North Carolina Climbing Locations

North Carolina rock climbing opportunities are easily accessible from many major metropolitan areas in the southeast such as Atlanta, north carolina rock climbing guides and instruction Charlotte, Knoxville, Asheville, and other large cities.

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These rocks can provide a lifetime of first-class rock climbing adventure.

Improve Faster with a Guide: Granite Arches has been guiding in North Carolina for over almost 15 years. Our focus is to help you efficiently reach your climbing goals, while developing superior risk management awareness and technical skill proficiency. In short, our aim is to make you a better climber as quickly as possible. Intensive instruction and guiding can help both beginning and more advanced climbers meet their climbing goals with maximum enjoyment and efficiency. Guided instruction is personalized and can cover beginner, intermediate, lead climbing and rescue material. Guided instruction and climbing is tailored to the client's goals, is highly personalized, and is loosely organized around the following knowledge suites:

	Intro to Outdoor Rock Climbing (belaying, climbing technique, equipment, etc.)
	Top Rope Setup (rock and tree analysis, rigging options, ERNEST analysis, etc.)
	Intermediate/Multi-pitch Climbing (technique, natural anchors, multi-pitch, rope management, etc.)
	Advanced/Lead Climbing (single-point protection systems, complex anchors, mock leads, etc.)
	Rescue Skills (knot passes, raises, lowers, ascensions, etc.)
	Guide Training

Who we are:

North Carolina Rock Climbing Guide Swis Stockton is a USMGA/AMGA Certified Rock Instructor, WEMT, Paramedic, ACLS/PEPP/BTLS, and Wilderness Advanced Life Support (WALS) certified. He completed the Swiss UIAGM High Altitude Guides Rescue Course and has guided in Peru, Ecuador, and US on rock, snow and ice. More.

North Drew Dekle has been guiding for 15 years and logued hundreds of guiding days in the southeastern U.S., teaching climbing to numerous camps, groups and individuals. He is WFR certified through WMA and was trained and finished EMT training in 1995. He is an avid snow skier. More.

Rod Thomas is an AMGA Certified Rock Instructor and a great addition to Granite Arches. Rod holds WFR certification through WMA, and yes, ladies, he DOES like long walks on the beach. Rod guides rock full time now, no longer working winter as a ski instructor in Idaho. Learn more here.

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