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Pirate's Cove in May when the water's high. You ca...
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The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Pirates' Cove:
Mutiny 5.11c Sport, 1 pitch, 75 feet
Featured Route For Pirates' Cove
Unnamed SL 7 5.10a WV : New River Gorge : ... : Pirates' Cove
Start in the cave under a nice corner hand crack. Climb up and out of the cave to reach a 10 ft section of perfect hand crack. The crack then widens for a bit and then goes back to perfect hands. There are plenty of face holds to stem from and gear can be placed in some of the horizontals to save your #2 camalots. Nice climb! ... [more] Browse More Classics in WV
Jake halfway through the traverse.
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Liz looking sketchy...
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Pirates cove in May 2007.
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This wall to the right of the falls has several ni...
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DK making his way up the right side of the falls.
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First trip and loved it.
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summersville
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Pirates' Cove in November when the water is down.
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| Comments on Pirates' Cove |
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By Andrew May
From: Sandy, UT
Jan 30, 2009
| Looks like a pretty sweet place to DWS!
Does the water ever get very warm? |
By Ladd Raine
Administrator
From: Plymouth, NH
Feb 3, 2009
| The water gets to 70 degrees. It is incredible. |
By DaveB
Feb 4, 2009
| Hey Ladd, what is the current "legal" status of DWS at Summersville? Heard hefty fines being issued if caught. True? |
By Ladd Raine
Administrator
From: Plymouth, NH
Feb 4, 2009
| Yes fines are being given, if you do climb do not be caught and do not fall. if is only illegal to "jump or fall into the water from above 6 feet in height" they do not specify climbing as illegal, just falling. |
By DaveB
Feb 5, 2009
| "...they do not specify climbing as illegal, just falling."
Classic. |
By jesco
From: East Lyme, CT
May 27, 2009
| bring your a-game...or else. |
By T Seas
Jul 24, 2009
| Just currious, has anyone heard any factual storries of climbers being fined for falling on a dws route here?
I have climbed 3 times here since the ban and have never been talked to and all the other climbers I have talked to there have not been fined or know anyone that has. We had a police boat motor by when we were climbing 2 walls down from whipporwill and they didn't even stop to watch if we fell, they just motored on by. To me it seems they are trying to stop drunk rednecks from dying as they jump off without spotting a landing. I read that 7 bodies on average were being pulled out of the water and sent to the morgue per year. Once again climbers are getting a bad rep from nonclimbing idiots.
5 years ago a drunk southern boy jumped unanounced while I was climbing by the cove, landed 1 foot from a floating log and I even warned him to spot his landings and anounce jumps in the future, the kid was too drunk or southern to understand my concern, he replied "i'll just kick it out of the way when I land, no need to wory" !!! My spotter had warned me about the log so I climbed to a ledge and was waiting for it pass when the kid splashed down.
Anyways back to the fines, any acounts of a fine issued to a falling climber, or a climber watched or talked to by the police? |
By Chuck Lepley
From: Boulder, Colorado
Oct 3, 2010
| Any updates on fines for Deep Water Soloing here? |
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