New Year's in the Needles

This could very well be my new favorite time of year to climb in the Needles (South Dakota). No cars, no people, a nice three mile bike ride to acres and acres of endless potential. It was chilly, like highs in the 20s, so climbing hard was out of the question. Instead, we decided on climbing easy routes to easy summits in search of original summit registers. Luck was on our side and we found a few....