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NEEDLES BOULDER
  Needles Boulder
  1.   Crap Arete - V4
Start sitting on left side of slabby face. Pull on and make moves up to sloper at lip. AKWARD and UGLY
  2.   Frenchman - V3
Start sitting in middle of slabby face with left hand on good crescent-shaped sidepull. Pull on highstep foot and move to lip of boulder.
  3.   Car Crash - V3 *
Start sitting on left side of slabby face with legs stradling arete. Pull on and make long move to good hold mid way up arete. Trick heel hook beta makes this move much easier and more enjoyable.
  4.   New Pair of Shoes - V4 **
Start sitting below big overhanging arete left of Car Crash with left hand on high crimp, right on low crimp and feet stradling arete. Pull on and make dynamic move with right hand up and right to slopey edge at lip of bulge. Readjust feet and then make sevral difficult moves to the top staying more or less on the arete.
  5.   Hold Digger - V4
Climb up the mini arete/rail feature to the left of New Pair of Shoes. AKWARD start - but fun problem overall.
 
 

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