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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality	Climber	Date
South Dakota Spearfish Canyon Sunshine The Prow
	5.10d 5.10b	★ The Sundance - with Ethan	Sport	★ Good	Gabe Grayum	Fri 13th Oct 2017
Super polished and pumpy
South Dakota Spearfish Canyon Sunshine Light Bulb
	5.11d	★★★ Straight Outta GE - with Ulfi	Sport 14m, 7		Bernii	Sun 15th Oct 2017
Hard start and one move dyno. I couldnt reach dyno:(
	5.11d	★★★ Straight Outta GE	Sport 14m, 7	★★★ Classic	Gabe Grayum	Sun 15th Oct 2017
Super fun, reachy crux.
South Dakota Spearfish Canyon Sunshine Big Black Face
	5.11b 5.11a	★★★ Cougar's Pupil	Sport	★★★ Classic	Gabe Grayum	Sat 14th Oct 2017
So fun
	5.11a	★★★ Cougar's Pupil - with Ulfi, Gabe Grayum, Ethan	Sport	★★ Very Good	Bernii	Fri 13th Oct 2017
Easy start, crimpy and reach 2 bolt
	5.10c	★ Land Speed Record - with Ulfi, Gabe Grayum, Ethan	Sport 9	★★ Very Good	Bernii	Fri 13th Oct 2017
Small pocket and high foot.
	5.10d	★★★ Candy Apple Gray	Sport	★★★ Classic	Wallin	Mon 3rd Aug 2015
classic ...watch for hairy spiders and dino to the left over them
	5.10a	★★ Black Sheets of Rain	Sport 10	★★★ Classic	Wallin	Mon 3rd Aug 2015
classic great holds for the roof
	5.10a	★★ Lost Ninja	Sport 10	★★ Very Good	David Gibbs	Sun 29th Jul 2018
After two false-starts and falls on pulling over the bulge off the slab, I got those moves and then the rest of the climb clean. This was a noticeably harder route than either of the 5.10a we climbed at Sunshine that day (Suffering Succotash, Corn Route).
	5.9	★★ Lost Ninja	Sport 10	★★★ Classic	Wallin	Mon 3rd Aug 2015
I get why is called ' lost ninja' .you feel lost until you find sneaky holds and you attack like a stealth ninja
	5.9	★★★ Pakistani Route	Sport 9	★★★ Classic	Wallin	Mon 3rd Aug 2015
awesome
South Dakota Spearfish Canyon Sunshine The Butt Rocks Wall
	5.11b	★★★ Euphamiah Beresford Memorial - with Bernii, Ethan, Ulfi	Sport 20m, 7	★★ Very Good	Gabe Grayum	Sun 15th Oct 2017
Nice, a bit hard to read with the plethora of chalky holds
	5.10a	★★ July 4th - with Ulfi, Gabe Grayum, Ethan	Sport 23m, 10	★★ Very Good	Bernii	Sun 15th Oct 2017
Super warm up.
	5.10c	★★ Simply Ravishing - with Ulfi, Gabe Grayum, Ethan	Sport 22m, 7		Bernii	Sun 15th Oct 2017
Bolts are far:(
	5.10c 5.10a	★ Corn Route - with Bernii, Ethan, Ulfi	Sport 18m, 7	Average	Gabe Grayum	Sun 15th Oct 2017
Not 10a
	5.10a	★ Corn Route	Sport 18m, 7	★★ Very Good	David Gibbs	Sun 29th Jul 2018
A lovely, but stiff route up an arete. A lot harder than Suffering Succutash.
	5.11b	Dr. Feelgood	Sport 15m, 9	Don't Bother	Joey Friedmann	Tue 20th Aug 2013
Garbage. I suspect a hold has broken off...
	5.12a	★★ Rebel Yell - with Bernii, Ethan, Ulfi	Sport 15m, 7	★ Good	Gabe Grayum	Sun 15th Oct 2017
Pumpy and runout on the top half
South Dakota Spearfish Canyon Sunshine Bunny Slope
	5.8	★★★ Bugs Bunny	Sport 18m, 7	★★ Very Good	David Gibbs	Sun 29th Jul 2018
Seemed soft for a 5.8, but fun climbing.
	5.10a	★ Suffering Succutash	Sport 18m, 5	★ Good	David Gibbs	Sun 29th Jul 2018
Took one fall at the crux, figured out a sequence, then got it.
	5.8	★ Rabbit's Foot	Sport 12m, 5	★ Good	David Gibbs	Sun 29th Jul 2018
Seemed the hardest of the three 5.8s on Bunny Wall.
South Dakota Spearfish Canyon The Mohican Head Shop Wall
	5.10a	★★ Totally Flaked	Sport 20m	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Mon 22nd Sep 2014
A very pumpy warmup due to poor feet
South Dakota Spearfish Canyon The Mohican Trail Of Tears Wall
	5.11a	★★ Tomahawk	Sport 20m	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Mon 22nd Sep 2014
Another hard start
	5.11c	★★ Totem Pole	Sport 21m	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Mon 22nd Sep 2014
Stupid undercut start. Quite sustained
	5.10c	★★★ Peace Pipe	Sport 30m	★★ Very Good	Vanessa Wills	Mon 22nd Sep 2014
Nice varied climbing
South Dakota Spearfish Canyon The Mohican Indian Wars Wall
	5.12b 5.12a	★★ Orphans Of War - with Ethan	Sport 15m, 7	★★ Very Good	Gabe Grayum	Fri 20th Oct 2017
Relentless. At least a letter grade harder than Mohicans or Blood Brother.
	5.12a	★★ Orphans Of War	Sport 15m, 7		J. Luthy	Mon 12th Aug 2019
#2go
	5.12a	★★★ Blood Brother - with Ethan	Sport 18m, 7	★★★ Mega Classic	Gabe Grayum	Thu 19th Oct 2017
My favorite of the 12a's here. Reachy. Stout for the grade.
	5.12a	★★★ Blood Brother	Sport 18m, 7		J. Luthy	Mon 12th Aug 2019
#2go
	5.12a	★★★ Last Of The Mohicans - with Ethan	Sport 14m, 7	★★★ Classic	Gabe Grayum	Sun 22nd Oct 2017
Super good. Reachy
South Dakota Spearfish Canyon The Mohican Lady in red
	5.11c 5.11b/c	★★ Juggernuts	Sport 30m	★★ Very Good	Vanessa Wills	Mon 22nd Sep 2014
Mixed up finish and got sucked onto 10b, so did proper finish which was pretty tricky.
	5.10b	★★★ Yippee kiy yay	Sport 30m	★★ Very Good	Vanessa Wills	Mon 22nd Sep 2014
Fun steep jugs
South Dakota Spearfish Canyon Skeletal Remains
	5.6	★★ Soiled Father dove	Sport 5	★★ Very Good	David Gibbs	Sat 28th Jul 2018
Only climb that felt spot-on for its grade at the crag. Most of the rest felt hard.
	5.8	★ Preparation H	Sport 4	★ Good	David Gibbs	Sat 28th Jul 2018
Took a fall at first bolt; looked around, lowered-off, then lead clean. So, call it a red-point.
	5.9	★★ Plea Bargain	Sport 5	★★ Very Good	David Gibbs	Sat 28th Jul 2018
2 falls. Thuggy.
	5.9	★ Scar Face	Sport 5	★ Good	David Gibbs	Sat 28th Jul 2018
Took a couple falls.
South Dakota Palisades State Park Chockstone Tower
	5.8	★★ The Bitch	Unknown	★★★ Classic	Daniel Crosby	Sun 26th Sep 2004
Continuously off-balance!
	5.9	★★★ The Scream	Unknown	★★★ Classic	Jonathan	Sun 17th Jul 2005
great start!
South Dakota Palisades State Park Rattlesnake-East Side
	5.1	Bring A Date	Unknown	★ Good	Daniel Crosby	Sat 17th Apr 2004
First Climb!
South Dakota Mount Rushmore South Seas Toy Boat
	5.7	Toy Boat	Sport 9m	★ Good	John Gunnels	2004
great for kids
South Dakota Mount Rushmore South Seas Borneo
	5.7	★★ Solitaire	Mixed trad 30m, 5	★★ Very Good	donald butcher	Tue 13th Apr 2010
long run out at top
	5.7	★★ Solitaire	Mixed trad 30m, 5	★★ Very Good	Hard Landin' Brandon	Wed 31st Aug 2011
Feels quite exposed at the top! A piece of pro or a long sling would have better protected moves near the top.
	5.7	★★ Solitaire	Mixed trad 30m, 5	★★ Very Good	huffmajj	Mon 8th Jul 2019
Clipping bolt 5 is spooky!
	5.10c	★★★ Pelican's Dike-ination (Pelicans dikeinarion)	Sport 25m	★★ Very Good	Vanessa Wills	Mon 22nd Sep 2014
Probably my favourite route of the day as it follows a strong natural line
South Dakota Mount Rushmore South Seas Sharks Fin
	5.7	★★ Shark's Breath	Sport 30m, 10	★★★ Classic	David Gibbs	Thu 26th Jul 2018
Good climbing.
	5.7	★★ Shark's Breath	Sport 30m, 10	★★ Very Good	huffmajj	Mon 8th Jul 2019
Nice route with a little spice
	5.8	★★ Shark Bait	Sport 30m, 13	★★ Very Good	David Gibbs	Thu 26th Jul 2018
Took one fall in the crux section, before trying easier beta a bit right of the bolt line, which choice seemed hard, but more consistent with 5.8 climbing than the direct line.
South Dakota Mount Rushmore South Seas Shipyard Rock
	5.6	★ Boxcars and Airplanes	Unknown	★ Good	huffmajj	Sun 12th Aug 2018
pg-13 down low but easy
	5.8	★★ Waves (Tsunami (aka Waves))	Sport 55m	★ Good	Jonathan	Thu 30th Jun 2005
I climbed the top tsunami 5.9, sadly there is no bolt at the top so i had to rap off the other side.
	5.8	★★ Waves (Waves (aka Classic Waves))	Sport 55m	★★★ Classic	David Gibbs	Fri 27th Jul 2018
Followed P1 (the crux), lead P2.
South Dakota Mount Rushmore South Seas
	5.9	★★★ Lead fillings	Sport 25m	★★ Very Good	Vanessa Wills	Mon 22nd Sep 2014
Nice exposed climbing on arête
	5.6	★★★ Second Hand Rose Arete	Sport 47m	★★★ Classic	huffmajj	Sat 31st Aug 2019
as close to an alpine climb as you can get with single pitch sport cragging. excellent summit. awesome exposure.
	5.6	★★★ Second Hand Rose Arete	Sport 47m	★★★ Classic	huffmajj	Sun 12th Aug 2018
nightime onsight by headlamp. awesome! the waterstained variation feels like 5.8
	5.10c	★★ Pollinator, wasp variant	Sport 40m	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Mon 22nd Sep 2014
Some very reachy moves requiring a few dead points
	5.11a 5.11	★★ Dykes Next Door	Sport	Average	Vanessa Wills	Mon 22nd Sep 2014
Bouldery start, then poorly bolted
	5.11c	★★★ Mr critical	Sport 35m	★★ Very Good	Vanessa Wills	Mon 22nd Sep 2014
Very sharp. We didn't go quite to the top as worried about rope Length
	5.5	Full Speed Ahead	Sport	★ Good	Ron Edwards	Fri 24th Sep 2004
Easier than 5.5
	5.5	Full Speed Ahead - with two 9yr olds	Sport	Average	mark.lutterman	Fri 19th Jul 2013
Nice climb for my 45" climber. Walk off ridge or rap or downclimb.
	5.8	Damn The Torpedoes	Sport 9m	Average	Ron Edwards	Fri 24th Sep 2004
1 bulge move
	5.8	Damn The Torpedoes	Sport 9m	Average	huffmajj	Fri 30th Aug 2019
A fall from above the bulge could be an ankle smasher
	5.10d	★ Skin To Win	Unknown 18m	Average	will	Tue 8th Jul 2008
majority is friction
	5.10d	★ Skin To Win	Unknown 18m	Average	Ron Edwards	Fri 24th Sep 2004
2 hard moves - rest is easy
	5.10a	★ Forty Something	Unknown 15m	★★ Very Good	Vanessa Wills	Thu 16th Jun 2005
nice crimps
	5.8	★ Old Number 8	Unknown 15m	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Thu 16th Jun 2005
top section fun
	5.7	★ Way Cool Junior	Unknown 15m	Average	Vanessa Wills	Thu 16th Jun 2005
easy but runout slab
	5.10a	★ Critical View	Unknown 9m	Average	Vanessa Wills	Mon 22nd Sep 2014
Sharp crystals
South Dakota Mount Rushmore Monster
	5.7	★★★ Gossamer	Unknown 12m	★★ Very Good	bqgagliano	Tue 13th Aug 2013
This was an awesome climb! Do Do Do!
South Dakota Mount Rushmore Middle Marker Area
	5.10b	★★ Dont Stahl	Unknown 30m	★★ Very Good	Vanessa Wills	Thu 16th Jun 2005
very thin and thoughtful
	5.8	★★★ Stardancer	Unknown 30m	★★ Very Good	Vanessa Wills	Thu 16th Jun 2005
sustained for the grade
South Dakota Mount Rushmore Chopping Block
	5.10-	★ Wisconsin Beef	Unknown	★ Good	Jonathan	Thu 30th Jun 2005
good climb on Butchers Hand...go through the cave under the big boulder.
South Dakota Mount Rushmore Wrinkled Rock
	15	★★ RH climb (fold)	Unknown 14m	★★ Very Good	Vanessa Wills	Thu 16th Jun 2005
fun feature
	17	★★ middle climb(arete)	Unknown 13m	★★ Very Good	Vanessa Wills	Thu 16th Jun 2005
nice pleasant arete
	20	★ LH climb(slab)	Unknown 12m	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Thu 16th Jun 2005
love the rock- intusions and great friction
South Dakota Needles Sylvan Lake The Outlets
	5.4	chockstone pinnacle	Sport 37m, 10		mark.lutterman	Sat 20th Jul 2013
Nice for my 45 inch son.
	5.6	★★ Creeping Senility	Unknown 55m	★★ Very Good	Julie Schultz	Sat 24th May 2008
Nice climb to the summit of Old People's Dome. Great view of the Conn Diagonal. Bring a set of nuts - bolts are far apart.
	5.7	★★★ Conn Diagonal P1 1 5.7	Trad	★★ Very Good	David Gibbs	Wed 25th Jul 2018
Backed off after pitch one because of spitting rain and rumbling thunder.
	5.7	★★★ Conn Diagonal	Trad	★★★ Classic	Cauli Xiang	Sun 5th Sep 2021
Fun route, highly exposed.
South Dakota Needles Sylvan Lake Middle Earth Towers Of Teeth Ephel Duath
	5.6	★★★ Second Breakfast	Sport 35m	★★★ Classic	huffmajj	Mon 4th Nov 2019
led in a BIG snowstorm, still lots of fun, climbed with John
	5.6	★★★ Second Breakfast	Sport 35m	★★★ Classic	huffmajj	Mon 13th Aug 2018
excellent & well bolted, weeeeeeeee
South Dakota Needles Sylvan Lake Outlets Dam
	5.9	Pieces Of Eight	Sport		Colton Van Dorpe	Fri 10th Sep 2021
3 bolts
South Dakota Needles Middle Earth
	5.8	★★★ Waste Knot	Sport 40m, 8	★★★ Classic	David Gibbs	Wed 25th Jul 2018
A large (dinner plate size, but thicker) foothold broke off just above the first bolt. I fell, then re-climbed, choosing different beta.
	5.7	★★★ Second Breakfast	Sport 35m, 14	★★★ Classic	David Gibbs	Wed 25th Jul 2018
Excellent!
	5.8	★★ Morannon	Sport 37m, 10	★★ Very Good	David Gibbs	Wed 25th Jul 2018
A small foothold broke in the first move or two, landed on ground & restarted.
South Dakota Needles The Cathedral Spires
	5.5	★★★ Spire 4 (Spire Four)	Unknown	★★★ Classic	huffmajj	Mon 15th Jun 2020
Came back with Wade and Julia to lead the step across pitch. Wade led wormhole pitch
	5.5	★★★ Spire 4 (Spire Four)	Unknown	★★★ Classic	huffmajj	Sun 3rd Nov 2019
hiked in from sylvan in lots of snow. Led wormhole pitch, John led the step across pitch. FUN
	5.8	★★★ South Tower	Unknown 350m	★★ Very Good	Climbhigh	Sun 2nd Apr 2000
easy to get off route
	5.8	★★★ South Tower	Unknown 350m	★★★ Classic	Julie Schultz	Sun 25th May 2008
The two crux sections (stepping across the void after the first belay and then some thin face moves a little farther on) are well- protected, meaning that the climb is truly enjoyable.
	5.7	Station 13 variaton	Unknown 46m	Average	Climbhigh	Mon 3rd Apr 2000
frome lower summit, climb up and left to bolt
	5.7	★ Station 13	Unknown 46m	★ Good	Julie Schultz	Sun 25th May 2008
Inelegant chimney for most of the route, but the face moves at the top are great.
	5.3	★★ Spire Two, East Face (Spire Two)	Trad	★★★ Classic	Tony Vavricka	Tue 13th Apr 2010
international chimney
	5.3	★★ Spire Two, East Face (Spire Two) - with Michał Sz	Trad	★ Good	Ania	Mon 21st May 2018
Lead first two pitches to reach North Crack on Balcony Point
	5.3	★★ Spire Two, East Face 1 5.3 2	Trad	★★★ Classic	David Gibbs	Thu 26th Jul 2018
Linked P1 and P2. Then had to retreat due to incoming thunderstorm -- pouring rain and hail by the time we'd finish rappelling.
	5.5	★ Unnamed 2	Unknown	★ Good	Brian	Wed 16th Jul 2003
good easy multi-pitch
South Dakota Needles Switchbacks & Ten Pins Tent Peg
	5.7	★★ Tent Peg	Trad 18m	★★ Very Good	Jonathan	Mon 4th Jun 2007
Whoa! Be Careful of Rope Drag!
South Dakota Needles Switchbacks & Ten Pins
	5.8	★★★ Tricouni Nail (Cerberus)	Trad	★ Good	Chris	Sun 4th Sep 2005
it was alright
	5.8	★★★ Tricouni Nail (Cerberus) - with Cindy Swanson	Trad		mark.lutterman	Sat 10th Jul 1999
1st Black Hills counterweight rappell.
South Dakota Needles Bell Tower and Needle's Eye Needle's Eye Area Hitching Post
	5.5	★ Hitching Post	Trad 18m	Average	Michael Baetz	Fri 9th May 2008
Neat summit

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