By Will Alford
Old Rag, with a climbing heritage dating to the 1930s, is distinguished by the splitter cracks, hair-raising slabs, and superb faces scattered across one of the most beautiful deciduous forests in America. Packed with over 300 meticulously documented routes, detailed climbing topos, hand-drawn maps, entertaining insights, and photographs spanning decades, this guide offers everything you need to enjoy one of the Southeast’s premier climbing areas.
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1 Billion Year Old Granite I want to Lose Skin On
Will Alford has given us a most comprehensive guide to climbing at Old Rag. Well organized, illustrated and annotated by generations of developers, it will serve generations of climbers to come. Buy two copies.
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Great guide
Great guide. Lots of very good topos, maps and beta to get around old rag - which can be complex to work out initially. High quality photos and good history, geology and other general info. Psyched to check out some new areas there after reading the guide!
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Great content, binding could be better
This is a great guidebook from an expert author and guide. From illuminating background to topo on new areas I hadn’t previously been aware of in my 7+years of climbing at Old Rag. I took the book out this weekend and it was great. Except, the middle pages started falling out. Why aren’t guidebooks printed to be more durable so they can be used in the context where we climb? Great job overall to Will.
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Old Rag, A Climber's Guide
This guidebook is excellent. The route descriptions contain useful information and also historical context and the occasional anecdote. I'm looking forward to exploring a lot more of what this area has to offer.
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The one and only.
Quality of this guide is top notch. If you climb anywhere in the area and frequent Old Rag, you need this guide. You can tell a lot of of work and care went into making it. Photos are great too!
