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piton
Sep 16, 2003, 1:20 PM
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Hey i was looking for some recommendations on climbs up to the 5.11 level at Looking Glass, Whitesides, and Linville Gorge. At Looking glass i really want to get on the Womb, and whitesides i believe it's the original route. also if there are any other areas that you think i should hit please let me know.
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john
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norskagent
Sep 16, 2003, 1:38 PM
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If you are here in Oct. / Nov. check out Rumbling Bald near Asheville, quality sunny granite trad...get on shredded wheat, thin finger crack 10+ I think... Also in the piedmont check out Moore's Wall for high quality trad...break on through 5.10, blue chalk 5.10, do or dive 5.10, quaker state 5.11a, nut sweat 5.9,
mighty mouse 5.11b/c and much more.
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bumblie
Sep 16, 2003, 1:53 PM
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When are you planning to visit?
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piton
Sep 16, 2003, 1:55 PM
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october 11- 19
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norskagent
Sep 16, 2003, 1:59 PM
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check w/ the seclimbers.org board for more beta on whitesides.
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bumblie
Sep 16, 2003, 2:27 PM
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Take the plunge and buy
SELECTED CLIMBS IN NORTH CAROLINA
By: Yon Lambert, Harrison Shull
October is an excellent time to climb in NC
Moores Wall has numerous excellent routes
Hit Shortoff Mountain (Linville) - tons of 9s & 10s
Ship Rock may be too cool.
Rumbling Bald - lots of options
Looking Glass - Tits and Beer (worlds hardest 5.8) is a sandbag 5.9
- the Sun Wall is aptly named
- The Womb, The Seal, Odyssee(sp?) all kick ass
Whitesides - get beta on the approach. The OR is good, but Traditions is better.
Big Green Mountain - is very cool. I've only been to the base, but it's on my list
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piton
Sep 16, 2003, 3:52 PM
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i don't have a guide yet is the select a good guide?
thank you
j
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norskagent
Sep 16, 2003, 4:20 PM
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yea it's good - more descriptive than the old Kelly book but it doesn't cover every route everywhere. It may not cover Rumbling Bald at all but go there anyway.
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amojo
Sep 16, 2003, 5:08 PM
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It covers Rumbling Bald as well as Moore's Wall, Stone Mt., Crowder's, Ship Rock, Linville, Looking Glass, Cedar Rock, Big Green, and Whitesides. I just happened to have my copy here at the office. 8)
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wrenrunner
Sep 16, 2003, 6:01 PM
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Looking Glass is awesome. If you go there make sure to do "The Nose", "Sundial Crack" both on the Nose area, and Cornflake Crack on the North Side. The south-side also has some great moderate routes 5.7-5.10 that are 2 pitches. You can probably do all of the quality lines on the south face in a long day. Also check out Table Rock in the Linville Gorge area. The routes there are exposed easy and above all fun!! Good-luck. :wink:
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joshy8200
Oct 6, 2003, 9:44 PM
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The new NC guide covers about everything you'd want to climb and kind of leaves out a lot of the routes that aren't really worth the time. The descriptions are much better...topos are about even.
The only major places that it leaves out are Pilot (which is in the other guide) and Sauratown (which is not in the old guide but is in the second edition, the older old guide...I think).
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zap
Oct 16, 2003, 10:29 PM
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get the book, go to linneville. just came back from N.C. got rained out at linneville, but rest assured i will be back. dont think you will want to leave there!
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