From the category archives:
I’ve been hearing rumors that Nelson Rocks in West Virginia has resolved its liability concerns and will reopen next year. This is completely hearsay, but does anyone have any further details? I really used to love climbing at Nelson when I lived in the DC area as it was a great alternative to the crowds [...]
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The Appalachian Mountain Club has an article on rock climbing in New Jersey. I knew there was climbing there, but not to the extent that this article covers. Standing at the base of a 150-foot cliff fronted by a field of car-sized boulders, it’s hard to shake the feeling that this area just doesn’t seem [...]
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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has an interesting article on the via ferrata at Nelson Rocks in West Virginia. I’ve never been on it myself, but I’ve observed many people on the via ferrata while climbing at Nelson Rocks (when it was open of course). Italian for “iron road,” a via ferrata is essentially a fixed rock-climbing [...]
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Stewart Green, author of Rock Climbing Colorado and other guides, has written a new climbing guide to Europe called Rock Climbing Europe. “Rock Climbing Europe” is an oversized, sturdily bound paperback guide that Green finished after 15 trips to Europe for research, climbing and interviews with climbers. “When I started going to Europe in the [...]
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The Washington Examiner has an article on one of my old haunts, Carderock. Located just outside the DC Beltway in Maryland, the crag is a popular (ok, that’s an understatement) crag for those in the DC metro area. Unfortunately, the rock is polished and it’s more crowded than a popular climbing gym. Additional resources for [...]
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I’m finally getting ready to start on a long time project – building a home climbing gym in my basement. When we moved to Blacksburg from Northern Virginia, we bought a house down here that had a partially finished basement. I now have more space to build a home climbing wall than I actually know [...]
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The Access Fund reports that Castle Rock, Tennessee is now open for climbing. Located near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Castle Rock has both sport and trad routes. Full info can be found here.
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Cayman Net News Online has an article about rock climbing the limestone cliffs of Cayman Brac.
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Interesting article on Yosemite climbing (via Yosemite Blog) from the Sacramento Bee. The director of the Yosemite Mountaineering School discusses their climbing courses.
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FloridaToday.com (of all places) has one of the funniest descriptions of a gym bouldering area: The high school senior continues to train in the gym’s bouldering section, a cavernous area that looks a bit like the alien bar scene in “Star Wars,” with walls splotched with wild colors and shapes. You have to appreciate any [...]
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