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North Carolina : 1. Southern Mountains Region : Looking Glass Rock

Southern Pisgah Rock & Ice

Ground Up Publishing

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400+ pages, full color
Comprehensive guide to Looking Glass Rock (7 previously unpublished crags included), Cedar Rock (dozens of new routes, new crags), John Rock (never before published), 215 Area Ice and Sam’s Area Ice, Slate Rock and Ice, Pilot Cove Area, Graveyard Fields Ice, Cathey’s Creek (several updates from previous guides), Fish Bowl Crag, possibly more surprises
Area’s described include the southeast’s largest collection of moderate multi-pitch routes, several difficult aid lines up to Grade V, over 50 ice lines from WI2-4, and trad or sport routes from 5.3-5.13.
Detailed history of the 50+ years of climbing in the region
Full color photographs from the area’s most talented photographers
Detailed climbing topos and elevation maps for approaches.

North Carolina

Selected Climbs in North Carolina

Selected Climbs in North Carolina

Yon Lambert, Harrison Shull, The Mountaineers Books - 2002

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It would be hard to squeeze the huge volume of North Carolina climbing areas and routes into a single book, but Selected Climbs comes pretty close. Both Yon Lambert and Harrison Shull are longtime Carolina climbers, and they draw on their experience to outline the best routes of the state's numerous destinations. Some of the areas included are Linville Gorge, Stone Mountain and Rumbling Bald.

One great feature of Selected Climbs is its topos. These diagrams show not only the selected routes described in each climbing area; they also outline routes which didn't get written up. The guide also includes fascinating reading on the history of route development in each area, and numerous great photos by Shull (who is a professional outdoor photographer) of climbers on the rock.

Selected Climbs in North Carolina is available at area climbing stores, or online at the publisher's website (see link above).

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