The End of the Punk Rockers

Hello Fellow Climbers!

This is our last week of Punk Rockers for the summer! We celebrated by climbing the first pitch of Invisible Airways yesterday and ice cream at Dolly's today. The campers were awesome and we had so much fun with them! They worked together well and climbed some of the hardest routes we've attempted all summer. Everyone was a little nervous watching our guide set up the climb, but they all tried it and did well! It was a day of challenges and everyone worked hard! They did a day of bouldering at Rumbling Bald, two days of top roping on the North Side of Looking Glass and a day in the Nose area. Every guide that took them out said they had a great time. It was sad to see everyone leave! Next week we have our last session of camp for the summer, one of group of Rocketeers. We can't wait to start again on Monday!

We are still having our Dosage V and Pizza Night on August 5th at 7:00pm and we hope to see people come out to the gym! We've posted more pictures on Snapfish and if you're having trouble finding them, just search for Brevard Rock Gym on the Snapfish website. Until next time...

Live Free. Climb Hard.

The BRG Family

Summertime

Hello Fellow Climbers!

July is winding down and we have just two more camp sessions to go! One more Punk Rockers then one more Rocketeers. Our group from last week was awesome. They got in a great day of climbing and even managed to stay dry! It was dumping rain here at the gym but the South side of Looking Glass stayed dry for them!

BRG Mountain Guide, Brian took them out with some help from Sophie and Bella...his dogs!

We had another great couple of days with Moondance. The kids were great and everyone tried a climb!

Just to let everyone know, we are having a Dosage V and Pizza Night here at the gym on August 5th. The purchase of a Boulder Day Pass gets you climbing, pizza and viewing of the newest Dosage DVD on a big screen! It's a great opportunity for the climbing community to connect and we hope to see you out here! Special thanks to Bill Neve for helping us set it up! Hope to see you out on the rock or here in the gym, but until then...

Live Free. Climb Hard.
The BRG Family

Time Flies...

Hello Fellow Climbers!

I can't believe it's been a week since we've posted! The gym has been so busy we haven't had time to update you guys in a while. We just finished up another round of Rocketeers. Another amazing group! They were all great about wanting to learn to belay and taking turns climbing, it was so fun to watch! The group was so great, in fact, that we're starting a younger climbing team this year so that they can be involved! There are some strong younger climbers out there! They had a full day out at Pilot Rock and our stand in guide, Patrick Weaver from Appalachian Mountain Institute, said they did great!

Our BRG Mountain Guides have been busy too! We've got some family groups, friend groups and Moondance again coming up this week. If you're out in Pisgah Forest, keep an eye out for Brevard Rock Gym shirts on our guides and say hi!

As a heads up to all the families, we are having a Family Night on Friday (today!) July 18, where families can climb half off! Stop by the gym and spend some quality family time climbing up the walls. We're adding more pictures to our Snapfish account, so be sure to check them out! Until then...

Live Free. Climb Hard.

The BRG Family

Rocketeers and Moondancing

Hello Fellow Climbers!
Whew, it's been a busy week! Last week we had a fun group of boys for our first Rocketeers session of the summer! A few of the boys had been to camp in previous years so it was fun to watch them help out the other campers. We had two half days in the gym learning to tie knots and working on top roping skills, then out into the forest for a full day of climbing on Looking Glass Rock! The boys were great, some of them practically ran up the climbs! Now we're starting another week of Rocketeers and this week's group is great! It's a family group and it's wonderful to have such a supportive group in camp!

Over the weekend we ran some guided trips for Moondance Adventures. Moondance is a great program that does wilderness adventures for teens, right up our alley! We took them out to the North Side and Nose area of Looking Glass and they had a great time, as did we! It was a large group but we had our guides Brian on Saturday and Marcus on Friday and they did a superb job as usual. The kids were complete troopers. On Saturday it started to rain a few hours into our climbing and instead of complaining, they were excited to climb in the rain! Everyone made it to the top of at least one climb, including the counselors! We have a few more guided trips set up for Moondance later on the month and we're looking forward to it. Well, that's it for now! We'll try to get some more pictures posted, but until then...

Live Free. Climb Hard.
The BRG Family

More Pictures!

Hello Fellow Climbers!
We just wanted to let the parents of last week's campers know that the pictures from the Punk Rockers' session are online now! Just click the link on the right under "Check Out Our Pictures". We hope you all enjoy them! We had such a great time with the campers, hopefully we will see some of you in the gym! Until then...

Live Free. Climb Hard.
The BRG Family

Sunshine Day!

Another beautiful day! We had an awesome day top roping with one of the BRG Mountain Guides, Brian! It was sunny almost the entire day, I'm sure most of us got some color out there on the rock. The last day of camp is always bittersweet. We're sad to see such great kids leave but we're looking forward to next week's group! We'll have pictures up of this week's session by Monday so be sure to check out the pictures link! Until then...

Live Free. Climb Hard.
The BRG Family

...And Back Out!

Whew, what a hike today! The campers were great though, and even had enough energy to climb a 65ft. route multiple times! We got lucky because the Southside of Looking Glass, which is normally packed, was empty when we got there! We got about an hour of the whole rock face to ourselves! It was a beautiful day made better by watching the campers get further and further along the route with every try! Great job guys! We'll have more pictures from this session by the weekend but until then....

Live Free. Climb Hard.

The BRG Family

Into the Woods

Hellow Fellow Climbers!
We have our second Punk Rockers group (age 11-13) and we're about to head into our first full day of top roping in Pisgah! They have been bouldering up a storm in and out of the gym so I think they're looking forward to trying out their top roping and belaying skills out on real rock! We're all pretty excited. There's a good energy in the gym! We'll take some pictures and have them up this afternoon, so be sure to check back in! Until then...

Live Free. Climb Hard.
The BRG Family

Our First Blog!

Hello Fellow Climbers!
Welcome to our first BRG blog! It's still in the experimental phase, so we'd love to hear what you think! Let us know what you like seeing or what else you'd like to see here!

It's hard to believe it is already the end of June! Summer is just flying by! We have already had two School of Rock camp sessions and the kids have been great. It's so much fun to watch them get excited about the sport, putting up new routes and improving their techniques. We're having a blast in the gym and in the forest. Spending the day climbing in Pisgah with a bunch of great kids...rough day at work! ;) We feel really lucky to be able to do this camp. It's such a rush to get a glimpse of what the next generation of climbers is going to look like! Hopefully some will come back for Climbing Team in the Fall. We'd love to build a really strong team and go to some competitions!



In a few weeks we will be having our first competition of the summer at the gym. It's the first annual Camp Counselor Competition! Couselors can come compete for the glory of their camp and the coveted CCC Trophy. For anyone interested, the competition is July 12th 6:30pm-9:30pm at the gym. The cost is $15 pre-registered and $20 at the door. We had a good turn out for our Brevard Boulder Bash in May and we're hoping to get another one for this comp. We'd love to see a bunch of camps battling it out! :) That's it for now, until next time...

Live Free. Climb Hard.
The Brevard Rock Gym Family