Rock Climbing Arkansas

A climbing and bouldering guidebook to Horseshoe Canyon Ranch.

Edge of Flight is the toughest rock-climbing route Vanisha has ever faced. She has one last chance to conquer it before she moves to Vermont to start university. University is a sore point for Vanisha, who yearns for a career in the outdoors but feels pressured by her mother to earn an academic degree. Trying to put school out of her mind, she heads to the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas with her buddies Rusty and Jeb for a final weekend of climbing and camping. Deep in the woods, they stumble on an illegal marijuana plantation, and the gang of bikers who guard it. When Jeb is shot by the bikers, Vanisha alone must get help—and to do so, she must climb Edge of Flight. As she confronts her insecurities on the cliff face and in the woods, Vanisha gains a new resolve and the self-confidence to choose her own path in life.

Horseshoe Canyon has something for everyone: off-the-hook sport climbing, world class bouldering, and even some quality trad climbing. Horseshoe Canyon is widely regarded as the south-east's premier up-and coming sport crag. Like an outdoor climbing gym, Horseshoe Canyon of northern Arkansas is riddled with chickenheads, incuts, crimps, jugs, and plates. It's notoriety continues to gain traction and the canyon is quickly becoming internationally known for having the best moderate-grade sport climbing in the world. Not only that, everyone is taking notice of the world-class bouldering, from classic moderates to futuristic projects film crews can't turn away from. And what's more, all 800+ routes and boulder problems are housed within a compact canyon with a fully- functioning dude ranch, including amenities like cabins, hot tubs, a lodge, gear shop, a half-mile long zipline, camping, etc., all with less than a 10-minute walk to the rock. The annual 24-Hours of Horseshoe Hell Climbing Competition is also held here every year. Be sure to check out what's new as this exhaustive guide has more routes and problems than any other and is the official book of the 24HHH.

"Documents fifty years of oral history from the rock-climbing community in Red River Gorge, Kentucky. Includes policy recommendations for building partnerships among climbers, local communities, and public land managers to encourage community development, ecotourism, and preservation"--