I and a handful of partners are kicking off the forthcoming Fall weather with a trip this Labor Day weekend...let's hope Hurricane Fay's offshoots allow some dry spots below the Mason-Dixon line...copious amounts of SmackTalking and planning to follow...

After all, gas prices are down and temps for Labor Day weekend look to be becoming agreeable...

For the Fall, on this borderline-5.10-leader's ticklist, are the following:

All of the moderates at Laurel Knob...it's big, it's grey, it's awesome!
The Thumb via S-Crack and S-Direct (OK, not the SE, but still worthy) - Utah...with some splitters to follow...
The Orginial Route - Whitesides...I am so scared! Well, maybe not.
The Mummy, Daddy, and Prow in a day - Linville
Complete my conquest of every established route 5.10 and under at legally accessed areas in my home state --- !ALABAMA!
"The Arete Tour" at TWall...vandals aside.
AND a bit more...maybe something new in NW GA, some Suck Creek chossness, maybe, just maybe, some bouldering this Winter...

Now, how 'bout y'all? Yeehaw!

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

If the OR doesn't scare you (and it shouldn't) do it and Traditions in a day. I double dare you...!!!

hope you ladies have fun. but get ready for the next trip, because wonderbread will show you how its done.

Hell yeah. I'm glad someone else is excited about the upcoming cooler weather. Make sure to add Big Green to the list. I'll bring the bear spray and whiskey.

Nice,

I have been lucky enough to have missed very few weekends this summer (and with fall around the corner, looking forward to keeping that momentum into next summer). Oh and not losing 10 lbs. of water weight during a day at Sunset will be great.

Ben, lets talk about getting you out in N. GA. T-Gorge perhaps?? Maybe show you the biggest sandbagged crack in Ga up at Yonah? I owe you one for those topos.

No solid tick list yet but here are some goals for fall/winter:

Spend more time in North N.C.

push my trad onsight ability into the .10s

Push my sport onsights into high .10s low .11s

Visit Laurel Knob enough times to sleepwalk the hike in.

Get my ass up Whitesides.

Do some climbs away from the Golden Locks area of T-Wall (an easy goal)

OS Primitive Paradox at T-Gorge and maybe, just maybe redpoint Punk Wave.

Use less chalk

Alright...things will get serious in a couple more weeks...waiting on broken finger to finish healing completely...

Yeah, a fall tick list...

On the agenda (some planned some to be planned):

Sedona
Gunks
Laurel Knob
New River Gorge
T Wall
Jamestown
Linville
the Canyon - after all I gotta get strong again somehow...did I say again? I mean strong period.

Ben/Joey...let me know if you want beta/partner for the OR...

Did somebody mention Big Green? We are getting closer to scary...

Not necessarily in this order:

Actually get on a route at LK...preferably without knocking out any more teeth. (See thunderstorm pics in LK section of this site).

The OR
Titties and Beer

OS Punk Wave
OS Stannards Crack

Finish the T-Wall 5.10 handcrack tour

Get up the 10's @ Sunset that were 9+ when I did 'em in the 80's, but spit me off last year when I came back after 12 years on the couch.

Find and climb (or try) every route put up by my latest partner Jody Jacobs (so far so good on that)

And Jeff...I've seen you climb and seen your tick list...you're stronger than most of us even WITH the broken finger. Come do Traditions while we do the OR so you can rescue us mortals if we epic...:)

NEXT........

OK, I'm in....

I want to top out on a route at LK and climb more often up there.

Make a Chattanooga run or two for some sandstone fun.

Guess I need to keep pink pointing behind Paul when he onsights my old FA's too.

Oh yeah, and after it gets cold, I'm gonna get out the scrub brushes and rebolting gear to restore some old routes and retry some old projects.

My Fall ticklist also includes copious amounts of Laurel Knob, yet another new route binge at the north side of the Bald and perhaps a Linville trip with the old timers crew. Oh yes, and my first foray to Red Rocks in Vegas!

Ticklist:
Fall Creek Falls specifically Gordita and then climb the rest down to Fiery Gizzard.
Tallulah
Gunks in Oct. - Jeff when are you going?
RRG in Oct. Anyone want to tag along?
Cloudland Canyon if we can get in.
Big Green if anyone else is going.
The unexplored Yonah.

Fresh back from Smith Rocks which was kick ass.

Hey Sean,

How's the pro on Route of the Living Dead? I've seen the topo but thats it. Is the crux pretty well protected? I'm guessing that route probably dries pretty fast after a rain. I can't imagine what those water grooves looked like the past few days with tropical storm Fay rolling through.

Red Rocks is well worth a trip. I want to go back there myself, mostly for the long routes.

Rad- The first half of second pitch is the crux and it is fairly well protected. As I recall Bruce got a tiny wire in on the run between the bolts. As a moderate climber seconding a master, I would call that section of the pitch scary but not deadly. The rest of the route ain't too bad. It goes between the ditches, so yes, it should be dry fairly fast.

SE Represent: If you haven't checked the new Alpinist - dem Georgia boys done good.

Sean - Thanks for the info, I'm struggling to get back to moderate climber status myself so maybe I'll hold off on that crux pitch for a while :)
doug s - care to elaborate on that, for us non-Alpinist subcribers?

It is a somewhat controversial piece on Laurel Knob - It features several routes that the CCC will not acknowledge as sanctioned lines...put up without the proper paperwork...But you probably know all about this RadDog since you are all over this topic on The SCC and CCC sites...