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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Sep 12, 2008 - 01:48pm PT
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Montana?? Too many californians
So you then moved to CA???
Though I can understand you'd want to see different areas if you were born and raise in Bozeman...
favorite local bumpersticker
Did you move here to be in a hurry?
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Richard
climber
Bend, OR.
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Sep 12, 2008 - 01:57pm PT
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"I'd vote for Bend/Redmond. Climate is very similar to SLC. Skiing is not as good, but then, short of Canadian heli-skiing, what is?
Good climbing close by, some nice restaurants, and housing prices not too high."
Bend/Redmond is closed look somewhere else
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dmalloy
Trad climber
eastside
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Sep 12, 2008 - 01:59pm PT
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hey Blinny....I think you can hang the "LA North" tag on Mammoth, but not so much on Bishop. There are still cows roaming everywhere around town, most people live modest lifestyles, and everywhere you go around here you see friendly people you recognize. Two minutes on a bike and you are riding along the canal under cottonwood trees or on a road between two alfalfa pastures. Leave the car at home most of the time, you can walk or ride to work, the grocery store or the coffeeshop.
Not saying it is PMBs destiny to live here - no shooting guns off your deck, not many places to play music in front of an audience (although lots of great musicians to hang out and jam with), nightlife is pretty much reduced to hanging out with your friends at someone's place, housing is expensive and jobs are hard to find. But it is a place to live a quiet life with several lifetimes worth of adventure right out your backdoor.
Also a damn good place to pick up a locally raised steer at the Junior Livestock Auction or grow humongous tomatoes and squash in the backyard. Local food is becoming one of the cornerstones of my own satisfaction with living here....
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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Sep 12, 2008 - 02:01pm PT
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TK-just ribbin' you guys.My whole family still lives in the 'zone and I'll always be a Montanan but I did see Bozeman change drastically in my years.When I come home the traffic totally crushes me.19th is insanity!The "batholith" does rule.
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Sep 12, 2008 - 02:05pm PT
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Fifteen or even ten years ago, I would've moved to Flag. I'm not so sure these days.
Around 2001 or '02 I looked seriously at condos in Chamonix and then in the Bleau area, but didn't really have the dough. You don't get the tax break if you buy out of US. On the other hand, your French would improve quickly (unless you spend all yr time hanging with the Brits).
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Sep 12, 2008 - 02:15pm PT
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I know Capt. I was just messin back...
19th is insanity
Agreed
Actually Pagan, Livingston could be a good choice too...a bit quieter than Bozeman and still only 45 minutes or so from the mountain. Plus you have all the Paradise climbing at your backdoor...and Yellowstone...
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
up Yonder (the edge of Treason)
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Sep 12, 2008 - 03:43pm PT
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Sam Ford Fiord.......
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Sep 12, 2008 - 03:59pm PT
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Yeah, Vancouver rocks. I did the American living in Canada thing for a year-and-a-half, and loved the place. I broke down twice and had to go to the docter and no one blinked or even charged me. I wouldn't count on that happening, but it was pretty cool. Good bouldering in North Van, too.
Great food, clubs, tons and tons and tons of rain.
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Double D
climber
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Sep 12, 2008 - 04:01pm PT
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From your post it looks like skiing is 1st and climbing is 2nd, right? If it were reversed...check out Southern UT, St. George area. Perhaps more concentrated climbing withing 15 minutes than any area in the US (we climb before work 2-3 times per week...year round). Decent skiing (UT Pow for sure) is 1 hour to be on the lifts...don't have to park then shuttle, etc. It's not unusual for us to ski in the morning and go hiking in the afternoon in Zion.
Email for details.
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Klimmer
Mountain climber
San Diego
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Sep 12, 2008 - 04:02pm PT
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Bishop is my second home and where my heart lies --- climbing: bouldering, sport, trad, mini-wall, alpine, ice. Skiing both BC and resort. Paragliding. Mtn. Biking. Mtn. boarding 10 mile + deserted roads. Fly fishing. Plenty of hiking, and rock and mineral collecting. Gees the list goes on and on.
Just get used to "Bishop Time," slowdown and you won't go crazy. Great people.
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
up Yonder (the edge of Treason)
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Sep 12, 2008 - 04:03pm PT
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Dammit. Now I gotta go kill this imposter dude....Then I WILL have to move to Sam Ford Fiord.
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Sep 12, 2008 - 04:10pm PT
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Yo Pagan,
What sort of music are we talking about? My prime pickin' parder moved away about seven years ago, and I've been having a devil of a time replacing him. If we were to gel, there might be a signing bonus in it for you here in Truckee
Influences: Bad Livers/Danny Barnes, Hot Rize/Tim O'Brien, Black Sabbath, George Jones, They Might Be Giants, Meat Purveyors, Graham Parsons, Split Lip Rayfield, etc., etc., etc....
Upbeat and obnoxious or sad, slow, and dirgy and any songs about drinking and dying
Regardless, plenty of opportunity for playing out in Tahoe/Truckee.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Sep 12, 2008 - 04:15pm PT
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Somehow that first photo tempts me to ask if you know Squeal Like A Pig:)
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divad
Trad climber
wmass
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Sep 12, 2008 - 04:33pm PT
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Cortina
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 12, 2008 - 04:40pm PT
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hehe willoughby i got whole sets of songs about drinkin and dyin...
leg looks nasty ! what happened ?
ok - so steve just lent me an advance on the deposit for this place i'm moving out of to pour money into the cargo van - looks like the roadtrip is going to be the plan - head out for the facelift, then maybe stay a week or three in yose and thereabouts, head up the coast to bc, loop back in through montana ?
van is gettng brakes and water pump as we speak...who's up for a road trip ?
and where's the skiing an hour from st george ? new mexico ?
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
up Yonder (the edge of Treason)
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Sep 12, 2008 - 04:43pm PT
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Brianhead's up that way, ain't it?....
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 12, 2008 - 04:48pm PT
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yeah brian head i think now that you mention it...
hmmmm. thanks everyone for the killer feedback - this is definitely the people and the place to ask about this i think...
khanom you on sprint evdo ? at&t ? who's got the best coverage out there ? i had to bail on colorado last month because there are way too many holes in coverage for the trip to work for me...but hunkering down in a coffee shop for 9 hours is no picnic either...
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Sep 12, 2008 - 04:51pm PT
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Hit us up for some bouldering when you roll through!
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
up Yonder (the edge of Treason)
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Sep 12, 2008 - 05:05pm PT
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And Crested Butte's not that far from Canyonlands...or Arches.
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Sep 12, 2008 - 05:11pm PT
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JACKSON HOLE! Sheesh.
Seriously - best skiing ever, good climbing, beautiful, not in a stinky metro area...
Dunno about the cardiac care, but they have an airport, and a lot of rich bazzillionaires, so its probably ok. Cost of living might be high, but then again, I bet you could find a gig living above some zillionaire's garage watering the plants 51 weeks a year.
(or, just move over the pass to Driggs, ID)
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