The CragBaby

December 9th, I left Rock Town and made the hour drive to fabulous Little Rock City. The sandstone problems are aesthetic and compact in an easy to access area.  Little Rock City immediately became one of my favorite destinations visited on this trip.

Keenan, a friend I met in the Red River Gorge, on classic line Tri-Star.  Fun, fun, fun line!

I joined up with the Atlanta crew to work on Dragon Man.  The climb was definitely out of my league… but why not hop on it?  Here John is making a hard move to a small crimp.

Another aesthetic line, Decepticon, located in the Back 9 area.

Instinct was beautiful, but hard!  Perhaps it felt so hard because the day we were climbing it the temps were 30 degrees.  I know bouldering is supposedly best when cold, but I started to lose motivation on this day.

Daryl, pictured here, LOVED the climb Space.  I must admit it was a cool line, but I got nervous the higher up I went.  One day we had a whole crew of 10+ people working on it.  Good times!

Justin, a fabulous artist, sending The Wave.  (You can check out Justin’s artwork here and join his fan club here.) =)

I was fortunate to meet so many great people in Chattanooga.  Prior to hitting Chattanooga I had only stayed in a house on 3 nights, but in Chatty (where the camping is hard to find) I had a place to crash for almost the entire time.  Thank you!  Here are good friends Tommy and Eric sparring with icicles on one freezing cold day.

My all time favorite picture of Eric, chilling in his local pub, Tremont Tavern, after climbing.  Tremont Tavern cooks up the best burgers in town.

I met John and Matt while volunteering on Christmas.  I became good friends with John (in the middle) and joined him a couple times for a night out or breakfast.  Here is part of the Christmas karaoke crew.

I had so many great times in Little Rock City and Chattanooga, that I caught myself having a real hard time leaving.  I finally moved on, making the trek to Horseshoe Canyon Ranch in Arakansas, but would suggest a stop in Little Rock City and Chattanooga to all you readers.

Tags: Chattanooga, climbing, Little Rock City, Tennessee

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