Mt Yonah

When i first arrived in Atlanta, my coworker Frank told me about a place that had great moderate trad climbs but was quite a haul to hike into (about 3 miles uphill). I'm lazy. I prefer short intakes. So I wasn't so keen on it, and explored other stuff first. However, this past week after midterms, Webster called and said hey, wanna go to Yonah? Me, being fresh from a back injury, said... yeah, bring it on!

Here is Yonah. It's in North Georgia. The approach starts at the bottom. The cliff band is at the top.Note the fall colors. Leaves turn a little later down South. Sort of in keeping with, everything moves slower around here. The weather was stellar, 65 and sunny, south facing, no breeze to speak of. Oh yeah.



We did few moderate lines (5.5-5.6), which were like CANDY!!!!!!!!


Webster picked the last route of the day. He said something about, i think the climb is somewhere about here? The sun was setting. I should have known better. But at least the light hit a great timbre, as we created a 60 foot traverse to the left to try to find a set of anchors to rap from before night fully descended:









Well, suffice it to say we rappelled in fading twilight, and did the descent in the dark. Yay headlamps. But it was well worth it. For a little while, at least, I can have a deliciously fresh memory of mountain twilight: