Climbing in Custer State Park, SD

Gabe on the summit of Spire #1. I wanted to get more of the summit, Gabe and background in this photo, but the top of Spire #1 is only about 7' in diameter. Not a lot of room to move around or back up to get more of the subject in the picture.

Me at the Moonlight Ridge area. This is a great single pitch climbing area although we were only able to spend one day in this location. A lot of the bolts are new, cruxes seemed pretty well protected, everything else is run out.

Gabe and I at the base of the Cathedral Spires

On July 23rd-25th, Gabe and I spent a couple of days in the Needles climbing. We camped at Sylvan Lake which was a very nice place to camp. It stormed hard one night but we managed to stay dry. We climbed Spire #1 and Spire #3 in the Cathedral Spires area then spend a day doing some of the sport and trad routes at Moonlight Ridge. The rock was very different from what we were used to and many of the sport routes had bolts that were very run out. This is the norm for the Needles.