this place.
High res stuff here
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snowhazed
Trad climber
Oaksterdam, CA
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Jun 27, 2016 - 04:32pm PT
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hell yesssss- pre-ordered!
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Flydude
Trad climber
Prather, CA
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Jun 27, 2016 - 04:41pm PT
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Can't wait to see it Kris...congratulations
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jun 27, 2016 - 04:55pm PT
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It's funny how things are. Now that the book is out of my hands I'm afraid to look at the final proof copy again for fear that I'll come across some grievous error.
My job in the music business as a mastering engineer and the role of the graphics designers for this book (Allison Monroe and Dave Hatchett) are remarkably similar. I gave them all of the elements of the book in word, excel and photoshop docs and they made it into a finished piece. In my job I took what the band had done in the recording studio by the time they ran out of time, money, and drugs, and made it into the finished piece.
I would get a bit frustrated when the band, or the producer would hold up finishing the thing over what seemed to me to be insignificant, sometimes not even discernible tweaks. It's been interesting having the shoe on the other foot.
I cannot thank FlyDude here (Dwight) enough for the plane ride. Just flying around the Needles in a single engine plane was once in a lifetime, but the pictures are a huge contribution to the book. Thanks Dwight.
I hope y'all like the book. I do but that's probably the kiss of death :-)
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overwatch
climber
Arizona
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Jun 27, 2016 - 05:02pm PT
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fookin bitchin both guide book and Nathanals' pics
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nathanael
climber
CA
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Jun 27, 2016 - 05:03pm PT
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Woooo! Put in my pre-order :)
Hoping to head back this weekend for round 2.
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norm larson
climber
wilson, wyoming
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Jun 28, 2016 - 05:16am PT
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Anyone want to buy the 91 book? Don't think I'll use it before the new one is out.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Jun 28, 2016 - 05:30am PT
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Always the most awesome ! Getting after it
I'm SO Jealous ! Yowza wowza! That light - Nathanael's Snaps !
Thanx's fer Sharing !
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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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Jun 28, 2016 - 06:40am PT
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Done. Ordered. Do I have to transfer all my notes into it? Ugh.
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MEDIOCRE
Ice climber
MD
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Jun 28, 2016 - 10:17am PT
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Nice job Kris!! I have been waiting for this book for few years and cannot wait to get my hands on it. pre-ordered 2 copies
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jun 28, 2016 - 05:58pm PT
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From the acknowledgements page:
This book is dedicated to the memory of Michael Ybarra.
Michael loved The Needles and we shared many memorable climbs
in this special place.
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Matt's
climber
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Jun 28, 2016 - 07:03pm PT
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Thanks Kris for putting out this book, and thank you for always answering needles questions on the forum. I just bought a copy.
best,
matt
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jun 28, 2016 - 07:19pm PT
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The sunlit pinnacle in the lower right corner is one of the Needle's least frequently climbed formations, named Styx.
"... a river in the underworld, over which the souls of the dead were ferried by Charon, and by which the gods swore their most solemn oaths."
The TOC above is out of date and does not list Index by Grade.
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Trashman
Trad climber
SLC
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Jun 28, 2016 - 08:10pm PT
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Another preorder here, and thanks. My wish list is now one book shorter, can't wait to see the finished product!
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