The Needles - South Faces

Hidden in the heart of Sequoia National Forest, the Needles are the realm of perfect granite, long runouts and outragesouly enjoyable climbing. This poster showcases 82 lines, including most of the classics (South Face of Warlock, Titanic, Romantic Warrior, Black Magic, White Punks on Dope)  as seen from the south.

Route List

1: Liquid Sky, 5.11c/d R, Carson, Gingery, Lechlinski, McClenahan, Olobri, 1983

2: Harlem Shuffle, 5.11 A0 R/X, Gilje, Osman, Owings, 1986

3: West Side Story, 5.11 R, Carson, Eriksson, Gingery, Lechlinski, McClenahan

4: Double Trouble, 5.11 R, Bruckman, Eriksson, Gingery, Lechlinski, 1986

5: Shitfire, 5.10, Yaniro, 1978

6: Great White Direct, 5.10, Leversee, Yaniro, 1975

7: Playpin, A4, McHale, 1969

8: Black Magic, 5.8, Bender, Warrender, 1974

9: Silence of the Clams, 5.10+, Flood, Foreman, Sugart, 1991

10: Severed Ties, 5.10b R, Carson

11: Sundance, 5.10, Clark, Clark, 1977

12: Aladdin Sane, 5.10d R, Lechlinski, 1977

13: Hangman, 5.9, Clark, Clark, 1977

14: Song of the Lorelei, 5.10d, Laeger, Uiga, 1979

15: Groovalistic, 5.10c, Leventhal et al.

16: The Lady of the Needles, 5.7, Beckey

17: Northwest Detour, 5.10b, Newman, 1976

18: The Prescription, 5.11c R, Gilje, Gingery, Lechlinski

19: Spooky, 5.9, Laeger, Smith, 1977

20: Gemstone, 5.10c, Laeger, Laeger, 2000

21: Stars and Stripes Forever, 5.9, Clark, Laeger, Smith, 1977

22: Yellow Brick Road, 5.9, Clark, Laeger, Smith, 1977

23: Just Layback and Relax, 5.10d, Laeger, Saum, 1978

24: The Zombie, 5.10d, Bruckman, Gingery, Lechlinski, Loomis

25: Jughead, 5.10c R, Gingery, Lechlinski, McClenahan

26: Danse Macabre, 5.9, Gingery, Lechlinski, Olobri

27: Broomsticks, 5.10a, Paul, Paul

28: Love Potion #9, 5.10a/b, Paul, Paul

29: The Seven Year Itch, 5.10d, Wonderly

30: The Demon/Spellbound, 5.10, Beckey, Black, 1975/Laeger, Smith, 1977

31: Pentagram, 5.9 R, Engle, Joe, 1979

32: Nearer My God To Thee, 5.10a, Clark, Laeger, Laeger, 1977

33: Golden Needles, 5.11 X, Clark, Steele, 1979

34: Cardiac Arête, 5.11, Laeger, Miledi, 2004

35: Igor Unchained, 5.9, Clark, Laeger, 1976

36: Inner Sanctum, 5.9, Beckey, Black, Eddy, 1974

37: Gorilla Warfare, 5.10c, Goede, Laeger, 1978

38: Red Snapper, 5.10c, Gilje, Gingery, Lechlinski

39: Phosphorescent Flow, 5.10c R, Gilje, Gingery, Lechlinski

40: Witch Doctor, 5.10c, Black, Graber, Ridgeway, 1976

41: The Pit and the Pendulum, 5.10c, Clark, Laeger, 1976/Kamps, 1977

42: Wicked West of the Witch, 5.10c R, Bruckman, Gingery, Lechlinski, Loomis

43: Terrorvision, 5.11c R, Bruckman, Gingery, Lechlinski

44: Sport Slab, 5.12d, Daniels, Laeger

45: The Tree Route, 5.10b, Gingery, Lechlinski

46: All the King’s Horses, 5.11c/d, Laeger, Paul, 1995

47: Billion Dollar Babies, 5.11b, Bruckman, Eriksson, Gingery, Lechlinski, 1985

48: No More Mr Nice Guy, 5.10c R, Cranor, Evans, Gilje, Gingery, Lechlinski, Vogel, 1982

49: Ivan the Terrible, 5.10+ R, Bruckman, Gingery, Lechlinski, 1984

50: La Vache Querit?, 5.11c R, Gilje, Gingery, Lechlinski

51: The Howling, 5.10a, Jaffe, Laeger, 1976

52: Titanic, 5.12c, Carson, Yaniro, 1987

53: The Spell, 5.10d, Clark, Steres, 1976

54: Straight to Hell, 5.12 X, Gilje, Lechlinski

55: Fate in Place, 5.10, Bort, Leversee, Lindgren, 1977

56: The Escape, 5.11 A1, Eriksson, Gingery, Lechlinski

57: Romantic Warrior, 5.11b R, Kor, Roskoz, 1962/Fowler, Stone, 1978

58: Sea of Tranquillity, 5.11d R, Webster, 1984/Briggs, Donahue, 2001

59: Pegasus, 5.10+, Ultraman and Captain Studley

60: Electric Spook, 5.10+, Bruckman, Gingery, Lechlinski, 1985

61: The Brass Monkey, 5.12, Gilje, Gingery, Lechlinski

62: War Paint, 5.11+, Carson, Jonas, 1992

63: The South Face Route, 5.9+, Beckey, Heath, McHale, 1970/Black, Dozier, Gerdsen, 1976

64: First Coming, 5.8, Jewell, Leversee, 1975

65: The Voodoo That We Doo, 5.10, Leversee, Paul, 1981

66: Dihedral Variation, 5.10, Laeger, Laeger

67: Mama Told Me Not To Come, 5.11 X, Brower, Joe, 1983

68: White Punks on Dope, 5.8+, Burrell, Edmiaston, Joe, Leversee, 1976

69: Dihedral Grope, 5.9, Bender, Warrender, 1974

70: Random Neural Firing, 5.9, Joe, Landon, 1993

71: Voodoo Chile’, 5.9, Felton, Joe, 1993

72: Crocodile’s Head, 5.8, Bender, Warrender, 1974

73: Crossbones, 5.10, Boles, Gable, Joe, 1993

74: The Skull, 5.12a, Cloutier, Haas, 1974/Fidelman, Sorenson, 1976

75: Millenium Falcon, 5.13b R, Leavitt, Yaniro

76: Pea Soup/The Emperor, 5.12, Beckey, McHale, 1970/Maurer, Yaniro

77: Double Jeopardy, 5.10+, Cox, Johnson, 1979

78: Supernova, 5.12b, Carson, Yaniro

79: School’s Out, 5.10, Jonas, 1990

80: Lessons from Lechlinski, 5.10b, Carson

81: Summer Sojourn, 5.8, Bender, Warrender, 1974

Updates

Oct 11, 2022: Graphical design update