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williamjbauer
Jun 20, 2008, 5:41 PM
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If you were to pick a place to live in North Carolina based predominately on quality climbing close by (and maybe a nice town), where would it be?
I'm currently spoiled by the quality climbing at the New River Gorge, but I might move there in a few years and would love some ideas from locals...
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knieveltech
Jun 20, 2008, 6:11 PM
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Ashville. It's pretty centrally located for a lot of the best climbing in the state, and by all accounts it's a nice town. I hear the job market there's a little weird though. Winston-Salem also isn't a bad choice. You're less than an hour from three crags and a relatively short drive to a bunch of other stuff (including the New).
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taibor2
Jun 23, 2008, 1:46 PM
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Ashville, Charlotte, Winson-Salem are all great, look up these places to climb...
1. Hanging Rock
2. Uwharrie
3. Pilot Mountain
4. King's Mountain
5. Crowder's Mountain
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abtisme
Jun 23, 2008, 2:06 PM
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i would scratch charlotte from the list. i lived there my whole life and there is no close climbing. in fact, the only boulderfield around (which was small) is about the be destroyed for some stupid housing development. i would look at Brevard or Asheville. Boone is great, but the job market will be really slim. from Brevard, you're minutes from looking glass and only about an hour from rumbling bald. and then if you want to get into linville gorge or the climbing around Boone, its about 2 and a half hours. so definitely look at Brevard.
edit: there is close climbing to charlotte: crowders and such, but it doesn't compare to the new or what you would find in the mountains of NC.
(This post was edited by abtisme on Jun 23, 2008, 2:07 PM)
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colatownkid
Jun 23, 2008, 2:28 PM
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abtisme wrote: i would scratch charlotte from the list. i lived there my whole life and there is no close climbing. in fact, the only boulderfield around (which was small) is about the be destroyed for some stupid housing development. i would look at Brevard or Asheville. Boone is great, but the job market will be really slim. from Brevard, you're minutes from looking glass and only about an hour from rumbling bald. and then if you want to get into linville gorge or the climbing around Boone, its about 2 and a half hours. so definitely look at Brevard. edit: there is close climbing to charlotte: crowders and such, but it doesn't compare to the new or what you would find in the mountains of NC.
brevard is literally 10 minutes from looking glass. the plug for asheville is good, too. it splits the time between looking glass and rumbling bald (about 45 min) and has more of the offerings of an actually city than brevard does. (don't get me wrong, brevard is nice, but if you want any sort of night life, etc. asheville is the place to be instead.)
ditto on the crowdrers/kings mountain thing. yeah, there is climbing there, but looking glass and rumbling bald will keep you busy with quality rock for quite a while.
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dbrayack
Jun 23, 2008, 2:44 PM
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Chattanooga
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taibor2
Jun 23, 2008, 3:06 PM
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Rumbling Bald... I can't believe I left that one out... yeah, that will keep you busy for days.
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taibor2
Jun 23, 2008, 3:10 PM
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Carnage wrote: dbrayack wrote: Chattanooga the chattanoogan countryside does provide some pretty bad ass climbing.( Read: lifetime's worth) not saying i've been around much (i've spent most of my time at sauratown or pilot  ) but from what i've been able to tell, NC has a lot of routes spread out. Like daycrags all over, but nothing with the close concentration of climbs like Chattanooga or the new. good news is you are close enough to get out to the daycrags most weekends and the hotspots when you get a few days off.
Chattanooga... Really?!? Never been, must go now!
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colatownkid
Jun 23, 2008, 3:24 PM
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taibor2 wrote: Carnage wrote: dbrayack wrote: Chattanooga the chattanoogan countryside does provide some pretty bad ass climbing.( Read: lifetime's worth) not saying i've been around much (i've spent most of my time at sauratown or pilot ) but from what i've been able to tell, NC has a lot of routes spread out. Like daycrags all over, but nothing with the close concentration of climbs like Chattanooga or the new. good news is you are close enough to get out to the daycrags most weekends and the hotspots when you get a few days off. Chattanooga... Really?!? Never been, must go now!
foster falls, t-wall, and sunset to name a few...
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bruceb
Jun 29, 2009, 5:07 AM
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Asheville and NC is a terrible place to live for climbing with poor concentration of crags and routes. These are not the crags you are looking for. 
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clemsonscooby
Jun 29, 2009, 12:30 PM
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Asheville is getting over crowded and it stinks like hippies. Not your normal hippies either, and the city is starting to grow a cloud of patchouli over it. I will second the Brevard and even add Black Mountain. Chattanooga is cool, but very limited summer cragging.
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bruceb
Jun 30, 2009, 2:29 AM
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So Scoobie, does a regular hippie smell worse than a South Carolina white trash, or NC rednecks? I can't tell the difference myself since we all come from the same dirt.
BB
NC native 47 years
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clemsonscooby
Jun 30, 2009, 1:01 PM
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I don't come from southern dirt, but if I had to I would say S.C. trash smells worse, mainly because I smell it on a daily basis. Plus those N.C. hippies and rednecks are peaceful folk, mostly. Bruce, didn't take you for the type to be in the square downtown dancing and skipping around to the beat of that drum. I've only ever seen you dance on Cornflake or Shredded, but hey more power to you if that's your thing. Anywhere in western NC is a great place to live in comparison to SC. They don't let us climb down here , legally. We make the rock smell.
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j_ung
Jul 1, 2009, 5:23 PM
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I was always kinda partial to Linville Gorge. Maybe Boone? Or Morganton?
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abtisme
Jul 1, 2009, 6:12 PM
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anyone else notice that this advice is about a year too late?
still, boone is the jam, but there aren't many jobs.
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