Archive for the 'Rock Climbing' Category



Recent Climbing

I’ve been climbing twice in the last week or so, and am enjoying the spring weather (finally) a great deal. The first trip out, my form was good until halfway through my second climb, when my arms gave out. Weak! Had fun anway. We went to Leda (aka Leeda, aka Leida, aka Lleda, etc…) in […]

Saturday at Sand Rock

We went to Sand Rock late on Friday and spent the night and Saturday there. As mentioned previously, I was excited about trying Jaws again. I climbed it successfully Friday night. It is a short, pumpy climb, and topping out felt great.
Montie and I set up climbs for everyone on Saturday. I forgot to lock […]

Dreaming of Linville Gorge

I have long wanted to learn multi-pitch climbing, and I recently read a site that recommended Linville Gorge as a good place to learn. I’ve talked to Montie and Jeremy and we’re planning a trip, though no date as yet. Jeremy is going to take Montie and I to T-Wall to teach us how to […]

Climbing Sand Rock

Jeremy planned an overnight trip to Sand Rock Friday night. We arrived late Friday night and made camp. Saturday we climbed.
We set up three ropes that we rotated around some of Sand Rock’s easier cimbs throughout the day. Most of the day, we were on the Jaws block. At the end of the day, Jeremy […]