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I’m planning on making a trip to Ship Rock next weekend to climb the classic moderates Boardwalk (5.8) and Hindu Kush (5.8). I wanted to see if youtube had anything on the two routes before I went but came up empty. All was not lost though because I did find this awesome video of Castaway [...] 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 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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. If this doesn’t make you want to hop a flight to Nepal right this second then you must be dead. Actually, nix that because that is the kind of mountain that gets people dead but damn it is gorgeous. (click on it to see it fully) Picture courstesy: Mohamed Inaz The jist of this very in depth accident review is that incorrect bolts were used which caused them to pop with just body weight on them. The accident report goes into a lot of detail and is well worth the read. Simon Carter’s Accident Report |
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