SC Quarry Climb

We had a great time climbing the new lines at the abandoned South Carolina Quarry. With Merryl, Amber, Tom and myself we succesfully topped out on the two main lines that we could find decent anchor points to. Hopefully the photos work out off of this page, but if you would like copies, or are interested in seeing all 93 of the photos we took that day, then just contact us at outdoor.adventures@backpacker.com

The wall does extend about 150 feet with a maximum height of 50. (ave 35ft) there are at least 3 really good bouldering sections, with one caved out area that almost requires anchoring in due to the incredibly poor landing zone, and lack of ample area for a crash pad or a catcher. (pictured to the right is the side of the caved out bouldering section)


Due to lack of a decent area to belay and good anchorage, we were restriced to the northern section of the quarry, which we named dynamite wall.



((ratings are approximate, and on the yosemite scale))
'Wasp' starts out on the main 'dynamite wall' as an easy 5.8 then at the top, after the 1st small ledge, becomes a 5.10 with the majority of the holds consiting of finger pinches and slopers. There is one decent pocket hold at the top if you shove your left hand in, however after that it's finding the right finger jams that become a problem. Oh and staying away from the wasps nest!! :)

'Lichens Journey' is a much easier 5.8 with a decent set of holds the whole way up. This route is set off of the main dynamite wall closer to the bouldering cave with great ledges.

Due to a complication, more photos will be posted shortly, I apologize for the delay. Until I am able to fix the problem here on blogger, please feel free to check out the photos at the southeast climbers coalition site...
www.seclimbers.org. Check under South Carolina, and other areas to view photos. The photos might not be available on this site till at the soonest June 21st..

also check on www.rockclimbing.com under routes, usa, south carolina, north augusta, quarry. and that's us!! of course this isn't all of the pics, but it can start giving you an idea!