“Everything Wild and Granitic, in One 300-Foot Rock Climb.” Climbing Magazine. October 2008.

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“Every story you’ve heard about the Needles (California) is true: the place does feel haunted, and the climbing is that good. Towering cones of granite claim the horizon of this wonderland, perched at 8,000 feet in the Sierras near the edge of the Kern River Wilderness. You earn your summits here, given the Needles’ fluctuating temperatures, howling winds, and constant exposure . . .”