Little River Canyon

Hey this is Addison part of The Dirty South Climbers! 


Well Me, the beautiful Tiffany Murphy, the burly Dalan Faulkner, the bug-phobic Elizabeth "Bee" Tamez, and our brilliant friend Owen Graham, are road trippin' here in the south with our final destination being Atlanta. The trip so far has been eventful and quite frankly an ADVENTURE. First of all, Owen and myself believed the trip was only going to last for a week or so. We needed to get back so we could go to work but... we were informed ( about 10 hours in to the drive) that the trip was going to last for an additional 4 or 5 days...So after the slight surprise we submitted to our fate and continued on our way.  After arriving in Fort Payne, Alabama we found a campsite and began to set up camp. I happened to enjoy the comfort of a wonderfully crafted ENO hammock which served me and my sleeping needs well.



Having gotten in late the night previous we slept in the next morning and we were planning to hit up the crag around noon thirtyish. Well, as we were about to leave we hit a little of a snag or rather the car wouldn't start... A call was made to the camp administrators and they said that they would be by in twenty minutes...20 minutes turned in to an hour and a half...So to stay our boredom, wild black berries were found, eaten, and enjoyed while we played an exciting game of Parcheesi .  

The guy with the jumper cables eventually arrived and we were once again on our way! One of the Locals directed us to a placed called "Unshackled" which was a large over hung wall with a lot of good shelves, crimps, and moves. For most of the day Owen, Dalan, and I worked the walls namesake "Unshackled" 5.13c. 

The Climb was about 60 feet of decently consistent climbing. The start has a couple of juggy moves to a 4 move crimp baby crux. It gets real as a bit higher up. The crux sequence is a really long move to a crimp followed by a desperate deadpoint to a slope shelf followed by a huge lock off to a decent crimp rail. Out of the three of us, Dalan looked the best. He fell at the last crux move at the last clip before the draws. He is super psyched  and should send in the morning! Tiff and Elizabeth work a 5.12c with this really cool move that had a large throw to an intermediate to a slopey jug. Sadly today there were no sends but the epic swim hole we went to after climbing made up for the lack of any sends.

 This place had some awesome cliff diving, deep water soloing, and pretty landscape. Dalan had a rather interesting experience trying to do a ganor off of one of the 25 foot cliff jumps. He essentially fell right on his face. I couldn't stop laughing.

 Overall this trip has been surprising and for the most part with little planning. But that is kinda the fun and ADVENTURE of it all. We are kinda just drifting from place to place, stopping to smell the roses and meeting the locals. Its nice not to be limited by schedules, obligations, and time constraints. Also this small towny feel is rubbing off on me and the group a bit. 

Everything here is done a little slower but that is a good break from the generally fast-paced, work-fulled, and sometimes stressful, Dallas, Texas. We are all really psyched and in gripped anticipation for what the next week/week and a half has in store for us!!


Remember, Have Too Much Fun,
Addison Kim 

Divisionals and Stone Summit!

All members of the Dirty South advance on from Divisionals to Nationals: July 5-7th! Be sure to check out usaclimbing.org for updates on the 2012 SCS National Championship!

A few members from the DSC crew will be departing from Dallas, Texas Monday, June 18th to make their way to Stone Summit in Atlanta, Georgia!

Join us on our adventures: FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM! We will be documenting our trip to Atlanta!





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Heartland Regionals!!

Hey guys! Regional's went extremely well, each competitive member from the DSC crew placed in the top five and are all advancing to the 2012 Divisional Championship held at Summit Rock Gym. The DSC crew would really like to thank Canyons Climbing Gym for everything they did for the heartland region. You guys rocked the place! We appreciate everyone that helped make the competition happen. 

Hope you enjoyed our first video featuring a few members from the DSC crew! A big thanks to Rock V5 Role and Canyons Climbing Gym.

Getting Hyped for Regionals!!

    This weekend is the long awaited for regional climbing competition at Canyons Climbing Gym! For most of the group this is where things start to get serious and it really feels like rope season. Everyone has been super motivated and excited to get on some sweet routes set by Matt Dendy, our coach!!, Chris LoCrasto and other awesome setters. Before they could set, the gym had to be stripped. This job fell to Addison and Canon Huse, from the Dirty South, Jacob Thonen, Cameron Epley, and Dominic LaBarge. Here is a picture of the blank canvas.

After 7 hours of stripping into the dark hours of the morning we finished the gym.

In other news Jon Proctor is being added to the ranks of the Dirty South, so look out for him in upcoming posts!

How it began

      Ever since we can remember, our friend Dalan Faulkner has been telling us that instead of being "Team Southern Rock" we should be called "The Dirty South Climbers". Then at ABS 13 Youth National Championships we made his idea come to life with the creation of the first Dirty South Climbers tanks. It started as a core group of six climbers including Dalan Faulkner, Elizabeth Tamez, Delaney MIller, Canon Huse, Shane Puccio, and Addison Kim. We came together in order to have a small tightnit group to train with and motivate each other. Our goals as the Dirty South are to primarily have fun, get stronger and make the climbing community a better place. Members of the Dirty South have competed many times at national and world class climbing competitions in both youth and adult categories. This month we will be inviting one new members to the Dirty South group, Tiffany Murphy. Also, the Dirty South will be competeing in the Heartland regional climbing comp. Photos and video footage soon to come!!