Asheville, NC - Easy trad / sport multipitch
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Hi all, |
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Looking Glass..although it might be pretty toasty until fall and the 1-rope thing might be a bit difficult. |
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The Daddy in Linville Gorge is a classic. No rapping - just hike down to the bottom of the Amphitheater and climb out. |
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You rap most of the routes at the Nose of Looking Glass with a single rope. The route is 5.8, but the moves are easy one move crux's. Stone Depot has several easy mostly bolted routes as well that can be rapped with a single 60m. You should try to get an early start for the Nose since it gets sun in the afternoon. |
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Second the reccomendation for stone depot. It is on cedar rock and the hike is a bit long, but it will build up your legs for harder slabbin' later on. A rack of singles will suffice as it has plenty of bolts. you can link pitches easily too. |
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Thanks a lot! |
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You have a lot of options at Table Rock as well. Several moderate, multi pitch routes there that will suit you fine and many you can top out and walk off. |
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I don't think you can rap the nose with a single 60 meter rope? Unless there is a creative way of doing it that I don't know about... |
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Same here - always needed doubles to rap off the Nose. |
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Ernest W wrote:Same here - always needed doubles to rap off the Nose.You can't rap the last pitch, but I believe you can rap back down the route. Never tried it, but the pitch descriptions here are all 100' except the last. |
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Tom, |
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We've helped several folks off the Nose in the past, that thought they could rap with one 60m. We actually had to rescue a guy that had rapped all the way to his knots and couldnt reach the next station...he was shitting bricks while dangling hundreds of feet up, while his girlfriend was freaking out above at the rap station. Fun times! |
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Brad Caldwell wrote:We've helped several folks off the Nose in the past, that thought they could rap with one 60m. We actually had to rescue a guy that had rapped all the way to his knots and couldnt reach the next station...he was shitting bricks while dangling hundreds of feet up, while his girlfriend was freaking out above at the rap station. Fun times!Prusik?!?!? What dew you mean!?!/1/!! |
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Thanks a lot again for all your help. |
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It didn't rain at Looking Glass this weekend. Sorry you weren't able to get out. |