Climbers on Thin Ice on the Sorcerer at The Needles California

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Thin Ice () — The east face of the Sorcerer is home of the a dense array of Needles classics. Start with Thin Ice, a three pitch finger and hand crack splitting the face in the middle. The northern reaches of the face go into the shade soon, so layer up if cold is a possibility and you want to feel your fingers. Standard rack to a #4, doubles .2-,75. A rappel descent is possible down the face, or the standard Sorcerer descent route. After finishing the descent route off the Sorcerer, you'll arrive at the bottom of Spooky, which makes for a great end-of-the-day link-up.

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Location: The Needles, California USA
Photo credit: © Mark Glaister / Alamy / Afripics
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