The speaker for our May meeting will be Arno Ilgner, founder of the Desiderata Institute. Arno’s mental training program, The Warrior’s Way, teaches students to deal with challenging, stressful and risky situations. The Warrior’s Way books and courses have helped many climbers to improve by focusing on the mental aspects [...]
This weekend is our club trip to T-wall. Joining us on this trip will be a group of interested climbers from the Atlanta Outdoor Club — a general outdoor club that does a few trips from just about every outdoor activity. Although everyone in the group has climbed before and is interested in more [...]
Nearly half of all climbing accidents occur when descending from a climb. Most of these accidents involve rappelling. Many of these accidents are fatal. Nearly all are avoidable. We are assisting the American Alpine Club in presenting a FREE clinic on rappelling best practices. The clinic will be held on [...]
This month we will be meeting at our usual time and place — 7:00pm at the Harp Irish Pub in Roswell. Our evening’s presenters will be our own Tim Lacny, Denmark Blount and Tom Osborne. They will be talking about their recent trip to Cochise Stronghold & Mt. Lemmon in [...]
In addition to speaking at our club meeting in May, Arno Ilgner will be conducting training clinics at local climbing gyms on May 6 & 8. Arno’s falling and commitment clinics are legendary in the climbing community for helping lead climbers improve their abilities. More information is available on the [...]
This weekend we’ll be taking a trip to Crowders Mountain, NC. Off of I-85 near Gastonia, the summit of Crowders Mountain holds numerous small cliffs. Most of the climbing is single-pitch, with a mix of sport and trad. Many routes can be accessed from the top to set up top [...]
In lieu of our usual monthly meeting at The Harp, this month we will be meeting at the Kennesaw REI for a presentation on alpine climbing. On Tuesday, March 5 from 7-8:30pm Karsten Delap and Lindsay Fixmer from Fox Mountain Guides will be giving a presentation on their travels and [...]
On Monday, March 18, the Banff Mountain Film Festival will be returning to Atlanta. Hosted by REI at the Ferst Center on Georgia Tech campus, the festival features films that explore nature, culture and adventure in the mountains. Doors open at 6:15pm, and the show starts at 7:00pm. Tickets are [...]
This Saturday will be our club trip to Yellow Bluff, AL. Located just south of Huntsville, Yellow Bluff’s sandstone is home to some fine single-pitch climbing — both sport and trad. We will be departing the Thornton Road park and ride at 7am. Due to the long ride and limited [...]
And now a message from our president! As mentioned at our January meeting, one of my goals for this year, as your President, is to promote safe climbing within our community in addition to giving back to the organization(s) that protect and preserve our crags allowing us access to climb [...]