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oldsalt
Sep 17, 2007, 11:57 PM
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I was just thinking...
After my 10th trip to Foster Falls, I realized that it seems like I'm going to a really big gym - there and also at Kings Bluff. Places like Table Rock (and even Mt. Yonah) have grand vistas and a variety of route types, multi-pitch sport, trad, and mixed. They are not at all like gyms. Still, for steady, hard, single pitch gym climbing, you can't beat Tennessee rock.
(I know that there are a very few trad and a very few multi-pitch routes at Foster, but that's not where you go to do these.)
I guess that's why I go to different areas every month.
This is an observation, not a knock, Vols. Anyone else feel this way?
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saxfiend
Sep 18, 2007, 2:26 AM
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Yeah, I'm pretty much on the same page. In the hierarchy of outdoor climbing areas, Fosters is definitely in the "gym" category (though of course any climbing on real rock beats climbing indoors). Next level up is places like T-Wall, Sunset, Jamestown, etc. -- great single-pitch trad leads.
And then there's North Carolina -- fantastic multi-pitch adventure trad. The more time I spend in NC, the more that kind of climbing feels like The Real Thing.
JL
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