Let’s go back in time to the land of the dinosaurs. We are journeying to Land Before Time Wall in the morning. This is in the Muir so make sure to complete the waiver! This crag has a lot of moderate routes from 5.7 to 5.10. I’m super psyched to go back this year. It’s a really pleasant crag with …
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Blue? Yellow? Orange? Purple? Nah, it’s the Red!
Good day, my beloved outdoorspeople. As the end of the school year draws nigh, so does the spring climbing season. Let’s go out with great fanfare through a mega trip to the Red River Gorge. The Red is a premier sport climbing (lead climbing on bolts) destination located in eastern Kentucky with a lifetime of climbing on gorgeous sandstone cliffs. …
Smokehole Entrance Wall Climbing
Who: Joseph & Abby What: Climbing (Sport) Where: Smokehole Canyon When: Sunday (04/23) 8:30am Why: Touch rock Howdy y’all, I haven’t been to Smokehole in quite a while so I’m looking forward to it. It’ll be a little chilly but there are some nice routes and the approach is practically zero. I’ll be climbing in the moderate range, 5.7-10, but …
New River Gorge Climb Time
Who: Joseph (the climbing advisor one) What: Climbing (Sport & Trad) Where: New River Gorge When: Friday (04/21) 05:00pm To Sunday (04/23) 07:00pm (Flexible) Why: Touch rock Howdy y’all, I haven’t been to the New in some time and I’m craving a good climbing weekend. The plan is to leave Friday afternoon and get to the campsite (American Alpine Club …
NRG Overnight Climbing!
Note: end time depends on when you want to be back! I’m personally trying to be back around 4pm Let’s go to the New River Gorge! It’s so warm now and I enjoy not working on my homework so let’s climb!!!! I’m hoping to leave at 8:30 on Saturday and drive to the New River Gorge. We will climb at …
An Afternoon (All-Day, Really) at the Cotton Club (NRG Int. Sport Climbing)
*JAZZ MUSIC* *sipping apple juice out the fireball bottle, WITH THE BOYS* Good evening, outdoors people!! Welcome to the best day of your spring semester. Cotton Club and Cotton Top are friggin awesome. The grades range from a super classic 5.8 to some 11s at the club and then at the top is cool 10a up to some classic 12s. …
Free solo, Take 2? Classy Climbing at Cotton Hill
Unlike my free solo, which none of you guys signed up for 🙁 (except Noah, the only real one), this trip involves ropes at one of the most classic crags at the new. God damit guys these routes are ultra-classic, so sign up for this thing right now!! Don’t even read the rest of what I wrote. (actually, read it …
Climbing 101: Beginner Climbing at Man Wall
Who: Joseph (the climbing advisor one) & Abby (the not climbing advisor one) What: Climbing (beginner friendly) Where: Man wall (Richmond) When: Friday (03/31) 11:30am Why: Touch rock Howdy y’all, Well folks, it’s my 101st trip with the club, so it’s about time to lead another climbing basics trip. If you’ve only ever climbed in a gym, or haven’t ever …
Reeds Creek Sport Climbing
It’s been a minute since I’ve climbed on limestone, so I’m itching to head out to Reeds Creek for some sport climbing. I was planning to climb mostly in the 5.8-5.10 range, but Reeds Creek has routes down to 5.6 and up to 5.12, so a little something for almost everyone. There also happen to be several trad lines in …
Free Solo at Seneca Rocks!!
Have you ever had an urge to free solo a 900ft 5.9? Well, this is the trip for you! I’m just kidding. That would be really dumb. I just used the title to make you click on my trip :). Anyways this is actually a sport climbing trip. I was looking through mountain project and was checking out the cave …
Climb Every Climb at a Crag Called Talking Headwall (Attempt #2)
Good evening, I regret to inform you all that my last attempt to climb every route at a crag in a day failed miserably (shout out to my brave soldiers at the Battle of Reed’s Creek). Nevertheless, we all got to climb some cool stuff and I’m thankful for that (We made a journal about it). This is going to …
Man Wall day trip
Okay so the plan is to get up early, yall sleep, I will drive us to the sunny manwall. We climb around, eat some lunch, climb more and get back before 4:30. I have work at 5:30 so we have an actual deadline. If you have some top-rope experience feel free to sign up!! Want to learn any of these …
Reed’s Creek Vertical Sufferfest (aka Climbing Marathon)
What’s up CAMPERS???? I have this idea where I prefer quantity over quality and so I figured why not do every (easy-ish) route at a crag in one day. So we’re doing that. There’s a few different ways we could do this. I’m thinking maybe make it a kind of relay where we have teams of two alternating climbs and …
Pisgah Super Serious Sport Sending (Int/Adv Climbing)
Who: When even am I? What: (Sport) Climbing Where: Pisgah NF When: Saturday (3/25) All day Why: Touch rock Howdy y’all, Waitlist Notes: Once you sign up for this trip, go sign up for the main trip, you have to be on both waitlists. Logistics Notes: Since this is a multi-day trip down to Pisgah, you’ll need something to do …
Pisgah? Pisgah! Main trip
Howdy y’all. If you haven’t heard of it before, Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina is a pretty sick place! It’s got all the mountain biking, whitewater kayaking, climbing, and hiking your heart could ever desire (and I’m sure some other outdoorsy awesomeness too)! So come with us on a magical journey to this dope area only 6 hours away! …
Reeds Creek Sunday Sends
Who: What even am I? What: Climbing Where: Reeds creek When: Sunday (2/19) 7:30 am – 6:30 pm Why: Touch (cold-ish) rock Howdy y’all, The weather is actually looking pretty decent again at reeds creek (plus its the nearest sunny wall). The high will be 57 and it’ll only be starting from a low near 40, sounds ideal if you …
Reed Has a Creek With Some Sick Climbing
The Weather this weekend is looking Pristine to get some sick sport climbing in BUT I NEED A CAR, SO PRIORITY IF YOU GOT A CAR. Reed’s Creek is a crag in WV about two and a half hours away with a really wide range of routes. It’s on limestone (which is pretty rare to find on the east coast) …
NEW RIVER GORGE CLIMBY
Let’s go to the New River Gorge! Who wants to do some climbing outside!!!! I’m hoping to leave at 3 pm on Friday and drive to the New. Depending on how we feel we can just go to the AAC or make some plans for Friday night. We will climb all day Saturday, go back to the AAC, and sleep. …
CLIME TIME W PATTY
HI EVERYONE!! I want to go climb this saturday morning, provided that weather is good in the wonderful Upper Tract, WEST VIRGINIA. I plan to climb in the range of 5.8 to 5.10 so it would be good to have at least one other person who can get up something of that difficulty, but for everyone else your difficulty abilities …
Finally Fair weather Friday near Franklin Climbing
Who: Who even am I? What: Climbing Where: Reeds creek When: Friday (2/10) 8:30 am Why: Touch (cold-ish) rock Howdy y’all, Well, it finally looks like there’s a good weather window out in West Virginia this Friday at the crags. The high will be 58 and it’ll only be starting from a low near 46, sounds pretty ideal if you …
Climbing Classroom Session: All About Anchors
This workshop will step through a holistic approach to designing, building, and evaluating anchors. It will have a rock climbing focus, but these principles are also extremely helpful for applications in rappelling, canyoneering, search and rescue (SAR), etc. Note that we will touch briefly on multi-point trad anchors, but the majority of the time will focus on two-point sport and …
Climbing Classroom Session: Sport Climbing Part 2 – Lead Belaying and Following
This trip is part 2/2 for the classroom sessions to learn about lead climbing. This session will focus on lead belaying and following. BEFORE signing up for this session, you should be very comfortable with top rope climbing and belaying including: – tying in with a double figure-8 and double fisherman – correct belay technique (either brake-under-slide or pinch and …
Climbing Classroom Session: Sport Climbing Part 1 – Lead Climbing
Several of you have been asking me about lead climbing, so let’s start with a classroom session to start prepping to get out on real rock. There is a strong possibility of follow-up sessions, so let me know what you want to know and we’ll make it happen. BEFORE signing up for this session, you should be very comfortable with …
Second Send of the Semester So Far (Man Wall Climbing)
Who: Joseph (the one who is getting tired of this format) What: Climbing (beginner to sport friendly or Moab people who want to learn beforehand) Where: Man wall (Richmond) When: Saturday (01/28) 9:30 am Why: Touch (cold-ish) rock Howdy y’all, What can I say, it’s cold in west Virginia, and a 5hrs in a car on a day trip isn’t …
Finally First Frosty Climbing of the Semester
Who: Joseph (the one who uses this format) What: Climbing (beginner to sport friendly) Where: Man wall (Richmond) When: Saturday (01/21) 10:00 am Why: Touch (cold) rock Howdy y’all, I can’t stay lazy as I did over winter break, it’s finally time to get outside and do some climbing. It’ll be a chill(y) start to climbing this semester, it won’t …
Weather Adaptable Winter Climb Time
Hello all you lovely crunchy humans, Although temperatures may be low, the stoke is high, and I am rearing to touch some rock. It is very possible that we catch a lucky warm weekend and will be able to climb wherever our hearts desire, but winter weather can be icy, spicy, and dicey, so this trip will include some built …
Finals week at Franklin Gorge: Intermediate Climbing (12/13)
I’m not usually one to run away to WV for a whole day amidst finals week. That said, I have 4 full days to study for a test that’s non-cumulative and open-note. So why not live life dangerously. (But climb safely, of course) Franklin Gorge is a super cool looking area, and also one of the closest places to get …
>>>MOAB 2023<<<
MOAB, UTAH 2023 We’ve got an extra special gift for all of you this last day of class: without a doubt the most legendary adventure of the year. ALL ABOARD THE GNAR TRAIN May we all blossom from this fake wintry East Coast of ours and emerge as sun children in the soft red sands of the Utah desert. There …
One Final Smokey Semester Send on Saturday
Who: Joseph & Abby What: Climbing Where: Smokehole Canyon (Sunshine wall) When: *Saturday* 7:15am-7:30pm Why: Touch rock Howdy y’all, Classes end tomorrow, my first final is Friday, and it’ll be cold as a yeti’s behind, but it’s still time to send some routes. The plan is to do sunshine wall at smoke hole to sap what warmth we can. Fair …
Sport Climbing at Reeds Creek
Everyone’s been talking about Reeds Creek and I’ve never been, so let’s go check it out. According to Mountain Project, Reeds Creek has a lot of highly rated climbs ranging from 5.7 to 5.11, so there should be something here for everyone. It looks like there are some nice long (80+ ft) routes if that’s the kind of thing you’re …
Lemme be Frank(lin Gorge) Witchu (Intermediate Sport Climbing)
Greetings from Newcomb Dining Hall as I write this trip description, Did you know ben “jamin” franklin invented swim fins? That fact won me a trivia night at a swim team dinner junior year of high school, I hope that information serves you all as well as it did for me. Did you know where Ben did not ever travel …
Man I’d Sure Love to Touch Some Rock (Beginner Sport Climbing)
Who: Joseph (the climbing advisor one) What: Climbing (beginner to sport friendly) Where: Man wall (Richmond) When: Saturday (11/19) 8:00am Why: Touch (cold) rock Howdy y’all, Are you a weirdo who likes to wake up early on the weekend and touch some cold rocks? Well, you’re in luck because I am too. This’ll be my 8th weekend in a row …
Sport Climbing at Franklin
So I went to Franklin on Tuesday and had a really good time and want to show the place to more people. Its really fun climbing and not too far (~1 hour 45 mins). Txt me at 571-331-0634 so we can figure out where to meet. Let’s plan on leaving Cville at 6:30 AM and get there at 8:30 ish …
Saturdays are for the Sends (Reeds creek climbing)
Who: Joseph (the officer one) What: Climbing (beginner friendly) Where: Reeds creek When: Saturday 7:15am (blame daylight savings) Why: Touch (cold) rock Howdy y’all, Luckily my schedule is in a lull at the moment so I figured why not go climbing twice this weekend. I’ve been to reeds creek once and it was pretty fun. I’m open to teaching people …
All About Anchors
The title says it all. This trip is all about designing, assessing, and building climbing-grade anchors (although these anchor principles can be applied just about anywhere else as well – rappelling, caving, hand lines, etc). This will be a hands-on session out at the mile 6.25 crag. We will spend most of our time learning about and physically building anchors, …
Climbing Crash Course Session 3 – Lead Climbing (Seconding)
Welcome to the climbing crash course series, a sequence of workshops designed to equip you with the information and skills you need to start practicing that next set of climbing techniques you’ve been dying to learn. As we all know, the smartest place to practice any new life-bearing technique is on the ground, so let this serve as the catalyst …
Climbing Crash Course Session 2: Sport Climbing (Leading)
Welcome to the climbing crash course series, a sequence of workshops designed to equip you with the information and skills you need to start practicing that next set of climbing techniques you’ve been dying to learn. As we all know, the smartest place to practice any new life-bearing technique is on the ground, so let this serve as the catalyst …
Election Day Climbing at Franklin
I wanna go sport climbing at Franklin this election day because we don’t have school. Txt me at 571-331-0634 so we can figure out where to meet. Plan: Let’s leave Charlottesville at 6:30 A.M. get there by like 8:30-8:45, then hike to the area and start climbing. We’ll climb for most of the day and start packing up around 6:15 …
balls to the (Manchester) Wall (BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE CLIMBING)
Hey you!! I can’t think of a better thing to do on a Sunday morning than some outdoor climbing!! Manchester Wall is a pretty cool “urban crag” on the banks of the James River in Richmond with a variety of bolted climbing routes that ascend some old railroad trestles. Come check it out with us for a day of epic …
Learn to Lead Climb (Part 2 – Cleaning)
So you’ve climbed to the top of the route and are ready to come down. But wait! What about the gear you used to set the anchor? If you lower now, you’ll leave that gear behind on the wall. How do you return safely to the ground without leaving any of your gear behind? Enter: cleaning techniques. This trip will …
Learn to Lead Climb (Part 1 – Leading)
Have you been top roping for a minute, watching people looking sick as hell, lusting after that sweet, sweet adrenaline that comes with lead climbing? This is the trip that will get you on the sharp end. We will head over to Rivanna wall where we will do some first leads! We can set up some mock leads for those …
Intro to Sport Climbing at Buzzard Rocks
So you’re a new-ish lead climber and looking to practice somewhere that’s both exhilarating and confidence-boosting. I give you: Buzzard Rocks. There’s a wide selection of easy to moderate climbing in the 5.6 to 5.10 range, perfect for ensuring your clip techniques are solid and that confidence is soaring. It also has impressive exposure, meaning you’ll feel like you’re super …
Franklin Gorge – Intermediate climbing (11/5)
Howdy, Franklin Gorge is a super cool looking area, and also one of the closest places to get real outdoor sport climbing to Charlottesville. Because of this, it’s been on my radar since the beginning of the year. But, unfortunately it’s located on private property. So we’ve resisted the urge to climb there, until at least I heard from a …
Smokehole Sunday Sending (climbing)
Who: Joseph (the officer one) What: Climbing Where: Smokehole Canyon (Sunshine wall) When: Sunday 7:30am-6:30pm Why: Touch rock Howdy y’all, I went to smokehole today and it was pretty fun, I could see climbing more at beginner wall but I’m leaning towards sunshine wall for this one so it’ll become nice and warm as the sun warms up the rock …
Man, (that is a sizable and triangular-shaped) Wall?!? (Beginner Outdoor Sport Climbing in Richmond)
Greetings, This is where I learned to lead climb for the first time almost a year ago. Since then, I’ve had some of the greatest triumphs as well as the most daunting struggles of my life while climbing (this is not an over exaggeration at all). And I can see myself having many more of these formative experiences through climbing …
Smokehole Sunday Climbing
Who: Joseph (the officer one) What: Climbing Where: Smokehole Canyon When: Sunday 7:30am-6pm Why: Touch rock Howdy y’all, It’s that time again to go touch some rocks. I’ve never been to smokehole before, but I’ve heard some good things. Plus this will be weekend number four where I’ve climbed outside so I’m trying to keep it going. https://www.mountainproject.com/area/109582872/smoke-hole-canyon It’s just …
Smoke Hole Canyon Sport Climbing
We’re tryna go sport climbing this weekend at Smoke Hole Canyon, 2-2.5 hours away. Txt me at 571-33-0634 so we can figure out where to meet. Plan: Let’s leave Charlottesville at 7 A.M. get there by like 9:30, then hike to the area and start climbing. We’ll climb for most of the day and start packing up around 6:30 PM. …
New River, Old Rocks (Early Morning Sport Climbing at NRGE)
Mornin’ Bruthas and Sistas, Ever wanted to hike in the dark to find some sick cliffs with me and the one and only abhi sanjay?? Of course, you have! I want to maximize the amount of wild stuff that goes down on this trip and you need the sun do a lot of things, so I’m hoping to leave the …
Reed’s creek climbing before classes
Who: Joseph (the officer one) What: Climbing Where: Reeds creek When: Tuesday on Fall Break Why: Touch rock ***For full transparency this trip is a tentative yes at the moment with the rain forecast, currently there’s no rain on Tuesday but it may change/depends on how much rain is on Monday since wet rocks aren’t as fun to climb on*** …
NRGE (No ropes, Gear (or) Eyes) climbing Saturday! haha jk we will have all
Heyo00 This will be an intermediate top rope/beginner sport climbing trip on Saturday all day-ish! We’ll roll out from Ray’s in the morning and climb climb climb, get some people leading, get some people toproping and just overall have a great day Climbers should be able to climb at least 5.7 on top rope, know how to tie in, and …