Posts Tagged ‘North Carolina’

Rumbling Bald bouldering with Pat Goodman and Dave Sharratt

Spring break is just around the corner and that means one thing for climbers in Florida – road trip!  Have any plans yet?  Horse Pens and Stone Fort are obvious choices and get much attention, but if you want some serious quality of the non-sandstone variety, the only choice is Rumbling Bald in North Carolina. [...]


‘Tis the Season

'Tis the Season

The temperature and humidity are slowly dropping here in Florida, and that can only mean one thing – crushing season in the South. We’ve just received our first box load of the highly coveted Stone Fort Bouldering guide from Andy Wellman and Greener Grass Publishing.  This guidebook is slammed full of awesome photos and easily [...]


InnerView #2 – Arno Ilgner

InnerView #2 - Arno Ilgner

Deep in the heart of Dixie, tucked between hills and hollows, monsters tower over hidden valleys and forests, waiting for suitors.  Enter Arno Ilgner – slayer of beasts, tamer of minds.  Arno has pioneered new terrain through some of the steepest and most difficult rock in the East.  With his first free ascents of most [...]


The Season: episode 6

The Season: episode 6

Fitz has done it again.  In episode 6 of The Season he explores the rock-climber-turned-mad-scientist mind of Matt Maddaloni.  Don’t forget to subscribe via itunes to get the latest episode delivered straight to your dome in HD. Like the way that granite looks?  We’ve got equally awesome stuff just 2 states up in North Carolina.  [...]


Rumbling Bald

Rumbling Bald

Its arguable which is better at Rumbling Bald – the bouldering or the trad?  Both are equally classic. Location and Directions Weather Camping There is no camping at Rumbling Bald.  There are a few campgrounds in Lake Lure and Chimney Rock. Guidebooks The Rumbling Bald Bouldering Guide and Selected Climbs in North Carolina can both [...]