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maskokalover
Aug 27, 2002, 2:17 AM
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Ok, you somehow were able to get one week (7 days) off work/school. Your savings account is at about 1000 dollers (us of corse:)). Where would you go, what would you do (duh), who would you bring, how would you get there....
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Cheers!
~mark
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paintinhaler
Aug 27, 2002, 2:22 AM
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Go to a crag and bring girls, and a hot-tub.
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the_elk
Aug 27, 2002, 2:27 AM
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Where: The Grampians. (close, easy to get to. Plenty to climb.)
What: DUH! CLIMB CLIMB CLIMB!
Who: My happy little group of climbing bud's.
How: Drive... It's a lovely drive.
Camp in a tent at the bottom of the crag, with plenty of beer and many a laugh.
Actually, I'm doing it this weekend.... hmmmm
Cheers,
Elk
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missedyno
Aug 27, 2002, 2:38 AM
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1K?
go and visit my (potential) friends in cali!!!
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bigwallgumbie
Aug 27, 2002, 2:43 AM
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Sex
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arsenalcrater
Aug 27, 2002, 2:46 AM
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G'Day Elk, where in the Grampians are you and your mates going? I can't wait for the day that I make it back there. I spent quite a time around Mt. Stapleton, Black Rock, Halls Gap...and where ever that classic of a climb, "Passport to Insanity" is...and a quite a few other areas. I'll have to find my guide book to get a better overview. It's been two years since I've been there and think about it all of the time. I remember the drive to the Grampians...beautiful!!! And the drive back to Melbourne was via the Great Ocean Road. Breathtaking!! After that I headed over to Adelaide and did some local climbing and some adventure stuff in the Flinders Range...and so much more then that...but just so little!!!! Got any VB or Carlton Cold??? Cheers
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the_elk
Aug 27, 2002, 2:57 AM
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Arsenal..
I'm heading up to The Gallery! Lotsa sport stuff there.... Not that I'm really a sport climber... but it is nice to mix it up a bit.
The Gallery is all overhanging stuff, there's a climb called "Monkey Puzzle" there that is known from a few photo's featuring Bobbi Bensman. Not quite ready to give that one a go, but keen as punch to get another couple of climbs done.
Mt. Staypleton is absolutely spectacular! and there's about a million boulder problems all over the place...
The Grampians is just so huge... you could loose yourself there. (in fact once I did get temporarily lost on a decent, a couple of hours of bush bashing and a bit of common sense and I found the track just as the sun disappeared... THANK GOD!)
Then there's Mt. Arapiles not far away... How lucky we are here in Oz.
No Carlton cold for me... ICK! It's Carlton Draught... hmmmm, looking forward to this weekend. Hard climbing, followed by hard drinking!
YAY!
Elk....
If you like this place you should get back here..... I doubt I would ever be able to leave all we have here.
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collegekid
Aug 27, 2002, 2:58 AM
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hmm 1k...
i'd fly to "Virgin Gorda" (as seen in climbxmedia).
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stevematthys
Aug 27, 2002, 3:02 AM
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road trip to the yosemite valley
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tradguy
Aug 27, 2002, 12:42 PM
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maskokalover,
Are you looking for ideas for yourself? There are too many variables here. What time of year? (big difference if it's August versus January) Are you willing to spend the whole $1000? There are plenty of places one could drive with that much time, but if you fly you will have more climbing time, but also spend more money.
For me, having a decent paying full time job, time is the limiting factor to my climbing rather than money, so I would likely fly instead of drive, and rent a car wherever I was going. As far as who with... if I had a hard-climbing girlfriend, I'd take her. But lacking that, I'd try to get one of my various climbing buddies to go along, or maybe just go somewhere that one of my climbing buddies lives and force them to take me out to their local areas for a week. (yeah, I'm a big mooch )
Here's some ideas (for rock climbing):
Late fall, early spring: Joshua Tree, Red Rocks, NV, Arizona
Early fall, late spring: Yosemite, Colorado front range
Summer: Squamish, Alaska, New Hampshire, RMNP, Switzerland (if you can find cheap airfare)
Winter: Spain, Mexico
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daggerx
Aug 27, 2002, 1:05 PM
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I would pack up My jeep withme and the x-gf which i still love and drive stright from ky to the rocky mountain national park 2day drive, then mountainneer (sp) for 3days then drive back.
DaggerX
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jammer
Aug 27, 2002, 1:06 PM
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I'm probably the only one who would do this, but I'd spend a week at a rep. climbing school learning more and trying more!
But if this was not allowed on this thread, I'd head out west to JTree or Yosemite ... hell, I'd even spend a good week at the Gunks! It doesn't matter, as long as I can climb
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interruptor
Aug 27, 2002, 1:28 PM
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If I had a week of, i'd have to spend it with my girlfriend, unless i wanted her to leave me...
Aside from that, I guess I would head straight back to the Pirinees and climb Monte Perdido (that's been haunting me for over a year now), and spend the rest of the week climbing somewhere arround.
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palisades_rockjock
Aug 27, 2002, 3:11 PM
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Me and my girlfriend would hire a guide to take us up El Cap and Half Dome, and also canoe the Merced River. Since I am from Alabama it would probably take the entire grand (probably more) to do the trip. Great question by the way.
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calamity_chk
Aug 27, 2002, 3:28 PM
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Not sure that a week or $1k would be enough, but nothing ever is .. that aside, I'd probably do a frantic tour down the west coast of cali trying to find my new home .. major stops to include berkeley, davis, yosemite, bishop, then down to joshua to soak up as much desert fun as i can before i have to come 'home' .. *pout pout* ...
if i had at least 2 weeks and 2k, i'd probably fly out to melbourne again ... my other home away from home ..
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likethegoddess
Aug 27, 2002, 4:32 PM
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Hmmm. I was thinking Josh or Yosemite. Josh, I'd take my regular climbing partner. Yosemite, my friend who used to live and climb there. By car, camping stylie.
But, hell, $1,000 is a lot of money. I'd go to Font, solo. Me and my shoes and a backpack.
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wigglestick
Aug 27, 2002, 5:14 PM
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Ok here is mine.
Friday night-Load up the truck with kayaks, mountain bikes, climbing gear, camping gear, and groceries. Leave Denver and drive to Kremmling. 60 bucks.
Saturday-Kayak Gore Canyon at the perfect water level when the water is warm and the sun is shining. Chill out at the hot springs in Radium and then grab some grub and listen to live music at the State Bridge Lodge. 30 bucks.
Sunday-Drive west to Glenwood Springs Carbondale area. Boulder at Redstone and then hit Big Sur near Grand Junction for some flat spins on glassy waves. Spend the night in Fruita. 50 bucks.
Monday & Tuesday-Ride the Kokapelli Trail from Fruita to Moab along the Colorado River. I don't get any flat tires and the wind is at my back the whole way. 30 bucks
Wednesday-Splitter day in Indian Creek. I have more cams than I want and more endurance than I need. 30 bucks.
Thursday-Zenyatta Entrada in Arches NP. Spend the night inMoab. 40 bucks.
Friday-Drive to Zion. Tick Spaceshot in a short day. Dinner in Springdale. 50 bucks
Saturday & Sunday- Either Moonlight Buttress if there are no crowds or another less crowded Grade V route. We have plenty of water, and climb like a well oiled machine. The bags never get stuck and I booty a few cams and a bunch of nuts. Then drive back to Denver. Get back around 3am and go to work the next morning. 80 bucks
Spent less than 400 bucks so I have enough money left over to do it all again next month.
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needtolearnhowtoclimb
Aug 27, 2002, 5:48 PM
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id go to some place that isnt as borind as my usual crag. And id bring some girly friends of mine and a blow up doll.
Joshua "the savior"
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topher
Aug 27, 2002, 5:51 PM
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well this is what i would do, i would hitch hick down to the ferrie and sneak on (both are not hard ) then i would spent the 3$ and take a bus to MEC. once there i would drop 900 of thoes dallers on gear (but i would not be more than 2 houres in the store so my bus transfer would still be valid). Once i was finshed shopping i would get back on the bus and go to the old squamish hitching spot and thumb my way up to squamish, where i would spent the rest of the week dirt baging it and using all that shiny new gear i got.
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tyler_durden
Aug 27, 2002, 9:02 PM
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Kick the crap out of the guy you're living with, then fly to other cities and repeat.
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climberchic
Aug 27, 2002, 9:34 PM
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Spend the majority of $$ to fly to Thailand. Everything is so cheap there, wouldn't need much else.
Take my boyfriend, climb, trek and be a beach bum.
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cedk
Aug 27, 2002, 9:50 PM
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Excellent reference Crapman!!
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otter
Aug 27, 2002, 10:20 PM
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How bout a nice bed and breakfst somewhere near Smith rock or Leavenworth or maybe joshua tree... climbing and climbing and having a nice cushy bed ..a hot tub.. and a couple massueses for my husband and I...and a five star chef to cook me the huge meals I always crave after a aday of climbing and lets not forget the fine wine! Ah.. dsuch a pleasant day dream.. thanks for instigating it!
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sully
Aug 27, 2002, 10:55 PM
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Where: The Utah Desert (Indian Creek and Zion are my favorites)
Who: Freddy the crack master...of course
To Do What: LOT OF CRACK CLIMBING!!!
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