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peppercola
Oct 14, 2010, 10:09 PM
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I am getting ready to move to New Orleans for about 8 months, and the thought of not climbing for that long makes me want to kill myself (or at least cry). I figure there must be climbers in the city, though, and I was wondering what the locals do to keep climbing. Do you all just go go Slidell? Or make the 5 to 7 hour drive to outdoor areas whenever you can? Or do you all have small gyms in your garages? How do climbers survive in New Orleans?
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acorneau
Oct 15, 2010, 7:18 PM
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Not sure that any climbing is 5 to 7 hours away. Austin is close to 9 hours, Chattanooga is probably 8 hours or so. Wichitas are about 12 hours and HCR is probably 10 hours. (All these are my best guesses using a map.)
I've heard of the gym in Slidell (never been there) and as far as I know it's the only one near there.
We sometimes get people coming in to Texas Rock Gym (Houston) for a rest stop on their way out to Austin/Reimers or Enchanted Rock.
Sorry I can't be of more help. Good luck.
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vojtek
Feb 4, 2011, 12:14 PM
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I'm also here for 4 months, living around New Orleans. Im looking to climb some rocks. I'm willing to do the 7 hour drive to the nearest craig. Im looking for someone to climb with. Anyone interested or going climbing any time soon?
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yodadave
Feb 4, 2011, 1:18 PM
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my buddy did the NOLA thing and drove to Sandrock Al (2hrs closer than Chatty) most weekends or Steele. Apparently there is a small tightknit group of climbers there. Do what you got to.
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colatownkid
Feb 4, 2011, 2:24 PM
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peppercola wrote: I am getting ready to move to New Orleans for about 8 months, and the thought of not climbing for that long makes me want to kill myself (or at least cry). I figure there must be climbers in the city, though, and I was wondering what the locals do to keep climbing. Do you all just go go Slidell? Or make the 5 to 7 hour drive to outdoor areas whenever you can? Or do you all have small gyms in your garages? How do climbers survive in New Orleans?
You're 6 hours from Steele, Palisades, and Horse Pens 40 in Alabama. You're about 5 hours from Moss Rock in Alabama (bouldering, not bad, but you might as well drive the extra hour to HP40). You're about 7 hours from Sand Rock, Jamestown, Griffin Falls, and Little River Canyon in Alabama. A little under 8 hours to Chattanooga where you can find T-Wall, Sunset, Foster Falls, Little Rock City. That's probably about the same as the drive to HCR in Arkansas.
As for gyms, no idea what's in New Orleans. But woodies can be made reasonably cheaply if you have access to some tools, and you can make a crack machine for $60 (PM if you're interested).
I knew a few climbers from Louisiana. They were actually ridiculously strong boulderers--like, flashing V8. Anyway, their secret was a woody in the garage and frequent roadtrips to HP40.
Hope that helps.
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rtwilli4
Feb 4, 2011, 3:06 PM
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I volunteered in NOLA after Katrina... ended up staying for a few months. Amazing city if you get to know the right people.
The Rock Haus in Lafayette is a pretty descent gym but far away.
I think Tulane has a gym too.
There is so much violent crime down there that I'm sure no one will care if you climb the buildings. Hell when I was there we had 40 foot bonfires in the middle of the city... but then again the police force hadn't come back yet and the Natl. Guard were busy harassing people. Anyways...
Go out, enjoy the music, drink your face off. Do some volunteer work. Parts of the city are most certainly still not back to normal.
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