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hanakahi
Nov 25, 2008, 6:17 AM
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Hiya,
We're climbing in the Red Rocks / Las Vegas area and the weather's calling for rain. Any suggestions for rain-safe climbing during or after a rain?
Aloha,
Les
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chossmonkey
Nov 25, 2008, 12:30 PM
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Go climb limestone.
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gblauer
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Nov 25, 2008, 2:08 PM
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Yeah there is a sport climbing place not far away called Urban crag? Suburban crag? It's fun, reasonably easy approach. We climbed there the day after it rained when we were in Red rocks.
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vegastradguy
Nov 25, 2008, 2:27 PM
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or, if you dont want to climb limestone...which i dont care for- joshua tree is 2.5hrs south- if it rains on wed/thurs, i would say no climbing friday, and possibly saturday as well, depending on what kind of rain it is....
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Hennessey
Nov 28, 2008, 4:43 AM
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Take A very relaxing and possibly expensive rest day in one of the strips many strip clubs.
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smallclimber
Nov 29, 2008, 1:37 AM
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If you are due a rest day anyway, and have not "done" Vegas before you could easily spend a day wandering up and down the strip (no you don't need to go to a strip club or even spend any money at all). Lots of free things to see and then treat yourself to an all you can eat buffet.
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climbingaggie03
Nov 29, 2008, 3:23 AM
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smallclimber wrote: If you are due a rest day anyway, and have not "done" Vegas before you could easily spend a day wandering up and down the strip (no you don't need to go to a strip club or even spend any money at all). Lots of free things to see and then treat yourself to an all you can eat buffet.
in fact, don't go to a strip club, they are disappointing, the all you can eat buffets on the other hand....
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zeke_sf
Nov 29, 2008, 4:38 AM
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climbingaggie03 wrote: smallclimber wrote: If you are due a rest day anyway, and have not "done" Vegas before you could easily spend a day wandering up and down the strip (no you don't need to go to a strip club or even spend any money at all). Lots of free things to see and then treat yourself to an all you can eat buffet. in fact, don't go to a strip club, they are disappointing, the all you can eat buffets on the other hand....
Clearly, you've never been to an all you can "eat" strip club.
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climb_eng
Nov 29, 2008, 4:47 AM
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If your not into the strip, you can always check out Arizona hot springs. It's pretty cool, right on the banks of the Colorado river, just below Hoover Dam. There's also some pretty neat bassalt sport climbing down there as well. Ask at Desert Rock for directions....
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climbingaggie03
Nov 29, 2008, 5:00 AM
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zeke_sf wrote: climbingaggie03 wrote: smallclimber wrote: If you are due a rest day anyway, and have not "done" Vegas before you could easily spend a day wandering up and down the strip (no you don't need to go to a strip club or even spend any money at all). Lots of free things to see and then treat yourself to an all you can eat buffet. in fact, don't go to a strip club, they are disappointing, the all you can eat buffets on the other hand.... Clearly, you've never been to an all you can "eat" strip club.
Dammit! I knew we were at the wrong strip club, it was all you could "drink" but they didn't serve alcohol
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zeke_sf
Nov 29, 2008, 5:20 AM
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climbingaggie03 wrote: zeke_sf wrote: climbingaggie03 wrote: smallclimber wrote: If you are due a rest day anyway, and have not "done" Vegas before you could easily spend a day wandering up and down the strip (no you don't need to go to a strip club or even spend any money at all). Lots of free things to see and then treat yourself to an all you can eat buffet. in fact, don't go to a strip club, they are disappointing, the all you can eat buffets on the other hand.... Clearly, you've never been to an all you can "eat" strip club. Dammit! I knew we were at the wrong strip club, it was all you could "drink" but they didn't serve alcohol
Heh. Touche.
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desertwanderer81
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climb_eng wrote: If your not into the strip, you can always check out Arizona hot springs. It's pretty cool, right on the banks of the Colorado river, just below Hoover Dam. There's also some pretty neat bassalt sport climbing down there as well. Ask at Desert Rock for directions....
I'll second this! Great fun especially in the winter. I do not recommend it though in the summer.....did them in June once and I thought I was going to die on the hike out.
I liked the Nevada side's hotsprings better though.
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