Waves in Motion
project
Sourwood Arete V3
present
project
project
V2 mantle
an introduction
Ramble
On V4
Hearthbreaker V5
to the
project
Easy Crack V1
Dream
Scoop V3
bouldering
at
V0
V0
Boat
Rock
beware of owner
no trespassing!
V0
House
Boat Rock Road
V2 arete
Waves in
Motion V3
Atlanta's
urban escape
a topo by
Alex Gerrits
and Cooper Roberts
Boat Rock, Georgia
Paint Can
A few minutes out of the so crowded Atlanta, is this small
escape. Nice boulders of coarse granite, offering many
technical problems as well as a few more athletic ones. It is
definitely worth checking if you are in or around Atlanta.
Atlanta
How to get there: Get on I-20, just west of I-285 and take the
exit 49 for Fulton Industrial Blvd. Go Southwest on the Blvd
(from Atlanta, make a left under the bridge). Drive on Fulton
Industrial Blvd for 4.5 miles and at the second traffic light after
the Quick Trip, make a left on Boat Rock Rd.
Drive on Boat Rock Rd for 1.1 miles, passing a few houses
with boulders in their backyard. At the "curve sign", take a
small road to the right, across from the Summit at Cascade
subdivision. Pull into the 7-car gravel parking lot. The boulders are up the hill and trending left
along the ridge towards the lake. There is also another area if you drive around the pond. The
traffic in Atlanta is insane. Try to avoid the rush hour.
to the lake
to Boat Rock
Road
Dishes V7
to dirt road
The Apron V3
crack 5.9
When: You can climb year round, but the friction gets at its best closer towards winter.
Camping: There is no camping at Boat Rock.
Cormany Slab V5
Lost Digits
crack 5.11
Fire Woman V4
project
Access: Boat Rock is located on private land and it is only by the graces of the developer and the adjacent
Dimples V1
land owners that we are able to climb there. Boat Rock is not considered a destination climbing area but
rather a quaint urban escape for Atlanta climbers. All are welcome in some areas, but please realize that
this area cannot handle a deluge of climbers. If crowds escalate, it will not bode well with the local
citizenry.
Visitors, please be aware that the boulders in the neighborhood behind Boat Rock are completely off limits.
The land developers of the new neighborhood have been very clear and direct about not wanting climbings
in there. Also of note. The homeowner with the huge boulders in his yard (next to Boat Rock Road) is very
unfriendly to climbers. Once the adjacent land is purchased by climbers and clear property bounderies are
drawn the situation may change, however meanwhile it's best to keep a safe distance from his house or the
boulders near it...Please respect the rights of local land owners. If you are asked to leave the area by an
owner, please do so immediately.
Rockhouse
Traverse V3
Paint Can v5.
Sit down is v9
project
Watermelon V4
project
Tennis Shoe
crack 5.6
Kashmir Crack 5.10
Cormany face V3
Conundrum V8
Unfortunately, the boulder field has been trashed over the years due to vandals and roque dumpers. If you
climb here, please take out a bag of trash when you leave. Also, make sure no climbing trash is left (bar
wrappers, tape, etc.) behind.
The Southeastern Climbers Coalition has recently bought a 7.8 acre tract adjacent to Boat Rock Road that is
loaded with boulders. You can make a donation to this cause and learn more about Boat Rock on The SCC
website: www.seclimbers.org or by sending your tax deductible donation to:
The SCC
1936 Wellona Place NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30345
Pizza Before
Cake V6
V4 slab
Urban legend: After extensive research, in November 1983, the Atlanta Police Departement
finally found 6 kids who were reported missing... in the lake down the road from Boat Rock.
They suspect this is the work of the Marietta Mangler, the Southeast's worst serial killer.
2
Stannards V7
11
The Glove
Climate Controlled for Year Round Climbing
10,000 Sq. Ft of Climbing and Bouldering Walls
project
Strength Building Campus Board...
project
TopOut Boulder
Pro Shop featuring Prana...
Tough Guy slab V4
Falling Up V7
Blues Crack 5.9
BlueWater... FiveTen
cool face
www.escaladegym.com
Zen Slab V2
2995-B Cobb International Blvd.
Kennesaw, Georgia 30152 (770-794-1575)
For the Love
of Friction V2
Goin' to California V4
(aka The Eagle Slab)
project
Atlanta highway map
to Chattanooga
19
to Greenville
75
to Paintcan
dirt road
85
to the lake
285
278
20
285
Fulton Blvd
Boat Rock
Boat Rock Rd
to Birmingham
20
to Augusta
675
75
85
to Montgomery
10
to Macon
3
Road map to Boat Rock
Rd
20
to Atlanta
exit 49
100 yards to Spiderman boulder
V1
V1
Cascade Rd
Fairburn Rd
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to Birmingham
Yellow Arete
V6
Yellow Submarine V0
Yello-man V3
scary slab
d
R
Plummer Rd
Camp Creek Pkwy
k
oc
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at
Bo
285
Robert's Throw V7
Yellow Arete V4
Little Arete V3
to dirt road
Boat Rock Overview
to the lake
Boat Rock Rd
to Fulton
Industrial Blvd
Paint Can (page 11)
Beam Me Up
(page 5)
The Glove
(page 10)
Toe Jam
(page 7)
Waves in Motion
(page 12)
Half Pipe
(page 6)
Yellow Arete
(page 9)
Titanic
(page 8)
pond
4
9
Cornflake V2 - Start with flake
(also a SDS)
Beam Me Up
Titanic
McGilla Gorilla V6
Obvious SDS
to rounded arete
100 feet to Geronimo V3. Obvious highball face under a fin.
Go left under fin and up face.
V2 - SDS
low crimps
1. Kauk Slab (hard)
2. Tourist Route V2
Start with short
crack and go to slab
Motor Slab V5
project
V6 - slab without
the big crimp
Rock in
the Road V3
1
2
4
1,2
Fanny Seat V0 - Start with pinch,
go up and left
Craig's
Slab V4
5
V4
Horizontal
seam
to slab
3
V1 -mantle
from slopers
ACS V2
Undercut slab
Chins V2
mantle from slopers
Friction
slab
Beam Me Up Scottie
5.10+
V0 - mantle from
a good hold
V3 - Sidepull to
right-facing hold
Awkward Crack 5.9
Leah's Slab V0-
to Toe Jam area
1 - Titanic V7- SDS - Start with pinches. Go
straight to the double arete.
2 - Tim's Problem V9? - SDS - Start as Titanic
but go left to an edge, match or get the arete, then
dyno to the top.
3 - The Tooth V0 - Start from a big jug and go
straight up.
4 - Boat in the Road V4 - SDS - Start matched
on a shelf and go left to the arete.
5 - Weezer V3 - Right hand arete, left hand low
on the lip. Climb over the undercut slab.
8
project
arete
Xenon Arete
V7 Steve's Slab
V4
to the Pond
to Boat Rock
Road
road
5
1 - Diamond Head V2 - Start with your hands on the
lip and climb over the face to the "arete/ridge".
2 - Brad's Arete V7 - Climb arete.
3 - Sherman Slab V6 - Climb the slab just right of the
arete.
4 - Bread Basket V1 - SDS - Right-facing crimp to the
weird hold.
5 - Pipe Dreams V3 - SDS - Climb the arete by its left
side.
6 - Half Pipe V1 - Nice slab.
7 - Half Baked V2 - Arete by its right side.
8 - Lynn's Arete V6 - Start with a high undercling
and climb the arete.
9 - The Rail V9 - Left hand crimp, right hand
sidepull. Crossover to good edge then go straight.
10 - Razor Dish V3 - Climb arete.
11 - Hawaiian Tropic V4 - Right hand sidepull,
left hand crimp. Go straight up over the bulge.
12 - Hawaii Fiv-O V4 - Start with right-facing
hold and climb arete.
Toe Jam
Half Pipe
to Geronimo
to Toe Jam
area
4
Pope Face V3
Left-facing
seam to sloper
V1 Marvins Mantle
V1
one move
V1 - SDS
go straight
up the tall face
V0+
V4 - highball crack
12
to a few
more problems
3
V0
2
slabs
11
V1
10
Jim's Mantle V1
Knee Smasher V4
hard slab
Jim's Arete V4
5.7 crack
9
8
7
6
5
1
V0V1 - Traverse
3
2
to the parking
4
The Vert V5
arete
1 - The Whale - V2 - Climb slab.
2 - Glass Mantle - V6- Start on a good
hold over the bulge, and mantle it up to a
high undercling.
3 - Jerry's Arete - V6 - Climb the arete.
Robert's Start - V8 - SDS to Jerry's Arete.
4 - J-Dog's Throw - V5 - Left hand
undercling pinch, right hand on the arete.
Slap up the prow.
1
6
Toe Jam V1
7