We decided to check out Clarksville’s premier climbing wall (King’s Bluff). It is only 35 miles away from our apartment and pretty much the only climbing in middle Tennessee. The wall was about a mile long on the bank of the Cumberland river. All the routes were sport that needed to be lead to place the toprope. One thing I really liked about this place was that there were little silver plates at the base of each route. The displayed the name and rating of each route. It was way better than guessing the route from a picture in the guide book. We are hoping to get back there soon with a clip stick. The first bolt on many of the routes were a little to high for me to lead. I like how my neck and back are these days.
We spent Memorial Day weekend down in Georgia visiting Joscelyn’s family. On Saturday we went to their cabin and relaxed, ate good food and did some mountain biking on the Pinhoti trail. Sunday was church and then off to go rock climbing with Debra, Norman and Brittany. Brittany, Debra and Joscelyn climbed a 5.6 and then J(with the help of Norman holding Joscelyn the ground) climbed a 5.7 and of course Joscelyn could not be out done so she did the 5.7 as well. For all you people out there that read this(which I am sure is millions) climbing routes go from a 5.4 being the easiest to a 5.15 being the hardest. I think we sparked Brittany’s and Debra’s interest as they are looking at taking a climbing class sometime soon.
It has been pretty boring and cold in Nashville as of late. So….I went through some old pics and found these. This is when I first took my wife (girlfriend at the time) climbing outside of a gym. Bear Canyon is and was one of my favorite places in Bozeman, MT. Once you park at the trailhead, it is a 1/2 mile hike on a logging road until you spot a cairn. At the cairn, you need to cross a fallen tree over a creek. Crossing the creek at spring runoff was scarier for my wife than actually climbing the rock. From there, you hike straight up the mountain side to these walls. It is mostly sport climbing with great anchors and well placed bolts. Difficulty ranks from 5.7 to 5.11. It is a great after work climb!
