Memorial Day 1989 -- Needles (Sequoia Nat'l Forest) with Joel, Nancy and Renata. Joel + Nancy did Lady of the Needles while I babysat and established a 2-bolt belay/rap anchor at the top of Spooky. Then Joel + Nancy tr'd Spooky. When Nancy + Renata left to get out of the wind, Joel and I did a quick ascent of Airy Interlude (we skipped the lower pitch). Days 2-3 were cold due to wind, so Joel and I were unable to try the Don Juan Wall. We did the first pitch, but cold hands sent us down. Sun was on The Entity so we did it, via a 5.8 variation which avoids the runout 5.10+/5.11 crux. The upper pitches had nice 5.10c thin cracks; then we rapped. Day 3: we looked at several routes, and ended up doing the first pitch of Innersanctum 5.9+ and then traversing onto Brute Force. We'll return for the upper pitches and for the Don Juan.