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Sport climbing at/near Rumbling Bald
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 4:41 am
by ender_xx
Gonna be staying near Rumbling Bald next weekend. Went there years ago and i remember a few bolted lines - are there any good online guides? What about sport routes at Looking Glass or other areas around the Ashville? Any beta would be great
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 1:29 pm
by lordjim_2001
My guidebook sez Looking Glass is all trad. But there is sport at Rumbling bald. Bouldering too if you can trust wes
Check out rc.com (
http://www.rockclimbing.com/routes/list ... AreaID=384 ) for online and borrow someones copy of Lambert and Shull's Selected Climbs in North Carolina for more info.
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 3:58 pm
by ender_xx
Cool, thanks. Looks like there's about 5 sport routes at the Bald, according to RC.com. Should be enough for a couple days. I guess i can always toprope some cracks if i get too terribly bored. The bouldering there is definately awesome, though. It alone is worth the trip.
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 12:28 pm
by squeezindlemmon
You can't go to Rumbling Bald and climb sport routes!!!! That's sacrilegious!!!
IF you climb trad, Fruit Loops and all those 'cereal' routes are a must!
When are you climbing there? Right about now is the worst time to climb in NC... there are some caves though that can provide natural AC....
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 4:42 am
by J-Rock
Bring a trad rack and a crash pad too! Great rock there.
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:50 am
by Artsay
Bring a towel and some sunscreen too because that crag will be HOT right now.
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 1:45 am
by ender_xx
well, i just got back and it wasn't too terribly hot - felt cooler than The Red, but yeah theres not much in the way of sport - mostly blank looking slabs. I did some easy slab thing, but mostly just hiked around and wished i had a trad rack. Great bouldering though.