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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Yikes! There he goes again!
bump for The Needles...
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Nice, Caughtinside! When are you coming back to the sand? It's getting pretty groovy!
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guyman
Trad climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Great TR, sound like you had a fab trip.
Cool your jets Kris... right place at right time. The 2nd pilot must be a n00b
some of those flyboys get right down between the spires, inverted too. First
time it happens, if your climbing, you will poo your pants.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Same plane and pilot in both shots. In the first one he took needles off the trees in the notch. In the second, he climbed up from the river at treetop level. Raddest flying I have ever seen there. An F16 with NASA markings.
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Don't forget to hit up Demon Dome... smaller than the others, but the quality is amazing. Some of my favorite routes are there... Number of the Beast is pretty rad, and this one-
Devil Worshipper 5.8
One of the best single pitch 5.8s I've done anywhere. Pic - Marni Goldenberg
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Demon Dome is fun isn't it? We wound up there by accident after huffing to Voodoo to do White Punks only to find a party already racking up with the leader saying "I've got a beginner with me and we'll be real slow."
Nice pic too. You can just make out the Crack of Charon (5.12, A0) on the shadow side of that pinnacle. Nice looking line.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Re the fighter jets: We were sitting up near the top of the Witch/Sorcerer notch last year when one of those roared across our field of vision. Way below us, way close to the rock. We were much too brave and adult to poo our pants, but it was sure tempting.
One of these days, one of those guys is going to cut it a little too close and there'll be F-16 souvenir bits scattered for miles.
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Not sure why you don't hear more about Demon Dome.
It is less spectacular, doesn't inspire the awe that Needles proper does.
But the quality is amazing, has routes that are fairly well protected, the hike is relatively easy, and has an easy walk off . It even has 4 pitch routes. It's usually where we go when we have half a day on either end of our trip. Zool is good too. Number of the Beast is classic, as is Devil Worshipper, the place even has good crack routes too. Now that I've thought about it... don't go there, it sucks.
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gonzo chemist
climber
the Orange Curtain
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Speaking of Demon Dome, anybody have any info on this monster chimney?
Is it worth climbing, etc.?
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lars johansen
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Nice TR!!! Sure looks like Todd Vogel, looking as fit as I last saw him 25 years ago. Can't quite say the same for myself.
Best
lars
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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That wide is on topo of Voodoo Dome right?
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gonzo chemist
climber
the Orange Curtain
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My mistake. You're right, KSolem. That's the Voodoo Dome. Chalk it up to a misfiring neuron.
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clustiere
Trad climber
berkeley ca
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bump for nostalgia
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clustiere
Trad climber
berkeley ca
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Aug 11, 2012 - 01:47pm PT
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bump for nostalgia
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