Trip Report
Climb Philadelphia: A one photo TR

by John cameron
Wednesday February 23, 2011 8:38am
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Unknown Sport route put up under a bridge near the Kelly Dr. Boulder, ...
Unknown Sport route put up under a bridge near the Kelly Dr. Boulder, Philadelphia,Pa
Credit: John cameron
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The Height of urban climbing is where vertical exploration in the dense urban wilderness of Center City Philadelphia collide. Three pairs of anchors and three lines of fresh looking bolts venture up the face of a masonry bridge support.




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John cameron 		About the Author
John cameron is a trad climber from Denver.

Comments
nature

climber
Boulder, CO
  Feb 23, 2011 - 08:44am PT
did you climb them? how difficult?
joe boy

Trad climber
california
  Feb 23, 2011 - 09:16am PT
I will be moving to this area in the Fall , where exactly is the bridge
John cameron

Trad climber
Park City, UT
Author's Reply  Feb 23, 2011 - 09:37am PT
The bolts are under the Girard Ave bridge as it crosses Kelly drive. They are about 1 mile north of Boathouse Row and visible from the Kelly Dr. bouldering wall.
Jingy

climber
Random Nobody
  Feb 23, 2011 - 10:43am PT
Nice find!!!!

Like to see some serious Trip Reports on this area!!! LOL
David Knopp

Trad climber
CA
  Feb 23, 2011 - 10:58am PT
i have been bouldering like this in DC lately-under the train tracks, along side them. Killer hard slopers, and some short dead plumb off finger cracks with cement landings. Also, they can be dry tooled since i am hell-o jonesin out here.
adatesman

climber
philadelphia, pa
  Feb 23, 2011 - 11:37am PT
@Joe Boy- Lots of climbing here in Philly, if you're standards aren't high and you don't mind the occasional arrest: http://www.parkerism.com/manifesto/
steelmnkey

climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
  Feb 23, 2011 - 12:04pm PT
They used to have an entire guide for that sort of stuff in Pittsburg...
TradEddie

Trad climber
Philadelphia, PA
  Feb 23, 2011 - 12:22pm PT
Are there still bolts on the Henry Ave Bridge? Those were stout routes. With about 15 years of road salt, I hope they were SS Bolts...
rhyang

climber
SJC
  Feb 23, 2011 - 01:48pm PT
Hah ! Nostalgia .. I lived in Pittsburgh for nine years. Didn't spend much time in eastern PA though.
cowpoke

climber
  Feb 23, 2011 - 01:57pm PT
ya know, that is a really nice photo...the grey, the curve of the wall, the trees, and the dude looking up...I don't know poop about serious photography, but this one really captures something. very cool.
Gunkie

Trad climber
Valles Marineris
  Feb 23, 2011 - 02:03pm PT
There were at least two bolted climbs on the east side on the U of Penn campus on train tressels. These climbs led to a singular rap station of slings wrapped around the metal girders. These climbs had the same open shuts that lined the top of Livzey Rock; I suppose they're good as long as you don't fall. Apparently these two 'sport' climbs were put up in the 1970's. I never did the routes because someone got thrown in the pokie while I was in school in Philly for attempting these climbs.
telemon01

Trad climber
Montana
  Feb 23, 2011 - 02:20pm PT

build it and they will come
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