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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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Jun 29, 2016 - 12:01am PT
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Kris, thanks for the dedication & hard work. Best to you...
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jun 29, 2016 - 10:09am PT
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Congratulations Kris.
Thanks! It's a good thing I didn't have a clue what I was getting into when I started.
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Friend
climber
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Jun 29, 2016 - 10:56am PT
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Sure, but now you can relax and enjoy the good life as an esteemed guidebook author - nothing but fame, fortune, screaming groupies and royalty checks from here on out.
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ec
climber
ca
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What did I just buy!?
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Friend, I thought I'd seen a ton of Needles photos, but I have no idea what those first two routes are.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Hmm. I'm supposed to know these things...
#2 is Ewok, on Voodoo. #1 could be up on P3 on Summer Sojourn, although from that angle it looks harder (It's been years since I've been up there).
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Congrats Kris! The Needles is no. 1 in places I haven't been that I want to go to. Can't wait for the book!
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Thanks Jim. I hope you like the book, but I know you'll love The Needles.
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Friend
climber
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Fat Dad, thought i'd go for a couple less-photographed gems.
that's me getting up to the crux p1 or 2 on Rising Spirits at Hermit spire. Sweet route. Photo by Pierre de St Croix.
Darshan leading the Ewok crack, photo by me
The last one, too obvious no doubt. The Raven, photo by Rico.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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that's me getting up to the crux p1 or 2 on Rising Spirits at Hermit spire. Sweet route. Photo by Pierre de St Croix.
I knew I was off the mark on that one. Rising Spirits and it's neighbor The Land Down Under are mega classic.
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nathanael
climber
CA
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The Needles were hopping this weekend. I'll post up a few pics later. When we left on Sunday afternoon we counted 2 parties on Thin Ice, 2 parties on Atlantis, 1 party on Don Juan and several parties milling at the base waiting to get started. And that's not to mention the dozens of parties on Airy/Igor over the course of the weekend. Plus a handful of people getting on some of the less traveled hard routes like Pyromania and Davy Jones Locker.
Even with the "crowds" it was still a blast up there, everyone was friendly and psyched to climb, really fun atmosphere. People cruxing on Atlantis could count on cheers of encouragement from the notch. And of course plenty of rock to go around if you didn't want to queue up for Igor/Airy/Thin Ice. What a great place.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Thanks Friend. Didn't recognize Ewok since I've only been to Voodoo once, and that was to find someone just roping up on White Punks. They told us they'd be slow and we couldn't pass, so we bailed. Must get up there again. Rising Spirits has been on my list. I eyeballed it when I did the South Face years ago and but haven't been able to get back to Hermit. Soon perhaps.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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I'll buy the darn thing, of course!
Kris, since we're 'acquainted' now, I expect some beta from the master when I ever get my ass down there.
I've always wanted to check it out, just gotta finish some things up here around Shuteye.
I was gonna say, "too much stone around here", but that would be stupid. There's never enough new stone to wander upon.
Congrats on the release!!!!
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Moose, I don't think so. Just searched everything since the Shuteye dates. Kristian underscore solem at verizon.net
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Can't wait to see your Senior Project.
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Impaler
Social climber
Oakland
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Aug 23, 2016 - 03:40pm PT
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Bump! Is it really just 1 week before these books ship? I can't wait!
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Matt's
climber
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Aug 23, 2016 - 04:18pm PT
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What's up with the shifting ship date?
Is it actually going to ship in October, or is that a made-up date too? If its not a solid ship date, it would be more ethical to say "expected to ship Oct 30", not "shipping Oct 30".
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Coach37
Social climber
Philly
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Aug 23, 2016 - 05:38pm PT
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Hey, maybe Kris or somebody knows. Is pyromania safe to try for the onsight? Theres a girl here that I think has a good shot to do it, but im not going in there with her if its not safe to try. it looks like little pieces but solid?
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