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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 7, 2010 - 11:34pm PT
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One of many fun climbing trips last year - here are some photos of the Needles of SD in June. The place is warm. The place is fun. And there are so few people there.
Post up your own shots.
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F10
Trad climber
e350
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Never been there, yet
Thanks for a climbing post, you rock
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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another place to go... dang!
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L
climber
Hangin' by a thread and lookin' for my wings
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I WANT TO GOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Awesome photos, Crimpie!
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Whoa! That first shot is a classic!
"the place is warm, the place is fun", you left out the part about the place can be way scary. Did you climb any of those pinnacles with no anchors at the top?
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Thanks for the (too short) TR. Never been to that Needles (just the other one), and don't know if I ever will, but it's fun to look at the pictures.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 7, 2010 - 11:51pm PT
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Brassnuts has done them all. Scary Pin. Hairy Pin. Eeck. I've looked at them. Heck, walking around there is dangerous. If you brush up against some rock you'll start bleeding.
Fun rappels too.
And climbing near the tourists can be pretty darn funny..."OMG there's a PERSON up there!"
edit: I take that back, we did Tricouni a couple of times. That is one where you simul-rappel. One person on one side, the other person on the others. It's freaky.
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
mun jae upso yo
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I'd like to get out there, sometime.
That rock is rough, eh?
Cool pics, Crimpergirl.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 8, 2010 - 12:11am PT
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It may be the roughest rock anywhere. It's beautiful too - full of crystals.
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L
climber
Hangin' by a thread and lookin' for my wings
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That last pic is way cool, Crimpie! Is the rock crumbly? It looks kinda like the CA Pinnacles, which, from what I hear, are mostly dried mud.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
Will know soon
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Really enjoyed your pics !!! Thanks for taking the time to share a new adventure others here might like to try. Missed Yo at Facelift, lynnie
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 8, 2010 - 12:22am PT
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The rock there is bullet-hard. :)
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Nice! I want to go there some time. How warm is warm?
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L
climber
Hangin' by a thread and lookin' for my wings
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This is the area that Bob Kamps helped develop, right? I remember Bonnie Kamps posting some of his journal about it, I think...can't remember where though.
"Bullet-hard" sounds soooooooo inviting! Those formations are incredible.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 8, 2010 - 12:34am PT
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I'm sure people out there have far better photos.
BrassNuts has great ones, but he is currently in Arizona climbing with some other tacos. Maybe he'll see this thread and can post some on the Scary and Hairy pin.
It wasn't too warm. I had a jacket on a lot of the time. BN doesn't care for the warmth so I doubt it was even 80 degrees. Yup, just checked weather dot com (http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USSD0079);. Highs in the year are at about 80 degrees.
It's a gorgeous place.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Why is it that I read these reports, and feel needled?
Needled into doing more climbing!
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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It's great to see you posting again! More please!
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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Don't go there--you won't like it. The rock is awful and the weather isn't much better.
You would all be better off climbing somewhere else.
Curt
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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my slides ar eton the far side of my scanner, but Vurt is right , total choss, don't go there... esp the cool problems on cmpgrnd boulder, or the Thimble.....
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adam d
climber
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The Cathedral Spires have a vibe like no where else...
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