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A boulder league to celebrate our birthday? YES! 🎉

Grab a mixed-gender team of 2–3 and climb with us October 6–31.
New sets weekly—all skill levels can compete!

🏆 Winning team earns a month of free membership!
Get your team and sign up now! Link in bio!

#newrivergorge #grippedfitness #climbing #bouldering

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Coming up at The Outpost! Check out all our upcoming events!
#wherewildmeetswonderful #newrivergorge

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Check out our very own Alex Myers (@grittypics) with the killer photos from this summer. More coming out soon. Check him out at

https://alexmyersphotography.pixieset.com/summer26/#

#newrivergorge #steepsouth #summersvillelake #climbingphotography

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A ropeless spring

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Some summer solstice, midsummer feels from over the last years ☀️✨🪻🎴

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🌈🎉We Are NRAC community raffle time! 💖🫨 With so much local support we want everyone to have a chance at winning some awesome raffle prizes. Whether you are near or far, YOU have a chance to WIN (until July 31). Tickets for sale at our website!

The raffle works like this:
$1 = 1 ticket
$5 = 6 tickets
$20 = 30 tickets
$50 = 80 tickets
$100 = 175 tickets

Recurring Donor ✨Bonuses✨

ALL current recurring donors will automatically receive 20 tickets.

NEW recurring donors will automatically receive 20 tickets.

Any recurring donor who increases their recurring donation (by any amount) will receive an additional 20 tickets.

Any recurring donor who increases their donation AND purchases a raffle ticket will get a 2 x multiplier bonus to their total number of tickets.

Tickets can be purchased on our website, link in bio! Each ticket holder will only be eligible to win 1 prize. Once you win, you will be ineligible for the remainder of the prizes, to spread the LOVE! The raffle will run until July 31, giving everyone a chance to save up for a ticket or wait till the last minute! We will draw numbers on August 1.

Prizes will be delivered via local pick-up, mail, or email.

By entering, you’re helping support stewardship, access, and community efforts in the New River Gorge — while celebrating the people who shape this climbing culture every day.

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Join us on Saturday, June 6th for our first Green Heart Gathering. A day full of fun, food, drinks, music, and more. This event is family friendly, free, and open to all 💚

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Fun times puttin up plastic @grippedfitnesswv

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‘An Uncertain Hue’ ~V11 FA

AKA Scotty Grayson Memorial Project

This legendary NRG project sits beside one of the regions best and least-climbed moderates, ‘A Certain Shade’ FA’d by @pegoodman

Pat shared that the name was originally ‘Certain Shades,’ named for the “wild swirling iron bands moving through that creamy little panel of sandstone,” as well as for the headspace needed—“pulling on with a kind of quiet certainty.”

The name was altered slightly when it made it into the 2015 bouldering guide by Stella and Micah and has since become beloved and solidified. The image of Pat taken by Jessa climbing it inspired me to no-end as a youth and stood out starkly as

perhaps the most beautiful wall I’ve ever seen.

No exaggeration.

Also listed in the guidebook was a project to its left, “stand start in a slot and dyno to a brick-like hold. Make another huge dyno to iron crimps.”

Last year, Scotty @scottygrayson was close on this project, but a mono at the start severed his flexor tendon entirely, and not one but two exploratory surgeries were needed to find and reattach the tendon. Fortunately, he has since made a nearly full recovery, but his experience shrouded this project in caution.

Last week we rallied a crew to finally climb A Certain Shade—it was as glorious as anticipated!!

Ethan @ethan_pringle and I shared some very fun attempts on the project, finding two very different methods through the crux.

The start hold of this problem is amongst my favorite ever—a somewhat menacing toothy spine-like rail, with a perfect sickle iron band crimp below it for your other hand. Placing my hands gingerly upon it before each go was extremely satisfying, while also being an intimidating pre-cursor to the intense and intimidating climbing to follow.

Thanks to Karen for these incredible commemorative photos, our squad for the support and fun working sesh, and Scotty for trying again with me on the send day. This thing is so so quality! I love the new.

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💫 Excited about some magic coming to The New River Gorge this weekend Sept 20th with @blackdiamond Golden Carabiner Event here in the NRG .

Thanks @waterstoneoutdoors for hosting this event! Link for the sign up sheet at their page ✍️

If you’re in town come and join the scavenger hunt to win prizes and hang for the after party:) Stewardship project with @nrac.official on Sunday 21st 9am-1pm

Additional thanks to all my friends that let me dress them up and take photos:) @_ntvs_ @roaboat23 #thekenny parker 🪄🧞🧚🧝🧙 #goldencarabiner #nrg #nrac #wonka #goldencarabinernrg

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We have the most amazing friends. A few photos from the best day ever.

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@yayjesse_g & friends with @mountainhardwear this time last year.

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