From the top is a near view of a beautiful meadow, through which meanders a creek in circuits so graceful, as to appear the work of design. Many people thought the rock had accumulated enough debris underneath it to stop its movement. We brought in pressure washers and cleaned under it, but it still wouldn't shake. One of the many names found carved in one of the rocks found at Shaking Rock Park outside of Athens in Lexington. The carving now grows moss in it.
Granites exfoliate and erode in layers much like an onion.
Fissures in the rock fill with rainwater that expands when it freezes. I took my kids out there and they thought it was very cool. Kids are not the only ones climbing around out there. Jason Strickland, an American Mountain Guides Approved Top Rope instructor, teaches rock climbing and bouldering classes through Charbon's Outfitters. This article published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Thursday, May 3, 2001. send this story to a friend discuss this story email the editor opyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc.