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Decent bouldering in the RRG
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:18 am
by Sco Bro
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.
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:13 am
by tbwilsonky
choss. and someone else did it a decade ago. and something about whore houses. and drive to chattanooga. and, and, and.
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:16 am
by Andrew
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.
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:22 am
by tbwilsonky
tons. daniel boone national forest has tens of thousands of quality lines. for sure.
http://vimeo.com/3931461
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:02 am
by pkananen
my guess is that if plants stopped growing and rain stopped falling, dbnf would be a bouldering mecca.
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:21 am
by tbwilsonky
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.
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:05 pm
by jordancolburn
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.
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:49 pm
by JR
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.
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:03 pm
by gripster
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.
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:04 pm
by tbwilsonky
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....