We had a great time at Stone Moun­tain on Sat­ur­day. A large group of Youngers turned out with a hand­ful of Old­ers to help. Molly Franklin, Heather Duffy and Will Wil­son did an out­stand­ing job of guid­ing the Youngers through some excit­ing rope-​​work experiences.

The Youngers trav­eled down a 350-​​foot rope with two prusiks, trans­ferred to another 350 and climbed back up Stone Moun­tain. It was a great taste of the expo­sure of the 930-​​foot rap­pel. Some of the Younger mem­bers prusiked all the way down to the mys­te­ri­ous “goat hole” at 530 feet from the top. Mys­te­ri­ous because for decades the locals won­dered where the wild goats would dis­ap­pear into on the face of Stone Moun­tain. It was a depres­sion, often con­tain­ing some cool pools of water, where the goats would go to get a drink.