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All Locations > California > High Sierra > 14 - Whitney &… > Keeler Needle > Harding Route (5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b)
The blocky summit of Keeler. Photo by Patrick Price.
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Peter Pribik following P3 of the Harding Route 5.10+
Keeler Needle
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Kris Gorny
Aug 14, 2007
“The blocky summit of Keeler. Photo by Patrick Price.”  

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