Ice Ice Baby! 6 members of the ACC flew into Montrose, CO on Feb 18 and made the drive to Lake City, CO to visit the ice park there. An alternative to Ouray, Lake City now has 200+ routes contained in 5 areas. Most routes are steep (at least WI3+/4) [...]
Weather was perfect for the club's trip to T-Wall on 2/7. We had a good showing, there were about 15 of us who showed up to climb. Our venerable trad leaders worked their way up routes including New Beginnings 5.5, Plastic Toys 5.7, Nappy 5.7, Art 5.8, Prerequisite for Excellence [...]
For our first trip of the year the Atlanta Climbing Club visited Boat Rock in West Atlanta. A popular bouldering area, it held one of the first bouldering competitions in the U.S. back in 1985 and has some classic problems. It was a beautiful day outside with lots of friction [...]
The December trip was held on yet another perfect day, with lots of warm sunshine to bask in. With around 14 members, including 2 first timers, showing up at various times in an unfamiliar location we were seldom all in one area at the same time. Still, we were able [...]
The October trip to Looking Glass turned out quite well. We had 15 members make the trek to NC, including a few new people continuing a trend for this year. Despite being hard to find in the dark, the campground was very nice with an actual creek on site just [...]
On Saturday Sept. 12th the club kicked off the fall climbing season with a trip to Lost Wall. We had 6 climbers head up at 6:00 am and another 8 left at 7:15 am. We had a good mix of the regulars and newer members. We luckily avoided rain except for a few [...]
On Saturday June 13th the club ventured out to Upper Leda for our first trip since our March trip. 14 members showing up for an early 6:30 am start, a few even earlier, was a clear indication folks were eager to get back outside. The cooler temps and shade made [...]
The club’s March trip to Foster Falls was about as good as it gets. Mother Nature gave us a much appreciated break from the rain. With abundant sunshine and warm temps, many folks were in short sleeves by noon. Those conditions created excellent traction on the rock and we quickly [...]
Thanks to everyone for making our trip to Linville Gorge such a success. I had a great time seeing you all. I have posted a collection of photos from the trip to the ACC Facebook page. You don’t need to be on Facebook to view the photos. Just click the [...]
Saturday we started off the New Year with a trip to Tennessee Wall just north of Chattanooga. Despite a high temperature forecast in the low 30’s that day, four brave souls met at the Marietta park and ride before dawn to begin the drive to Tennessee. Chuck, Denmark, Jim and [...]
