Pod Climber
August 25, 2005
I was pointed to a climbing podcast site called Pod Climber (via Wired Nut). Pod Climber looks like an interesting resource, but I really wish I understood the attraction of podcasts. I’ve written about podcasts on my other blog and still, months later, I have no desire to use them. It probably stems from the fact that I find it annoying to connect my MP3 player to my PC to download podcasts and then hook it back up to my car stereo to actually listen to the things. I much prefer just listening to XM Radio. Well, there’s my rant for the day. People must love the podcasts though as there are tons of them. Or are there just tons of people who enjoy creating them and not as many who actually listen to them? Hmm, there’s a thought.
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Mid-Atlantic Climbing Blog
August 23, 2005
Check out a new blog for climbing in the Mid Atlantic region - Wired Nut. I’ve known the author for a while and can tell you he’s a strong climber and quite knowledgeable. Wired Nut is sure to be a good resource. Let’s hope he keeps at it and continue to post some more of his great photos.
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Mountain Lake Bouldering
August 5, 2005
In my quest for some local bouldering here in Blacksburg, I went to check out the boulders at Mountain Lake, Virginia (yes, from Dirty Dancing fame) which is only about 20-25 minutes away. From RockClimbing.com, I found this section describing the bouldering. I found quite a few decent sized boulders there, but they were all covered in lichen and/or moss. I found one problem worth doing and it was probably around V4. That was about it though. Everything else looked unclimbable and I saw no traces of any problems being cleaned or established. Maybe its the summertime… ? If anyone has any additional beta on this area, please let me know. I may have completely missed some great problems, who knows.
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First trip to the New as an almost local
August 4, 2005
As I mentioned in my last post, I recently moved to Blacksburg, Virginia. Last weekend I hit the New for a quick day trip. The nice part about being only 1.5 hours away is I feel a little more relaxed there and can enjoy the climbing more. When I’d make the 5.5 hour trip from Northern Virginia, I really felt the pressure of trying to get as much climbing done in a weekend as possible. Now, being so close, if the weather is marginal I can still go and not be overly disappointed if I get rained out. And as anyone who has climbed at the New knows, it rains quite often.
We got some nice climbing in Saturday at Bubba City. Starting at Headless Wall we moved our way up (or down?) the cliff line and finished up at Bubba Buttress. Probably the most enjoyable climb of the day was Chicks in the Woods (11a) which is either on Ames Wall or Central Bubba (don’t have my guidebook with me). I won’t give any beta here, but it was a very technical face climb with a couple of very unique moves on it. Highly recommended route!
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