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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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I have friends that feel that is the best crack in the needles. I think it has a 10+ hand crack roof finish that you can see pretty well in Rich's photo.
The Nick of Time on the Outer Outlet is pretty good at 5.10a.
The Kamps Crack on the Bell Tower at 5.10 also comes to mind.
(Both pictures from MP)
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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The Needles kick so much ass. When my job in Bozeman (Dana Design) petered out I was pretty tempted to move there. Bishop had a better job offer. After seeing all these pics it always makes me wonder if I made the right choice.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Rich, I remember it was a great climb. John wasn't with us on that trip.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 3, 2016 - 07:22pm PT
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. Climbed a new route on the biggest wall on Harney peak today with an old friend. He did a great job on the first pitch which went at easy 5.11 or very hard 10+. Needles 5.11 steep hand crack wth two roofs was a little tough for me but I followed after a couple of falls. I then got the long squeeze chimney that goes at 8+ or 9. The hike was absolutely insanely hard because of the unbelievable amount of nettle kill and the corresponding downfall. There are new trails that go to this part of the mountain and we had to go up and over three or four different families that were all covered in downfall. We did see a really sweet crack in the formation I hadn't been to before I'm sure is also undone. That is the last picture. I had done the top third before on another route that comes into it towards the top but the bottom two thirds had not been done. We also had to take in a ton of gear because there's both assisting finger and hand cracked and sustained amount of really Wide crack so we had Doubles to a six and several triples.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Soon!
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 30, 2017 - 03:51pm PT
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Wanted to share a photo from a friend of mine Paul Meier, but it is a great shot and says a lot about the climbing in the area. This route was put up not that long ago on vertigo which was the last major formation in the regularly climbed areas to be summited for obvious reasons. The original route goes up the middle of the face and is super runout at 11+. this routes is supposedly adequately protected with discontinuous cracks. I am not sure if it has bolts but was done ground up a 11a. I believe it climbs on both formations until you stem over to vertigo for the summit. I believe it was the second route to summit. Anyway it is a great shot and a stunning formation.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Oct 21, 2017 - 06:17pm PT
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Needles bump...
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Topic Author's Reply - May 17, 2018 - 12:34pm PT
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Getting to be that season.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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May 17, 2018 - 03:35pm PT
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Nice mike. We should be there about june 14th?? ish???
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Topic Author's Reply - May 29, 2018 - 06:48pm PT
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jack says hi from the hills.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 1, 2018 - 07:46pm PT
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 2, 2018 - 10:42pm PT
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 3, 2018 - 05:24pm PT
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F10
Trad climber
Bishop
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Amazing place, hope to get back there soon
Had a great time doing some classic routes.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 4, 2018 - 03:27pm PT
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 4, 2018 - 09:17pm PT
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Late Starter
Social climber
NA
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I recognized Eyetooth and the start of Garfield Goes to Washington!
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 5, 2018 - 05:43am PT
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flatlandermcjack
Trad climber
Colorado
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some photos taken from the top of the east summit of inner outlet
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 8, 2018 - 06:10pm PT
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Below the yellow wall on Kayyam
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