Beg, Borrow, or Steele GOES BIG!!!
Dance Party Greatness. - Photo by Alex Maguire | Beg, Borrow, and Steele was more fun and successful than we ever could have imagined. It was truly a grassroots organized fundraiser with numerous people involved that came together to unite a community behind a common goal--a huge summer party-- I mean, the purchase of STEELE! This one belongs to everyone. Like last year, it was held at Adam Henry's back yard/crag/river paradise. |
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| Posted by eepirate on Fri, Jul 30
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Access Fund visits the Dirty South!!
Joe (one left next to Josh) talking with the SCC | Just letting everyone know that Joe Sambataro from the Access Fund is visiting the Dirty South for the week. We had a great weekend of Alabama climbing, bouldering (even in this heat), and had a great meeting up at Brad's House. Joe is here with us for the rest of the week and we will be moving on to Tennessee. |
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| Posted by eepirate on Mon, Jul 12
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Rock Town Trail Day Write Up
image from Urban Climber | On June 19th, 24 volunteers spent 3 hours in the summer heat spreading
gravel at the trailhead at Rock Town. The gravel was WICKED heavy!! It
took four volunteers at a time to carry it up the trail in tarps.
Everyone worked really hard and it was very hot. We were able to move
about 1/10th of the pile, which seemed to never go down. We covered the
trail from the beginning to the little foot bridge and then took care of some of the
water steps on the first big incline. Carol Simmon's friend, Jeff,
cleared away dead trees from the trail with a chainsaw. |
Note: Special thanks goes to Carole Simmons and Adrenaline Climbing for
organizing this TeamWorks/Access Fund trail day, to Chuck Weber for
procuring the rope from PMI, to Ranger Tim Gilbreath for his cooperation
with climbers up on Crockford-Pigeon Mountain, and to the SCC for donating
the gravel and other raffle prizes.
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| Posted by eepirate on Tues, Jul 06
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R.I.P. Tommy Taylor
The infamous Knife Crack | Most of us have the Dixie Cragger Atlas or the Horse Pens 40 Bouldering guidebooks. A few of us have probably read the short blurbs at the front of these describing just how these crags and boulders were found and the people instrumental in opening these areas up to the next generation. On June 28th, the climbing community lost one of their own, one of the "who's who" of southern climbing: Tommy Taylor. Tommy had many of the first ascents at Griffin Falls (such as the popular Knife Crack) and was a pioneer at Steele, Shades Crest, as well as some areas in North Carolina. He was a prominent figure in the Grand Tetons as well, summiting and guiding trips on the Grand Teton, Middle Teton, South Teton, and Mount Owen. He leaves behind a legacy all of us can appreciate, as we are all affected by the passion he and others have had in opening up and leading the way into the unknown and unexplored areas of the Southeast. If you would like to contact the family, email me at crittcg@yahoo.com for info. - Cosby Crittenden |
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| Posted by eepirate on Wed, Jun 30
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Trail Day Shows Climber Support of Sunset Park!
 | Once again this year, SCC volunteers along with some non-climber locals gave back to Sunset in a very appreciable way! Our continued efforts speak volumes to what a focused group of individuals can accomplish and we certainly continue to impress the NPS and other park users alike. |
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| Posted by eepirate on Tues, Jun 22
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