by KevinStumpf » Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:22 pm
by Sarah Simon » Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:18 pm
by Buz Groshong » Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:04 pm
by rpc » Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:20 pm
by Buz Groshong » Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:59 pm
rpc wrote:"I am NOT familiar with any areas on which I can do some serious climbing/mountaineering! "
seems like nothing but serious climbing at a place like Stone Mountain. Also looks like a few other great places for multi-pitch climbing in the state. Mountaineering? Think you're on the wrong side of the continent...
by chugach mtn boy » Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:58 pm
by erial » Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:06 pm
by CheesySciFi » Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:12 am
by BobSmith » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:46 pm
by e-doc » Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:12 am
by KevinStumpf » Fri Apr 08, 2011 1:53 pm
Buz Groshong wrote:Mooresville doesn't seem too far from various spots along the Blue Ridge Parkway. That would include Linnville Gorge and Mt. Mitchell as well as many other hiking opportunities; don't know about any mountaineering though. Stone Mountain (NC) and Looking Glass Rock shouldn't be too far from Mooresville either. From looking at Google Earth, Mooresville is about 70 miles as the crow flies from Grandfather Mountain, so there definitely should be some possibilities.
by KevinStumpf » Fri Apr 08, 2011 2:01 pm
rpc wrote:"I am NOT familiar with any areas on which I can do some serious climbing/mountaineering! "
seems like nothing but serious climbing at a place like Stone Mountain. Also looks like a few other great places for multi-pitch climbing in the state. Mountaineering? Think you're on the wrong side of the continent...
by KevinStumpf » Fri Apr 08, 2011 2:04 pm
Buz Groshong wrote:rpc wrote:"I am NOT familiar with any areas on which I can do some serious climbing/mountaineering! "
seems like nothing but serious climbing at a place like Stone Mountain. Also looks like a few other great places for multi-pitch climbing in the state. Mountaineering? Think you're on the wrong side of the continent...
I basically have to agree with that. There sure aren't any glaciers in that area; hell, there weren't any in the last ice age either. There's unquestionably some great mountain hiking though, and some very good rock climbing no doubt.
by KevinStumpf » Fri Apr 08, 2011 2:10 pm
CheesySciFi wrote:I just pulled out Issue 25 of Alpinist Magazine, which has an article about rock climbing at Laurel Knob in North Carolina. Laurel Knob has routes that are at least 5.10b.
There are some good long hikes in the Smokies as well, including Mount Guyot, which entails a hike of about 16 miles, an elevation gain of more than 4,000 feet, and a difficult bushwhack at the end.
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