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climbsomething
Jun 13, 2002, 12:56 AM
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No surprise, granite is kicking butt here. The results thus far, including ties, for those of you keeping score at home
Granite: 11
Limestone: 5
Sandstone: 4
Dolomite: 2
Grit: 1
Aww, where's the love for sandstone? I know it's soft, but you can get some really good sand too, in Red Rocks and, I hear, Indian Creek. I wonder, if maybe I just love Red Rocks best and that's skewing my vote? Nah! Sandstone! and... Red Rocks! WOOT WOOT! hehe
~Hillary
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biggernhell
Jun 13, 2002, 2:09 AM
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I love it all, but for number one its gotta be sandstone. When its really compact like the stuff near Chattanooga TN, or Someplaces like Turtle Lake near Durango CO, its as good as it gets. Serious friction. Good slopers.AAHHHH
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climbsomething
Jun 13, 2002, 2:59 AM
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If sandstone could make a face, this would be it:
hey crackaddict, you're messing with the curve! maybe my real favorite rock is whatever we'll climb when we ever meet
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sparky
Jun 13, 2002, 4:32 AM
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Granite! The more solid the rock is the better I feel, down with sandstone!
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phil_nev
Jun 13, 2002, 4:54 AM
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The sandstone of the grampians and mt arapiles......
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fingerjam
Jun 16, 2002, 3:42 AM
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ahh..utah sandstone the stuff breaks though...
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cragchica
Jun 17, 2002, 7:29 AM
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I have to agree with wyclimber and roughster on this one. It depends on the type of climbing... and for sport, limestone rocks! pockets, jugs, lots of overhangs, plus it just looks cool!
Then again it depends very much on where you are too...
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bmgard
Jun 17, 2002, 10:35 AM
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Windgate sandstone, Indian Creek! Althought the Dakota sandstone at Turtle Lake, Durango CO makes for some awsome bouldering.
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codey
Jun 17, 2002, 11:14 AM
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Granite if I was doing trad and sand stone for sport
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cygnus
Jun 17, 2002, 12:33 PM
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Limestone for me, especially since I live close to the Red River.
C
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orngave
Jun 17, 2002, 1:41 PM
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I am going with sandstone.
E.B.
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punk
Jun 17, 2002, 2:05 PM
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quartzite congolomerate, Granite
mostly I do trad and aid and I love to have a bomber pieces in vertical cracks and sheer walls(Granite)I also like great roofs and beautiful horizontals (quartzite congolomerate)
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micahmcguire
Jun 17, 2002, 8:25 PM
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aid is for sissies eh? just keep climbing in the gym and telling yourself that
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doosh
Jun 17, 2002, 9:15 PM
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Limestone rocks your DOME.
It's the organic climbing medium...
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toobigtoclimb
Jun 17, 2002, 9:34 PM
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Gotta be the Joshua Tree Quartz Monzonite. Mondo friction.
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doosh
Jun 17, 2002, 9:55 PM
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You have GOT to be kidding.
Monzonite?
HARD SLAB?
omfg.
Font is gymnastic AND friction, at least...
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rock_climbin_06
Jun 18, 2002, 6:09 PM
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I haven't had much experience so i would have to go with sandstone...
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overlord
Jun 18, 2002, 6:22 PM
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i like all kinds of good rock.
CLIMB ON
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happyhippy
Jun 18, 2002, 7:13 PM
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Hmmmmm, quartzite sandstone. Hard to beat that of Mt Arrapiles and the Grampians (Victoria, Australia), but Lake Louise (B.C. Canada) comes close. This stuff makes granite look brittle, makes of bomb proof gear.
The basalt of Owens River Gorge (near Bishop, California) is the best sports climbing I've done.
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cragstar
Jun 18, 2002, 8:05 PM
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OK this may sound funny but I like conglamorate rock its like climbing a huge slab of broken concrete round rocks just sticking out of the wall its lots of fun
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rocknpowda
Jun 18, 2002, 8:30 PM
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Why have a favorite? Move somewhere where you have a choice then whatever mood you're in, that's what you climb. My fav's are as follows:
Limestone- El Portrero Chico, Mexico
Granite- City of Rocks, ID
"Soft" Sandstone- St. George/Zion area
"Hard" Sanstone- Moab, UT (cracks) and Red Rocks, NV (sport and long trad)
Quartzite- Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT
Welded Tuff- The Overlook, UT
Cobble- Maple Canyon, UT
Funky Limestone/sanstone mix-Cedar Canyon, UT
Other Fav's
Sport climbing-El Portrero
Trad Climbing-Moab
Aid Climbing-Zion
Bouldering-For sissies
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