Jack's Canyon

This weekend I went with "Paul and April":http://apadventures.net/ and their friend Miles to check out Jack's Canyon, up in the north part of the state. I had heard that it was a completely manufactured place; just a cliff line that had been grid-bolted, each line 5 feet to the left of the last one. I was pleasantly suprised to find a good variety of climbs there. Yes, there were lots of drilled pockets. But that didn't change that the quality of the rock and the climbs themselves were pretty darn good. Several of the climbs actually reminded me of some routes at Summersville Lake/New River Gorge. Best climb was an 11c that I was way too out of shape to do, but could see myself struggling up in pretty short order if I keep going to the gym like I plan on. There are "some pictures here":http://www.flickr.com/photos/apadventures/sets/506775/, including a "fantastic shot of the sunset":http://www.flickr.com/photos/apadventures/21831256/in/set-506775/ made all the more impressive by all the wildfires in the area.