Hard Traditional Climbing at Looking Glass Rock

[@zatchery1]

Need more from Looking Glass and the Carolinas!

[@lucasspiegel]

Cool vid, different beta than I've seen at the crux to. I remember slapping on that right wall.

[@Kyle_climbing]

Great climbing!!! Gotta love the glass!!!

[@sethmoore8484]

love to see some representation for looking glass

[@kevinonorato7223]

Traditional? Maybe I dont know what that means anymore.. Looks like some lovely rock and a hard climb. What is it called when you place your own gear?

[@twinmike1]

That's runout bolted climbing. Why bother? Runout on gear might be required , but super runout bolted routes is poor planning or just silly.

[@juliusgrisette]

@@twinmike1 or bolted on lead?

[@joshnoe23]

​​@@twinmike1the ethics in NC are centered around how the route was developed, not how it's climbed afterwards. If the FA bolted the route ground up, (typically using aid FYI), it's considerer trad and often has poorly placed bolts. Many otherwise great routes are rarely repeated and fall into obscurity because of this. I'm not saying this makes any sense, it's just how it is there.

[@salamandersmith]

Welcome back!

[@amethyst8399]

i’ve been to the one cave under looking glass to boulder a bunch, still haven’t climbed there tho

[@marzinjedi6437]

We free climbed the tree line on the right side of the rock and it involved some spelunking and chimney climbing and we went to the top took hours and we were talking to the climbers on the face for much of the time we did this twenty years ago .

[@ianhunt1327]

Looks like such a cool climb

[@keithwood6459]

You would probably enjoy Dr. Crankenstein and Horus at Eagle Rock.

[@justinjakimiak1998]

is DPM back!?!?!?!?!?

[@mallorcacuriosa]

Traditional? But it is bolted...

[@DanielTennison]

“Mixed” which is super common in the area.

[@lukecunningham6711]

This isn’t trad climbing

[@doctorshawzy6477]

remove thise chalk marks