Decent bouldering in the RRG

Post by **Sco Bro** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:18 am

Sure, you thought I was going to ask some stupid question about whether there's bouldering in the RRG. Sorry to disappoint.

So rumor has it there's some potential, in a new area, courtesy of the dreaded Pigsteak. . . .pictures are forthcoming.

Post by **tbwilsonky** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:13 am

choss. and someone else did it a decade ago. and something about whore houses. and drive to chattanooga. and, and, and.

Post by **Andrew** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:16 am

I found a great, very solid roof, with potential for 5 or 6 high quality lines. More lines if you are willing to do linkups. It even tops out. There is definitely potential out there, you just have to find it.

Post by **tbwilsonky** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:22 am

tons. daniel boone national forest has tens of thousands of quality lines. for sure.
http://vimeo.com/3931461

Post by **pkananen** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:02 am

my guess is that if plants stopped growing and rain stopped falling, dbnf would be a bouldering mecca.

Post by **tbwilsonky** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:21 am

pkananen wrote:my guess is that if plants stopped growing and rain stopped falling, dbnf would be a bouldering mecca.

heh. i was just talking about how much cooler the south would be if a really wide 14k foot volcano had popped up in mississippi about ten or so thousand years ago. the southwest slope would be a jungle and everything to the east?

drier. mecca. etc.

Post by **jordancolburn** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:05 pm

Southern Illinois has a lot of the same plant and rain problems, but there is a lot of developed quality bouldering there, I think in the red, it just gets ignored, Why spend all day on one boulder, when there is a lifetime of routes right next to it.

Post by JR » Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:49 pm

I don't think so Jordan. Several people(Chris Redman,Chris Chenney) have spent years looking for boulders and have found next to nothing of quality.

Post by **gripster** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:03 pm

JR wrote:I don't think so Jordan. Several people(Chris Redman,Chris Chenney) have spent years looking for boulders and have found next to nothing of quality.

I have to say that is surprising. I have never went to the gorge looking for bouldering, but it seems like there a lot of boulders around. oh well, it is not like you have to far from the gorge to get to some decent bouldering.

Post by **tbwilsonky** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:04 pm

the central and northern portions of the DBNF have a few good problems here and there, but the good stuff is in the southern portions of the state: rockcastle drainage. cumberland falls. and the BSF. http://furyregister.wordpress.com/

crumbled mini-bluffs with bomber rock. water polished bullet sandstone. etc. etc. etc. the number of quality problems within a few hours of lexington tripled last winter. i expect it to do the same this year....