Alley Cat’s Adventure Club

11/18/2024

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07/16/2024

Pick up your copy here and I’ll get ‘em in the mail for you! Don’t miss out on these cross country climbing adventures from Alley Cat’s Adventure Club Magazine!

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07/04/2024

We just picked up the sample copy of Issue #2 from the printers!!! So excited to share my road trip experiences with you!!! The cover for this issue features Troy from Seneca Rocks Mountain Guides climbing at Joshua Tree over the winter. See him and many more of my friends and adventures in the summer issue of Alley Cat’s Adventure Club Magazine! On sale Monday!

04/28/2024

Take a short trip with me at Enchanted Rock State Park, Texas while I talk about beauty and nonsense.

04/12/2024

This is an edit of my experience at Texas Eclipse festival, overall an easy and fun build but living in primitive conditions for two weeks in the dirt at Reveille Peak Ranch with hit or miss catering and an unfortunate cancellation of the final day and bad weather making a mess of load out. But my friends and coworkers and I crushed this thing and with a lot of self respect and respect towards each other. I’m leaving this gig exhausted but stoked. Thanks to all my homies.

02/03/2024

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01/29/2024

First issue of Alley Cat’s Adventure Club Magazine is off to the printer! We are so stoked for this chapter of our adventure to begin! Please check out what I’ve been up to in my new 80 page full color magazine. The adventure club is fully interactive and needs you, and your support. Each issue costs $12 + 5 shipping, or subscribe for 25% off the cover price! The first 20 subscribers get free shipping! Check us out now:


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11/28/2023

Vacation with Alley Cat and Gummy Bear!
Escaping the hectic daily life and disconnecting from all Wi-Fi and cell service, Amy and I rented a cabin from Yokem’s Vacationland at Seneca Rocks, WV. I am super proud of my Gummy Bear for following me fearlessly up the mountain on this cold winter day. She brought snacks and added some purple streaks in her hair just to make the day more fun. We made our way up and across Old Man’s ledge and had a picnic while a few other climbers cleared out of the Traffic Jam notch. We had the option to go down but since we had just enough time, Amy decided we should send the last pitch before dark! The arete on the second pitch might be the funnest part of the climb, but the final pitch of Old Man’s is where the real rock climbing begins in my opinion. The moves are tricky and the rock is precarious, great gear options fizzle out while ancient pitons start to appear. Clipping one or two isn’t bad but I wouldn’t trust my whole life on them. It was so amazing getting to the top with my wife! We didn’t quite have enough time to get to the true summit before dark so we left the signing of the summit register as an adventure for another day. But we did go back to our cabin and warm up around the fireplace and drink hot cocoa and finally relax from all the things we didn’t have to do for the rest of the day. So thankful for all the time I get to spend with my family and for all of the amazing places this planet Earth has to explore.

08/25/2023

Last week my friend Caleb and I were permitted to climb and explore Pinnacle Rock State Park, an anticline of sandstone in southern WV. Our goal was simply to get to the top, but our curiosity wondered who else had climbed here, if they left any evidence of their climbs, what could this place be to future climbers, what will it be for us? Our chosen route was the nose of this beautiful rock feature. We started at the first vertical face from the parking lot, right next to a four leaf clover, and traversed out onto the corner and made our way to the top through the boulders that outline the shape of the rock against the backdrop of the sky. We found our way across several spires to the true summit and onto a perfect ledge where we built an anchor, took a break, and planned our descent. We had passed an old Italian piton, an old tattered rope wrapped around a boulder, and a set of rotten chains that appeared as though they had been quick-creted to the rock. We had nothing safe to rappel off of. The only way off was to down climb, so we checked it out and forged ahead. The next pitch seemed to go down a squeeze chimney and across the lower section of rock onto the hiking trail. As I start to wiggle my way into the crack, my feet find a good ledge where I can also put a cam and there is a good rail for my left hand, but it is a little bit of a reach and I had to keep squeezing further into the crack to hang on but after about 15-20 feet I landed on the ledge and placed a #4 cam in the crack behind me to redirect the rope. The walk off from there is a straight shot between the spires and off a sloping edge straight onto the trail. 4 pitches in total, I named this route Lucky Charms 5.7, although I am hardly the first assencionist. We found absolutely no information of those who climbed here before, and we have heard of a tragic incident that occurred here in the past. We hope to work with state officials to replace the old bolts at the rappel stations, streamline the permitting process, improve the climbing access trails, clean the broken glass and old beer cans and provide some information on all the routes that are possible here. West Virginia amazes us once again.

07/02/2023

Fayetteville, WV was once surrounded by little coal mining towns like Kaymoor. Most of the hiking trails were once old trails used by miners going to work everyday, walking past the towering walls of Nutall sandstone to all the mining shafts, rail carts, and coke ovens. Over 500 people once lived in the small town of Kaymoor Bottom, until it was finally abandoned in 1952. These days you can hike to town by hiking the Kaymoor miners trail and then descending 821 stairs as you drop about 900 feet in elevation. The trails cross the old rail yard and take you past all the ruins of more than 100 coal processing ovens, as well as the foundations of many buildings and all the large tools that were used. After checking out the area, 821 stairs lead you back to the trail near the top and still another half mile of hiking brings you back to the parking lot. Tell us about one of your favorite hikes, or one of the most picturesque places that you know!

06/22/2023

Welcome to Alley Cat’s Adventure Club page! Each of our separate types of media pages will try to reach our audience in slightly different and unique ways. This part of the experience will be more aligned with community outreach and engagement. We want feedback and insight from our audience as much as we want to provide knowledge and encouragement for adventures which are accessible to each of you. Please like and share our page and tell us about your adventure experiences or ideas. Thank you for checking us out!