Rain caused the trip to be postponed from Saturday to Sunday, which resulted in a smaller group. The 2 1/2 hour drive seemed short with good conversation including the Theory of Relativity. The weather was sunny with highs in the upper 50’s and almost no wind. The rock was dry. [...]
On Tuesday, Dec. 2nd we’ll be having the annual ACC Holiday Party. For a more festive atmosphere, we have decided to hold the party at the Allison Residence in Alpharetta. Pizza, wings and Subway sandwiches will be provided, BYOB, and a side dish to share. There will be veggie pizza and sandwiches; sorry no [...]
The Atlanta Climbing Club November trip to Looking Glass, NC, was this past weekend. Most carpooled individually and made their way up Friday night and one tried Saturday morning, but more on that later. The weather was a perfect fall day, sunny and cool. Many leaves were down but the [...]
Join us tomorrow night, Tuesday Nov. 4 at the Harp Irish Pub for our monthly meeting. We’ll wait until at least 7:30pm to start to make sure everyone has time to make it from the polls. We have much to discuss: the election of next year’s board members, our upcoming [...]
Once again, it’s time for our annual trail day event but this year it’s at Leda! Located just north of Chattanooga in Soddy Daisy, the sandstone cliffline of Leda offers a nice variety of single-pitch climbs. Parts of the top of the cliff can be accessed to set up top [...]
After our September trip to Sunset Park has been rescheduled for this Sunday September 14th. Sunset Park offers up some of the best single-pitch traditional climbing in the Southeast in the summer time. Sunset has a great variety of difficulties, ranging from 5.6 to 5.12, but don’t forget your rack [...]
Based on the weather forecast the Club trip scheduled for this Saturday has been pushed a day to Sunday. All other plans remain the same other than meeting on Sunday instead. See below for details. Happy Mother’s Day.
Join us this Saturday May 10th for our club trip to Starr Mountain, TN. While not a major destination, Starr Mountain holds some nice rock in a great and usually less crowded setting. Typical of other Tennessee climbing areas, a river has cut a canyon exposing cliffs high on its [...]
Please join us Tuesday, May 6, 7pm at the Harp Irish Pub in Roswell for our monthly meeting. Our speaker will be Eric Gray, founder of Catalyst Sports. Catalyst Sports is dedicated to providing adaptive climbing opportunities to anyone with a physical disability. Eric has taught people with disabilities how [...]
The location for the ACC Climb Safe and Basic Rescue/Self Rescue course is Jamestown (see Mountain Project for driving directions) and will start at 8:00 AM Jamestown time (9:00 AM EST). A lot of material will be covered so everyone needs to be at the cliff with harness on and [...]