Great Southern sandstone! After HP40 in Alabama, ZeBloc takes you to LRC (Little Rock City, also called Stone Fort) in Tennessee.

18th hole from the Club House. Boulders are left hand

One willing to climb in this area has to register before climbing by going to this address. Please, do respect the procedure, otherwise the area could be closed for climbing.

The trouble comes from the fact that you can only register from 5 a.m. on the climbing day and that, during some week-ends in fall, bunches of local climbers get up early to be sure to get ready for the Triple Crown stage. Once, I woke up at 6 and couldn't register!

After registering at the Club House and eventually renting a crashpad (I got a big Misty Mountains for 5$ a day), the first boulders are immediately met. They are located on the bottom of a cliff that runs beside the golf course, or on boulders fallen from the cliff. Climbing here reminded me climbing of La Capelle (South of France) : same sandstone, mazes of boulders…

When pads and caddy meet ...

Every climber should find boulders at his level. Steep climbs are quite few, holds are of all kinds and mantles may be hard even if friction is less important here than at HP40.

Speaking about great boulders, Deception (V7) is a fantastic wall and The Shield really looks great (I wish I had several days to try it). But many other boulders are worth the skin!

One will find the main details about LRC on Asubtlesqueeze and a bunch of movies can be found on Youtube (just enter LRC and bouldering as keywords)

Deception (V7) : great!

For some reasons (I've tried unsuccessfully to find out), the guidebook made by the Triple Crown team a few years ago is not online. But you can try to ask for it on the seclimbers' message board. I did receive it on my mailbox!

Bedwetters (V10) : one of LRC bases