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j_ung
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New River Gorge. You definitely don't to spend any time here.
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j_ung
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Can I get a woo? Woo!
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hhelbein
Oct 19, 2008, 4:14 PM
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I'll put up another vote for Florida. Closest climbing in Alabama and Georgia to South Florida is 11 to 12 hours drive away.
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dr_feelgood
Oct 19, 2008, 4:22 PM
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TexasNorth Mexico.
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I_do
Oct 19, 2008, 5:57 PM
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holland. There are no crags in the entire country we have to go abroad to get on rock. Luckily I'm moving to Brisbane for a year, Kangaroo point here I come!
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asiaclimber
Oct 19, 2008, 10:22 PM
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gritstoner wrote: worst places ever - barnsley. however if your on about climbing, anywhere in the south of england. its all flat
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oldandintheway
Oct 19, 2008, 10:40 PM
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I_do wrote: holland. There are no crags in the entire country we have to go abroad to get on rock. Luckily I'm moving to Brisbane for a year, Kangaroo point here I come!
Agreed. I lived in Den Haag and it was a great place but there was nothing to climb but buildings and dykes. Had to travel to the UK for anything close to decent.
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gunkiemike
Oct 20, 2008, 12:18 AM
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oldandintheway wrote: I_do wrote: holland. There are no crags in the entire country we have to go abroad to get on rock. Luckily I'm moving to Brisbane for a year, Kangaroo point here I come! Agreed. I lived in Den Haag and it was a great place but there was nothing to climb but buildings and dykes. Had to travel to the UK for anything close to decent.
I met lots of Dutch climbers at Freyr/Dinant. Not sure how far that is for you. The camping there is pretty sweet too.
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rogue10186
Oct 20, 2008, 12:39 AM
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Are you serious on that one? What part of Northern Mexico? They've got portrero, plus numerous other great crags dotting the eastern part.
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cintune
Oct 20, 2008, 12:47 AM
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I hear Pennsylvania sucks pretty bad.
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smallclimber
Oct 20, 2008, 2:07 AM
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asiaclimber wrote: gritstoner wrote: worst places ever - barnsley. however if your on about climbing, anywhere in the south of england. its all flat Swanage and Portland have great limestone sea cliffs in the south of England and there is granite routes and beautiful boulders in Dortshire(spelling?) on the More's
Main problem in UK is the weather.
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pmurphy17
Oct 20, 2008, 2:35 AM
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Memphis is a pretty shitty place to live no rocks for 3 hours in any direction to make matters worse there is not a single gym with ropes here. On the positive side the murder rate is high and the people dig a different type of crack than most people on this site.
Pat
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gritstoner
Oct 20, 2008, 5:27 AM
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I_do wrote: holland. There are no crags in the entire country we have to go abroad to get on rock. Luckily I'm moving to Brisbane for a year, Kangaroo point here I come!
lived there for a year. great place although the best pub in town burnt down earlier this year. you also have frog butress not that far away. the granite belt isnt that far away either.
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I_do
Oct 20, 2008, 8:16 AM
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gunkiemike wrote: oldandintheway wrote: I_do wrote: holland. There are no crags in the entire country we have to go abroad to get on rock. Luckily I'm moving to Brisbane for a year, Kangaroo point here I come! Agreed. I lived in Den Haag and it was a great place but there was nothing to climb but buildings and dykes. Had to travel to the UK for anything close to decent. I met lots of Dutch climbers at Freyr/Dinant. Not sure how far that is for you. The camping there is pretty sweet too.
I always go to the bivac right next to the rock never been to the camping, I lve in Utrecht so Dinant is about 2.5 hours, actually from Utrecht there are quite a few decent crags about 2-3 hours away and some very nice ones about 4 hours away. So it could be worse, however the concept of having to go abroad for climbing is always funny to me.
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I_do
Oct 20, 2008, 8:20 AM
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gritstoner wrote: I_do wrote: holland. There are no crags in the entire country we have to go abroad to get on rock. Luckily I'm moving to Brisbane for a year, Kangaroo point here I come! lived there for a year. great place although the best pub in town burnt down earlier this year. you also have frog butress not that far away. the granite belt isnt that far away either.
Any tips for some decent pubs that didn't burn down? And I think I'll join the UQ mountain club, but I'm not sure, any experience/tips on/with them?
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asiaclimber
Oct 20, 2008, 11:28 AM
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smallclimber wrote: asiaclimber wrote: gritstoner wrote: worst places ever - barnsley. however if your on about climbing, anywhere in the south of england. its all flat Swanage and Portland have great limestone sea cliffs in the south of England and there is granite routes and beautiful boulders in Dortshire(spelling?) on the More's Dortshire?? Must be a new secret climbing location in the UK. Dorset? Devon? And its a Moor. Main problem in UK is the weather.
(This post was edited by asiaclimber on Oct 20, 2008, 4:36 PM)
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gritstoner
Oct 20, 2008, 11:40 AM
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I_do wrote: gritstoner wrote: I_do wrote: holland. There are no crags in the entire country we have to go abroad to get on rock. Luckily I'm moving to Brisbane for a year, Kangaroo point here I come! lived there for a year. great place although the best pub in town burnt down earlier this year. you also have frog butress not that far away. the granite belt isnt that far away either. Any tips for some decent pubs that didn't burn down? And I think I'll join the UQ mountain club, but I'm not sure, any experience/tips on/with them?
the union jack (best beer in town)
elephant and wheelbarrow (live music)
the irish one in town (live music)
toms bar in the valley
there are a couple of good ones in the valley and a few stops down the train line as well.
as for the climbing club, i was lucky and met a local barmaid who was also a climber, so i have no idea what they are like.
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Arrogant_Bastard
Oct 20, 2008, 3:49 PM
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Joshua Tree.
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Zerogeist
Oct 20, 2008, 6:53 PM
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i live in phoenix, its AWEFUL
i have to drive a whole hour in any direction for multiple sites :(
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floridaputz
Oct 20, 2008, 7:08 PM
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In reply to: Don't Miami climbers try to escape to Cuba?
As I understand Cuba has some good climbing, it has been featured in Rock & Ice or climbing Mag.
we have a great gym in Ft Lauderdale and Miami
nearest good rock, N Carolina 12 hours
These are the straws that we have to grasp.
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tradrenn
Oct 20, 2008, 8:43 PM
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taydude wrote: Try Rochester NY. I've got either an hour and a half drive to Canada to boulder, which involves dealing with the border crossing. Or I can drive 2.5 hrs east for 30ft trad/top roping at the huge noob fest known as Little Falls Ny.
Well, you are not that far from the Gunks and you are better of than I was when I lived in Ontario.
My contribution:
In Canada
#1. Manitoba.
#2 Saskatchewan.
In USA
#1 Ohio.
#2 Florida.
#3 Nebraska.
#4 Michigan.
#5 Kansas.
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Toast_in_the_Machine
Oct 20, 2008, 11:35 PM
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Arrogant_Bastard wrote: Joshua Tree.
A_B
Was that:
1) Troll the trollers – This thread is so stupid, I want to put the most inane suggestion out there to see if anyone bites?
2) A comment on how crowded / polluted / syphilitic JTree has become?
3) A rub in the face of the poor slobs stuck in Miami beach with lots of scantily clad bathers who can’t seem to get good rocks?
I like your humor, just curious as to which way to take this.
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Arrogant_Bastard
Oct 21, 2008, 12:06 AM
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Well, Joshua Tree proper is a small town, with about 1 good bar, 1 good restaurant, and now 0 good strip joints. It’s unbearably hot in the summer, and almost equally as bad in the winter as it’s cold and there’s absolutely nothing to do. You live next to JTNP, host of an alledged 6000+ routes - a climbing Mecca? Obviously it’s your main climbing area, as you live right next to it and there’s nothing else close. What they didn’t tell you is that it’s low-angle, short, and incredibly chossy rock; out of 6000+ routes, there are about 20 worth climbing. So once you’ve done those a dozen times apiece you start considering taking up another sport. The only thing it has going for it is that it’s an hour and a half from Tahquitz… but so are a lot of places with a lot more going on.
I stand by my previous statement.
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Toast_in_the_Machine
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Thanks for elaborating. This is intended for h8ers, and that gets high marks here.
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