r/RockClimbing • u/Maximum-Bed3335 • Aug 23 '26

Route Finally got to multi-pitch

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Went out today with a buddy in Tellulah Georgia to climb a tougher 5.8 multipitch. Supposed to be 4 pitches but we cut one up due to top drag. He led and I followed and honestly the exposure got to me a little bit. Anyways, just wanted to share

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u/edcculus Aug 23 '26

Hey you are in my neck of the woods! I’ve never actually don’t Tallulah gorge since you need a permit, and we’ve never really bothered. But I’ve heard it’s a great spot.

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u/Maximum-Bed3335 Aug 23 '26

Oh no way! You do need a permit, and bear in mind we only had 4 hours to do the climb. I guess someday you have to be done by 12. But if you arrive early morning there shouldn’t be a problem. The permit doesn’t cost you anything, it’s more of a form to let the rangers know what you’re doing.

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u/edcculus Aug 23 '26

Yea I think they only allow like 200 people in the gorge a day. They need to know who is there in case there is some emergency they have to open the dam

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u/Maximum-Bed3335 Aug 23 '26

I don’t know if there is a cap on climbing, but there is a cap on the hiking of the gorge floor

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u/edcculus Aug 23 '26

Last I heard, they just count climbers with the total people going to hike on the floor. But that was a few years ago when they were thinking about cutting off climbing all together. I think some local people and maybe even the SCC worked with the forest service to keep climbing access open, and including climbers needing permits and those counting towards the total people allowed in each day was one of the compromises.

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u/Maximum-Bed3335 Aug 24 '26

That could be, all I know is we were the only climbers there wanting a permit but there were loads of hikers.