Despite the rain and unusual weather Hogan and I had a great time climbing on the South Face of Looking Glass Rock.  Most of the rock was wet, however Second Coming was dry.  We had climbed multipitch before, but this was Hogan first time with double ropes.  It took a while to get use to [...]

I had a great day climbing with David.  You can see great photos on the Citizen Times website.  We enjoyed some great ice condition.  It was not thick ice but super technical.  Thin ice is more about precise placements and delicate axe swings or “pecking”.  Hooks and foot switches also make up the type of [...]

Today was one of those rare days where everything seems to go well.  I was fortunate enough to climb with Warren.  He wanted to climb the Nose on Looking Glass Rock.  It is one of those must do classics in the area.  The Nose was the first route on this section of rock and follows [...]

I was fortunate enough to work with a great group of people this weekend for a Rock Intro Class.  We had great weather and a fantastic day climbing and enjoying the fall color.  Everyone experienced a rappel and  climbing in the Pisgah Forest.  The blue skies and fall color made the views fantastic.  The real [...]

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 [...]

The weather was going to be perfect for climbing and it was.  Kaijia and Chung were visiting the area and decided to do some rock climbing.  It was a great day  for it.  Kaijia is from NY and has climbed at the Gunks some.  This was Chung’s first outdoor experience.  Knowing that the Gunks is [...]

The Trifecta
[in sing. ] a run of three wins or grand events: today is a trifecta of climbing.
I have been climbing over 23 years now, and it seems my climbing is come full circle.   In my early stages of climbing, I sought climbing as a means of reaching lofty summits or as a way of [...]

On Thursday, our only day off from work, the weather coalesced as it seldom does when climbing big walls with a date constraint. Patrick Weaver, our friend Ron and my girlfriend Shaunna drove to the Panthertown trail head.
We, perhaps, took a little too much time in the morning and did not get to the parking [...]

Elizabeth from Florida decided to take plunge into the world of climbing frozen waterfalls.  Elizabeth, an avid rock climber, spent the day with me and Tim climbing ice near the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.  The conditions were fantastic as the tempers had warmed up, but the ice was in great condition.
We started with [...]

Ed and Stephan
I climbed with Ed and Stephan today.  Ed and Stephan are from the Atlanta area and came up to do some ice climbing.  Ed has done some alpine climbing but was new to waterfall ice climbing.  Stephan had experience climbing both alpine and waterfall ice, evident by the old ice tools.  He even [...]