1957 Conn guide to the needles. Amazing piece of history.

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1957 Conn guide to the needles. Amazing piece of history.

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Pete de Lannoy on the FA of Limited Immunity (5.12a), The Needles<br>
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Photo by Beth Wald

From the top of Spire Four.

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chris tregge

Jul 4, 2017

“1957 Conn guide to the needles. Amazing piece of history.”

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me on (or in) the needles eye<br>
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Photo by Beth Wald

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Pete de Lannoy on the FA of Limited Immunity (5.12a), The Needles<br>
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Photo by Beth Wald

1957 Conn guide to the needles. Amazing piece of history.

From the top of Spire Four.

Ahhh international chimney

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Ten Pins from atop Rubaiyat.

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Needles 1974 (Photo by D Byers)

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Cluster of evergreen berries....<br>
Custer State Park, June 2010.<br>
Photo - Laurie Lindquist.

In Category: Trad<br>
Quality: Medium<br>
Description: Difficulty: 5.6 Protection: Trad Pro Only Description: Nice 5.6 Trad Climd - Place #9 nut under handle 25 feet up from southern Face start. 2nd pro is sling the first horn 15 feet from 1st pro. move up 15 feet to a camel hump and a needles rap to tera-firma <br>

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Super beautiful Needles.

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Very vibrant blue flowers, Custer State park, June 2010. Photo - Laurie Lindquist

This spire Me and lindsay think might be #16 from conns map of grizzly S.creek, labeled large Unclimbed spire. The route I did was the rotten chimney, to upper groove on left to top.

Early Oct. 07

Bye Son

Pine fruits, Custer State Park, June 2010. Photo - Laurie Lindquist.

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