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Hitching Post

Submitted By: Andrew Gram on Jul 1, 2002
Administrators: Andrew Gram, Peter Gram, Greg Parker
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BETA PHOTO: Hitching Post and hordes of tourists.


Description 

Hitching Post is the spire making up the right edge of the Needles Eye side of the tunnel. A fantastic easy route ascends from very near the entrance to the tunnel itself, and tourists occasionally climb it and scream for help to get down. Some harder bolted lines are also scattered around the other faces of this complicated massif, and don't necessarily end on the summit pinnacle.


Getting There 

Directly across from the Needles Eye on the right side of the tunnel. The bolted lines are downhill past the guardrail.



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Angela Arp and Alison Larsen on top of Hitching Post

Hitching Post 5.2  SD : Custer State Park : ... : Hitching Post
One of the finest 5.2s on the face of the Earth. Do this in the winter or on a weekday or you'll end up in a hundred home movies.Start almost in the tunnel. Climb steep but incredibly juggy rock up tha back side of the rock to the summit ridge. Make airy moves along the summit ridge to the tippy top. Very few 5.2s reach a perch like this.Rap straight down to the parking lot - I think one rope just makes it....[more]