A while back I left a top roping rig at the top of my local crag. It was stupid to forget it up there but it was starting to rain and I thought Ben had grabbed it and Ben thought I had grabbed it. All in all I lost four lockers and some [...]
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A while back I left a top roping rig at the top of my local crag. It was stupid to forget it up there but it was starting to rain and I thought Ben had grabbed it and Ben thought I had grabbed it. All in all I lost four lockers and some [...] I can’t remember if I took this picture on the way to climb False Paradise (5.7) or Paradise Alley (5.8+) but this is Supercrack AKA Scream Dream which is a 5.11d on the North Side of Shortoff Mountain in North Carolina. Anyhow, I thought the pic was pretty cool and wanted to share. Do you free solo? Most sane people would say no way, not ever. But wait a minute, what exactly is free soloing? Free soloing is climbing with no safety net. It’s a place where your life literally is in your hands and accidents are verboten. While free soloing you only have one means of connection to [...] Energy Czar is a 5.11 sport route on David’s Castle Wall at Crowders Mountain. It is pretty popular as it is near Caterpillar, a 5.7 chimney, and Electra, a 5.10c sport line. I don’t really have all that much to say about it but I wanted to post some pictures I took while I was [...] I wish I could say that I’ve climbed Electra at Crowder’s Mountain but alas that would be a lie and after filing my taxes I think I have lied enough lately. Electra is a 5.10c sport route on David’s Castle Wall of Crowder’s Mountain and is definitely one of the more popular lines. It’s near [...] I’ve been on a flickr kick lately because I’ve been unable to get out and climb. I guess the next best thing to actually climbing is going on epics through photos. picture courtesy rdawg More Kick Ass Mountaineering Flickr Photos Thanks to ClimbingNarc for reporting that Simon Carter provided an update (link) on the bad bolt and cut rope accident. In the update there is even a video that shows the the bolts being pulled out entirely too easily. Check it out. It is straight up scary. |
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