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seancharles
Sep 8, 2014, 12:11 AM
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Hey guys
Was looking to start getting a few idea's on planning a trip to the USA to get some climbing done probably around either Nov 2015 or Feb 2016
Most likely flying into LAX and thinking about hiring a van or something like that and driving around for 2 months taking in the sites and ticking off some climbs.
Just wondering if people had any suggestions on where or what sort of places would be a good place to go visit. I'll climb anything (trad,sport and a few boulders here and there but mainly roped up). Pretty much just looking for a list of sweet places to investigate more and get a general idea of what to aim to get to.
also if anyone knows of any places that they'd recommend to hire a car for a month or two that would be great as well
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sonso45
Sep 9, 2014, 4:42 PM
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Will you have a partner? What part of the USA will you fly into?
If you start on the east coast you will have lots of places to climb; generally no taller than a single pitch but there are exceptions. In the west you can have it all.
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skelldify
Sep 9, 2014, 5:41 PM
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Your plans are too general for us to be able to give good recommendations. The western US is HUGE.
For general plans like yours, mountainproject.com is very helpful.
If you provide us with a more specific idea of what you're looking for, we can give more specific recommendations.
Maybe peruse mtn project, get some more specific plans together, then get back to us?
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granite_grrl
Sep 9, 2014, 6:06 PM
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seancharles wrote: Hey guys Was looking to start getting a few idea's on planning a trip to the USA to get some climbing done probably around either Nov 2015 or Feb 2016 Most likely flying into LAX and thinking about hiring a van or something like that and driving around for 2 months taking in the sites and ticking off some climbs. Just wondering if people had any suggestions on where or what sort of places would be a good place to go visit. I'll climb anything (trad,sport and a few boulders here and there but mainly roped up). Pretty much just looking for a list of sweet places to investigate more and get a general idea of what to aim to get to. also if anyone knows of any places that they'd recommend to hire a car for a month or two that would be great as well
If you arrive November and plan to climb November December it's doable, but you'll be stuck in the far south and it'll be quite cold.
Try for February instead, you'll have more options and you'll be much more comfortable living out of a vehicle.
As for locations - I went on a road trip years ago after finishing University. I was still fairly green to climbing (was leading, but ignorant of many areas, etc). I just went through some climbing sites, picked out names of climbing areas I recognized (because at that point, if I recognized them they were pretty prominent areas) and then started connecting the dots.
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happiegrrrl
Sep 10, 2014, 8:12 PM
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I go to the southwest in winter, arriving early late November, basing in Joshua Tree, which has an ever-changing influx of international and US-based climbers.
While December is the coldest month(and yes, you will either be limited to southern desert US), it is certainly not undoable. But, yeah - if you have the choice, I would absolutely wait till February. That will open up much more options.
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