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Bill Bjornstad leading the North Ridge of Crestone Needle - easy 5th class, 1 pitch, after hundreds of feet of 3rd and 4th class. Cobbles with some opportunities for small protection.
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Climbing the Needle headwall in a dense fog. Felt easy 5th Class with more exposure / steeper than the Flatirons (Boulder).
Looking down from atop the 4th class pitch.
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Mike Lewis
Aug 28, 2011
“Bill Bjornstad leading the North Ridge of Crestone Needle - easy 5th class, 1 pitch, after hundreds of feet of 3rd and 4th class. Cobbles with some opportunities for small protection.”  

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Climbing the Needle headwall in a dense fog. Felt easy 5th Class with more exposure / steeper than the Flatirons (Boulder).
Bill Bjornstad leading the North Ridge of Crestone Needle - easy 5th class, 1 pitch, after hundreds of feet of 3rd and 4th class. Cobbles with some opportunities for small protection.
Looking down from atop the 4th class pitch.
A look back at Crestone Peak from near the top of the Needle.
Looking back at the easy first part of the traverse.
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