I set out to work with John Hopkins University for a four day climbing adventure.  ON the first day we hiked into Lower West Right, set up a rappel then converted over to a top rope. Before leaving we did all three routes at LWR. Hiked over to, set up Help Mr. Friction [...]

Tricam

Many climbers fail to recognize the value of tricams and instead miss protection opportunities that other types of protection simply will not work.  The biggest advantage of tricams is versatility.  Tricams are a dual purpose protection piece that can function passive (chocking) or actively (camming action).  Tricams also are narrower that cams for the relative [...]

Aid climbing has a vocabulary that is unique the climbing circle.  Here are some common terms and their definition or what they should mean.  Anyone who rock climbs long enough will eventually hear some of these terms or may even become interested in trying aiding.
Aid  Climbing Dictionary
A1 Aid rating system that denotes a (bomber) [...]

Patrick Weaver of AMI will be presenting at Brevard College on Friday the 20th.  This presentation will be part of the Adventure Education Conference.  The topic will be Anchor Rigging for Institutional Climbing.  The conference will begin at 9am and last until 3:45.  There will be a variety of presentation on topics related to Adventure [...]

This climbing anchor course was taught at Crowder’s Mountain State Park in conjunction with Inner Peaks Climbing Center.  Doug and Chip set up this class specifically for the area climbing.  Crowder’s is a great top roping area with a lot of challenging climbs that are easy to set up and fun to climb.  Our group [...]