Redrock

A friend and climbing buddy from PA was up visiting his parents in the Gloucester area for the holiday. He grew up there and obviously knows the area very well. When he offered to meet us with his son at a local crag to climb, then head back to his parent’s house to swim, we were all in.

It’s called Redrock and has a nice mixture of trad (‘traditional’ – place your protection as you lead) and TR (top-rope) climbing.

This is Abigail getting ready to climb Zipper. It’s a really nice 5.6 layback crack climb.

Here she is at the crux.

The proximity to home and ease of access to the rocks and the anchors up top make this a really great place for the kids learn and experience more outdoor climbing.

Here’s Abigail belaying Lauren on Zipper.

It was a super hot day (90+), so our time was limited to the amount of water we had to drink. When that was gone, we packed up and headed to Scott’s parent’s house for hoagies and a swim.

Nothing like a few hundred rounds of Marco Polo in a pool on a hot day.

All in all a great day. Can’t wait to head back to Redrock and explore some more.

 – b