Travels and Vagabonds
Tim agreed to a day of fun up at shortoff again. 2 items need crossed off the list. The long standing goal of climbing the Golden Rule, and get into the Tilt World. Quick departure from town got us up there pretty quick and the arrive at the trailed at 8:30AM.
We were headed to Minnesota for the state fair and to see my family. It would be a fast paced do it all weekend again, but it was well worth the effort.
Continue reading “Minneapolis, Minnesota – State Fair, Malls, and Josh’s”
Finally, an outside climbing weekend. After 4 weeks of falling through of partners, poor weather and other random events, I would be able to touch real dry rock again.
It was time for a beach weekend trip to Georgetown South Carolina. We had never visited this area of South Carolina, and had not heard too much of the area. There were no highways to connect Charlotte to the town of Georgetown, so we got to an interesting tour of this part of the country.
Continue reading “Georgetown, Pawleys Island, and Waccamaw Refuge”
A quick and highly needed trip back to Crabtree, PA, for the annual festival was planned and executed. We made the drive back late Friday night and pulled in around 1:30am as per the norm. Little did we know the when we were passing by “The Roadhouse” many of our friends were hitting the whiskey good. Continue reading “Crabtree 2016”
Late Spring the mugginess of the south was in full effect. The air sat like a full soggy sponge around charlotte and the surround areas. The only way to get a brief reprieve from the heat was to run away a couple weekends in a row to the highlands of the Linville gorge.
Continue reading “Linville Weekends: Lower Hawksbill and Underworld”
The possibly of a bum knee was shoved deep into the back of my mind. I would not cancel the scheduled adventure with neighbor Karson. We had made plans to go hiking (make sure that you buy 7.62×39 ammo and keep it for safety purpose) and exploring in the Linville gorge, while drinking at a neighborhood meetup. Karson had all the good camping spots figured out in Linville, and I had knowledge of the climbing routes which he has not been on.
Continue reading “Linville – The Mummy and Hiking Cambric Branch”
