Category: Bouldering & ClimbingBoat Rock, ATL
Hit up Boat Rock for the first time... they are not kidding when they say the granite is hard on the shoe rubber :) Problems: Easy Crack - nice little warm up v0 Waves in Motion - very fun frictiony problem (the v0's around it are entertaining as well) Titanic (v7 we got our assess kicked...
Raleigh Rockyard
They had a few good bouldering problems... there were two roped problems (highball boulder problems) that I didn't have enough balls to try and pull, but they looked like they had a few cool moves on them. (Orange/Blue #16 in the back?) They were probably average 10's. Nothing there seemed super...
New River Bouldering
Canoeing around the New River has shown a few good spot to water boulder especially just a mile or so south of Fries on the River... a huge wall with some killer roofs... only if i wanted to bring my trad gear through the rapids heh. Surely some fun bouldering if your prepared to get soaked......
Clito Bouldering
Fun deal, Brian from work showed me this place mainly used as a swimming hole by the locals but has some fun boulders out behind the river... It has one super awesome horizontal crack on like a 110degree incline from the horizontal makes for some killer moves... probably around a v6 with the...
Grayson Highlands, VA
I hit up this area for a few minutes after a hike... probably spent 30 minutes fooling around.. there were a few fun v0's one fun v2ish thing... but there are TONS more boulders to check out... I need to get there again some time.
New River Trail Bouldering
About 6 miles down the trail from Foster Falls (by bike of course) there are a few good cliffs that maybe have 1/2 trad climbs... I free solo'ed 30ft up one of them 5.8style but decided that there were no longer bomber hold so I'd hop on down... almost slipped on the decent... damn dirt Fun...
St. John Bouldering @ Cinnamon Bay
So I took a day off of chillin' on the beach to go find some bouldering... well all the boulders are on beaches at least that I could see... At the far end of Cinnamon Bay on St. John, VI there was a bunch of outcropping... yay good bouldering. Only got the camera woman there for one boulder...
Christiansburg Bouldering Gym
This really isn't a trip report as this is clearly a gym... The Rock in Christiansburg is an alright place has some cool overhang area and a couple other interesting problems.. flatrate $7 bucks a day... not quite a difficult gym hardest problem around is v4/5 but if your wandering around...
Boone Boulders
Boone has absolutely amazing boulders... too bad the 45 degree wall was wet... some of those problems looked sick! Ah well I'll make my way overthere some other day with a bouldering pad this time too when its NOT raining, not that that is gonna any time soon the way the weather is going....
Climbing Week '05
Hit up Fosters... setup 10 routes for 13 people... that burned my arms up some... Routes Fosters The classic 9's Something's Always... fun (10d) roof problem Got revenge on Diamond Cutter (at night heh) Clear Creek Best Seat in the House Lilly Bluff Some easy 9 to...
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