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roninthorne
Nov 27, 2002, 3:16 PM
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Anyone interested climbing at Franklin Gorge on the weekends, helping with trail work, and/or contributing time or hardware to the anchors replacement effort, please contact me:
ronin_mz@yahoo.com
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wv5ten
Nov 27, 2002, 4:07 PM
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whereabout is franklin gorge? Im mostly in the north (morgantown) during the school year, but holidays and summer im home in the south (oak Hill)
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edgelounger
Dec 4, 2002, 5:04 PM
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you should put in glue-in bolts.
talk to tom C @ seneca in the spring and he might be able to lend assistance or beta... he has placed loads of the things...
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roninthorne
Dec 6, 2002, 1:25 PM
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Edgelounger- I know Tom C and while I appreciate the suggestion, I have placed several hundred bolts in my life, glue-ins and other, so I don't think I need much in the way of advice or materials from Tom.
(And the stone at Franklin is too hard to require glue-ins... which are too expensive and demanding to place to use anywhere they are not absolutely necessary)
Fanklin, for those who do not know, is a lovely little sport area located on several parcels of private land, just outside Franklin, WVA. Access is delicate and development limited. It was recently (and inaccurately) expose'd in Mr. Horst's efforts at a Maryland/WVA/VA climbing guide. Horst/Falcon used bogus data from online, a scanned copy of a topo put out by a bunch of losers who had nothing to do with establishing the crag or maintaining it.
Accurate topos of Franklin, with ratings, bolt counts, and FA information, are available from the Punishers, the first ascentionists and developers of Franklin gorge, by emailing me- ronin_mz@yahoo.com.
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climbinganne
Dec 6, 2002, 1:31 PM
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tom cecil is in thailand for the winter anyhow..i would love the info on franklin, i have climbed there and find it a delightful area!!!
p.s. let me know if you are planning a weekend thing...ill be glad to help trundle or whatever...
i'll be spending a week down there in march!!!!
[ This Message was edited by: climbinganne on 2002-12-06 05:48 ]
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andy_lemon
Dec 6, 2002, 3:24 PM
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Is this the place you speak of?
http://www.rockclimbing.com/routes/listArea.php?AreaID=959
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climbinganne
Dec 6, 2002, 3:35 PM
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yes it is andy...
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roninthorne
Dec 11, 2002, 6:20 PM
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Yeah, that's the place... and as usual, they got it wrong. There is NO CAMPING at the Franklin Crag.
Hey, climbinganne, would love to catch up with ya in march... drop an email.
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