Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
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North Carolina is known for its lack of sport climbing and its abundance of friction climbing. North Carolina is definitely not known for its crack climbing, yet somehow Rumbling Bald has been blessed with four amazing, moderate splitters all within a 100 feet of each other.
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Sunday, September 28th, 2008
If you have ever wanted to see what 5.12c offwidth climbing was then here is a great video of a Kris "odub" Hampton playing on Hidden Dragon in Red River Gorge. The line starts with an offwidth roof that you have to pull some sick moves to get up over. ...
Posted in Kentucky, Rock Climbing, Southeast, Video | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
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New England Ropes just left a comment on a post about their rope recall because I was "misleading the general public". A few weeks ago they announced that they had produced some faulty ropes that needed to be recalled because "The climbing lines can break, posing a serious ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
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First off, I am a North Carolina rock climber. I cut my teeth here and have enjoyed every minute off it. I learned the area through the third edition of Selected Climbs in North Carolina which includes all the classics but isn't completely up to date.
A while back I went ...
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Sunday, July 6th, 2008
I hate the feeling when you are pumped out, run out and then when you try to sink some gear it doesn't fit. As I was watching this video of Katie Brown climbing I got ansy in my chair re-living my own moments just like her's. Check it out.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy42ndIUHrA
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Alpinist 24 came in the mail the other day. The first thing I did was flip through every page, drooling over the amazing pictures. Then, using all my self control, I set it down. I need to ration my daily intake of Alpinist. All I want to do is read ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
I have climbed a lot at Crowders Mountain in North Carolina in my day. It is the local crag where I go if I don't have time for a full day epic but absolutely must scratch the climbing itch.
Most of the time when I am at Crowders Mountain I climb ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
I just went climbing at Looking Glass last weekend which is probably the most famous climbing place in North Carolina. I got my sorry as up Second Coming, Rat's Ass and Zodiac which are all in the 5.8 range but they are 'old school' 5.8s in the words of a ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
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The climbing bible of North Carolina describes PeeKaBoo as a one move wonder and without a doubt that one move lives up to the lore. That one move was also the scene of my first climbing scare which made the dangers of climbing 'real' instead of 'potentials'.
There really isn't all ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
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I recently climbed Zoo View at Moore’s Wall, which is just north of Winston-Salem, NC. This climb is the definition of classic.
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