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 [...]
The 2013 Boat Rock – Float the Boat – Bouldering Competition is scheduled for Saturday January 19th. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS AN UPDATE FROM THE DATE ANNOUNCED AT THE RECENT CLUB MEETING. Come join the climbing club support this event with all proceeds going to the SCC. The event is [...]
The first club trip of the new year will be held this Saturday, January 5 at Currahee Mountain in northeast Georgia. The large granite slab on the southeast face of Currahee is an excellent solar collector, providing warm climbing on the coldest winter days. There is a mix of sport [...]
We’ll be having our first meeting of the new year starting at 7:00pm this Wednesday, January 2 at the Harp Irish Pub in Roswell. Please take note that this meeting is on Wednesday, and not our usual meeting date. Our presenter, Giddy Hollander, will be discussing climbing in Thailand. In [...]
Season’s Greetings! The Atlanta Climbing Club would like to invite you to the Climbers’ Holiday Party on December 4th, 7:00pm to 9:00pm at The Harp Irish Pub 1425 Market Blvd, Suite 1330, Roswell, Georgia 30076, 770-645-0118 Come meet your new Board for 2013 and offer your suggestions [...]
The club trip for November will be to Currahee Mountain this Saturday the 10th. Hidden in the hills near the town of Toccoa, Currahee is a change of pace from the familiar steep sandstone cracks and dihedrals of Tennessee. More in character with North Carolina, Currahee is a granite outcropping featuring [...]
Hello Climbers, The club meeting will be on Tuesday, November 6th, 7:00pm at The Harp 1425 Market Blvd, Roswell, GA 770-645-0118. Our expected presenter, Giddy Hollander, has been grounded in Israel after knee surgery, so his Thailand presentation will have to wait until next year. Fortunately for the ACC, Scott Perkins [...]
Due to the likely hood of rain on Saturday the trip to Foster Falls will be postponed till Sunday the 9th. We will still meet for carpooling at 8am.