Тhe best climb at The Needles. It is also the longest at 8-9 pitches. Pitches are short but clean, exposed, and gear fiddly. In other words: full value. RW follows an amazing natural dihedral system for almost the entire length of the Warlock needle. The isolation of this climb and the exposure makes it feel like climbing El Cap.
But before I go into details I should make a little chart for my top ten favorite climbs at the Needles:
1. Romantic Warrior: best overall
2. Pyromania: best pitch
3. Don Juan: best 5.11 multipitch anywhere!
4. Davy Jones' Locker: crazy good if a bit painful
5. Atlantis: can be done in two superfun pitches
6. Pea Soup: a bit of work to get there but so worth it
7. Airy Interlude
8. Guerrilla Warfare
9. The Spell
10. Ankles Away
