Travels and Vagabonds
I revisited Pilot Mountain this past weekend, the forecast was crappy but the sun would be shining on the south facing walls. I haven’t been back to the place in over a year, so it was good to experience the area again, although this time we were confined to the Amphitheater as people had projects to work on.
This New Year’s, Alexis and I continued the theme of going to the a Northeastern Cold Rusting Old Steel Town, Buffalo NY and Niagara Falls. We left the land of PA and took off north on the Interstate through Eric and into the Niagara area. We made our initial stop at the US side of the Falls.
It had been awhile since Alexis and I had gone on a good extended adventure. She had a bunch of time off to use or lose before the end of the year, and I didn’t have a critical position at my current place of employment. So we set off on a 2 week road trip to live in a van and travel parts the southwest USA. (approximately 2800 miles of driving) Continue reading “California (+ NV and UT) Road Trip – 2 Weeks”
New River Again, I know there probably isn’t anything new to talk about from all the post of the New River, but here is quick summary of the weekends trip. Continue reading “New River – Endless Wall Shutdown”
City exploration time! We headed south to check out the great and old city of Savanah. We took a slightly roundabout way in to the city, but it allowed us to visit a national wild life refuge. Continue reading “Savannah GA”
Summer was in full swing and some more exploration in to the Linville Gorge was required. I was able to meet up with Tim and we set off to explore more of the west side of the Linville Gorge. Continue reading “Linville Gorge – River Crag”
I was in need of an exploration weekend. So Alexis and I took off for Linville in search of a rarely trekked trail on the western side of the Linville Gorge. The weather outlook that weekend was bleak and most people regulated themselves to stay indoors, but not us. We had our trusty rain-shells and were not afraid to get lost or wet in the wilderness. The goal for the trip was to locate “Sunshine Point” on a not so sunshiny day.
Continue reading “Linville Gorge – Gold Coast, Sunshine Point”
With the heat of summer baring down on the land, the closest cool option was to set off and explore the northside of Moore’s Wall. Alexis had never been to Moore’s, which put her in company with the majority of climbers around NC. There is some type of mystique that turns people off, but it is just good trad climbing fun.
This is combination of two weekends worth of random events and trips. Lets start off with the most important one, the stainless steel barrel hunt!