NEW BOLTS APPEAR ON UNAPPROVED ROUTE AT LAUREL KNOB!
The CCC would like to thank all who have respected the process of application for new route development at Laurel Knob. We are excited to see the results of your hard work and greatly appreciate your support of our efforts to manage this great resource.
The CCC board has had some preliminary reports about a new bolted line that starts from the ground, left of Groover. We HAVE NOT received any application detailing a proposal to install this route. As such we consider it to be in conflict of the policies we have set in our management plan. In following with our Management Plan, we are seeking information or history of this route to give the first ascentionists’ the opportunity to bring their creation into compliance with the CMP before any unilateral action is taken on our part. The board has offered to extend a two week grace period to allow time for the individuals to make contact with us.
If you have info regarding this route or could direct us to individuals to communicate with, please PM or email Anthony Love, Eddie Medina or Nancy Jackson. Their contact information can be found here. All information will remain anonymous.
A new guidebook to bouldering at Rumbling Bald will become available this fall at various retailers across the Southeast. Features include an full color format, nearly 900 boulder problems described, topos and photos of problems, and general area-specific information.