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Submitted By: JohnWesely on Apr 3, 2011

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Description 

What this lackluster boulder field loses in size and quality, it makes up for with its proximity to Athens. However, there are a handful of decent, sometimes even excellent problems here, so if you are in the area, you might as well give it a shot.


Getting There 

From Athens, take Lexington Road/78 south east for about twenty minutes until you arrive at the Lexington city limit sign. The turn for shaking rock comes shortly after this and is marked by a tombstone with shaking rock carved into it.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Shaking Rock:
Wigglerock   V1     Boulder   Shaking Rock Block
Warm Up Slab Travers   V1     Boulder   Front Line
Hairy Hold   V2     Boulder, 10 feet   Brain Area
The Mantle   V3     Boulder   Brain Area
Snake Eyes   V3     Boulder   Shaking Rock Block
The Prow   V4     Boulder, 6 feet   Front Line
Trash   V5     Boulder   Front Line
The Spoon    V5     Boulder, 10 feet   Front Line
Vitruvian Man   V5     Boulder   Shaking Rock Block
Snake Eyes Sit   V5     Boulder   Shaking Rock Block
Equator   V7     Boulder   Shaking Rock Block
The Spoon Sit   V7     Boulder, 10 feet   Front Line
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I believe this to be Hairy Hold

Hairy Hold V2  GA : Shaking Rock : Brain Area
Start with a left hand in the crack and right around to a jug. Move up to a blind crimp and a sloping topout....[more]   Browse More Classics in GA


Photos of Shaking Rock Slideshow Add Photo
Looking from the parking lot.

BETA PHOTO: Looking from the parking lot.

At the entrance

BETA PHOTO: At the entrance

balance boulder

BETA PHOTO: balance boulder

Fun traverse

BETA PHOTO: Fun traverse

Anyone know any of the problems on here

BETA PHOTO: Anyone know any of the problems on here

shaking rock block

BETA PHOTO: shaking rock block

old topo from SEC

BETA PHOTO: old topo from SEC


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By Travis Dustin
From: Derry, NH
Jan 28, 2013

Anyone have more beta on this area? I did some climbing out there and would like to know the routes I sent.

By Brad Caldwell
From: Deep in the Jocassee Gorges
Feb 3, 2013

I'm sure you've seen this already, but just in case you haven't, RC.com has a relatively well built out page for Shaking Rock... www.rockclimbing.com/routes/North_America/United_States/Geor>>>

I haven't personally visited the area, because its out of my way to get down towards Athens just to boulder, when I could drive the same distance and get to much better pebbles. But I still hope to get down there within the next year or so and would really appreciate an easier to understand topo/route descriptions/grades before I head down there.