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Kevin O'Mally

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First ascents & Pysch from
the New River Gorge(mostly)
📸 -@organicclimbing
✍️🏽- @gunksapps
🚒- @phillyfiredept

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Feet Cutting Var. (V6)

#moonboard #bouldering #moonclimbing #moonboardbenchmark #rockclimbing

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Scenes from #Mitchapalooza2024 📸 Looking forward to seeing you all and making a ton of new friends this year!! May 17th, 2025 @soft.spot.house #CircusTheme Fun Fact: The live sample from @intothefogmusic Appalachian Girl is from Mitchapalooza 2024. Thanks to @nestivus for the film camera photos!!

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‘Megalomaniac’ V13 FA

This was just the project I was seeking this fall season. A difficult period with newfound stressors and feeling like a real honest-to-god adult, I’d aimed to find a purely enjoyable problem which I could try easily after work that would take me in the range of 3-5 sessions.

Megalomaniac begins low on an undercling and climbs 18 powerful moves. It begins with a learned 5 move V8ish section which leads to the crux sequence—3 hard moves back-to-back.

1) Pounce powerfully out right to a half pad underclinging edge in the roof.
2) Focus for a very tricky and core-intensive blind-heel foot walk which leads to a powerful compression smack up the arete to the most lovely pinch.
3) Toe into a very cool iron band, huck meat to a good hold in compression and hold the rip.

From there, you must compose yourself, fight the pump, and paw through another V8 section—beginning with a technical compression crux before the moves get progressively easier, eventually turning onto the head wall.

Session to session, the process was linear and made ever more enjoyable through the company of a handful of great new friends and climbing partners. Ultimately, it took me four days to complete—culminating in a last try of the day banshee scream pumped and numb all out effort. I even channeled my sport skills and shook out briefly before the final few moves.

This problem is really great in my opinion! :)

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@idrivebetsy getting nervous on the 2nd of "Limbic Probe" v6

Pirate's Cove has got a bit more to cough up.

Will be added to Kaya and 27crags soon.

#bouldering #highball #summersvillelake #lakeday #newriverbouldering #newrivergorgebouldering #rockclimbing

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Secret's Out
Nuttallburg

#newrivergorge #newrivergorgenationalpark #newrivergorgebouldering #newriverbouldering #bouldering

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Secret’s out #newrivergorgebouldering #nrgbouldering #climbing #bouldering #climbsouth #beastcoast #organicclimbing #tugjob

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Dear diary,
yesterday I did all the moves on a V7, although not in a row; but it was fine because the crew was stellar, the setting spectacular, and the pads plentiful. (Can’t chatty grades be everywhere? I’m not 😭, you’re 😭)
#newrivergorgebouldering #nrgbouldering #bouldering #climbing #climbsouth #thesecretsout #beastcoast #organicclimbing

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Change is coming #fallfoliage #nrgbouldering #newrivergorgebouldering #bouldering #climbing #climbsouth #beastcoast #organicclimbing

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Summer season so far🪕

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🌿Meadow River and 🚫 Southside Climbing Access: SURVEY! 🤠✍️

We could use your help 🫵

The folks at the Meadow River Valley Association are looking for input from all user groups recreating along the Meadow River. They are looking to bring together access efforts along the Meadow River, from Rainelle to the Confluence with the Gauley, to achieve the best access outcome for all user groups (cycling, boating, climbing, fishing, hiking, etc.). This survey can emphasize the volume of climbing interest in the area! 🧗‍♀️ 👀 SURVEY IN STORY!

✨Gentle reminder✨

All climbing at the Southside is still closed. There are ongoing, multi-faceted efforts to regain access to Southside 🛠️

Words by @schlooder

Photos by:
@karenklane
@idrivebetsy
@schlooder

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Shoot dang, Vic mang...Hug the homies as often as you can.

You would have loved being out on the water yesterday. You really would have loved how many people called off work to hang out and climb. All the homies were out, full value Victor day on the river. We miss you man, until we meet again. ❤️

That bird is you btw *insert Vic noises*

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