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Developing near virgin North Carolina rock can be described in one word: dirty. Lichen grows everywhere and every route literally has to be cleaned and cleared as you go. Luckily we came prepared and our rack included one of those steel bristled BBQ grill brushes to hopefully make easy work of a dirty job. But [...] ROCK!!! That would be the word of the day while developing this undocumented wall near Table Rock in North Carolina. Wes and Ben were by no means the first people to explore this wall. There were already a couple of lines bolted with modern equipment when they got there but it was obvious from the overgrown [...] I have a Suunto heart rate monitor that I use to train. Unfortunately it does not make me a badass like Ueli Steck when he speed climbed Eiger, Grandes Jorasses and Matterhorn. Thanks to Andy Kirkpatrick for sharing sharing the video. I copy and pasted this from the Hanging Rock State Park’s website. I thought you guys should be aware. Link to the website here (link) WARNING: Climbing Hazard And Route Closure Climbers have reported two large loose blocks estimated at 150 and 250 pounds resting on the root [...] Today I renewed my American Alpine Club membership. If you’re not a member it is definitely worth looking in to. Not only do you get Accidents in North American Mountaineering and American Alpine Journal but you also get a bit of medical evacuation coverage from Global Rescue. All that is fine and dandy in my book [...] Full Value. That is the best way I can describe Construction Job on Shortoff Mountain. It boils down to three pitches totaling about 300 ft that go at 5.5, 5.7 and then 5.9. But those boiled down stats don’t even begin to describe the actual climb. Finding the route is relatively straightforward because Straight and Narrow [...] I’m not sure exactly when it happened but after climbing X number of years I have changed from a gear review consumer to a gear review producer. The only reason I mention this is because I recently found myself dispensing quite a bit of advice to a few people gearing up and I sort of [...] |
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