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Rock climbing in the Southeastern USA
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Trip Reports - 11/8/99 - Foster Falls, Tennessee
It had been years since last I visited Foster Falls, Tennessee this past week. As the premier sport climbing area in the deep south, it's worthy of more attention from me. But with so many good places to climb in our region it had somehow been passed over for quite some time. So when my friends Dede and Guy Humphrey came visiting from Colorado on a Tour de' Chattanooga, it was definitely on the must-do list. Unfortunately, it was put off until the last of three days of climbing. Much of our "juice" had been spent at other locales such as Sunset Rock, T-Wall, Rocktown, and Lost Wall. Routes at Foster Falls are generally be quite pumpy and sustained, which means I spent more than a few turns hanging from bolts for a rest. Still, we had a great time, repeated some great climbs, and scaled a few new treasures. See larger photo of Fish-Eyed Fool
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list of challenges this Monday included Sport Puppy 5.9,
Therapist 5.9+, Rolfed 5.9+, Rehab 5.10a, and Fish-Eyed Fool 5.10b
as well as a popular but yet unlisted 5.9 in the Jimmywood
area. We were treated to warm and sunny weather, shorts and T-shirts
again, with a rain of yellow fall leaves whenever the gentle breeze
kicked up. We had the whole place to ourselves until late afternoon,
and enjoyed the peace and solitude. No epics, no desperate moments
clutching some remote mountainside, just a pleasant enjoyable day
in the beautiful sandstone canyon.