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Elaine Elliott

Local Southeast Climber and Founder of the Regional Media Brand, Steep South

Elaine Elliott is a writer and climber living in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She also directs Southeast climbing films and has raised over $12k for local climbing coalitions through her media platform Steep South.

Chattanooga is known as some of the best climbing in the country, where sandstone reigns supreme.

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Chattanooga Climbing: The Sandstone Capital of the Southeast

I climb in the Southeast’s sandstone capital, and these are the Chattanooga crags where I’d spend every weekend.

Elaine Elliott

Local Southeast Climber and Founder of the Regional Media Brand, Steep South

Rock climbing in North Carolina at Hanging Rock State Park

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Rock Climbing in North Carolina is Full-Value Adventure

North Carolina trad tests your head more than your arms, and these are the runout-rich crags I’d send you to.

Elaine Elliott

Local Southeast Climber and Founder of the Regional Media Brand, Steep South

Elaine Elliott

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