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HAYDUKE
Novice climber
CO
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 26, 2002 - 02:40pm PT
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You ever heard of a little place called the Questa Dome near Taos NM? Probably not, but you can climb on granite prettier than your mamma's panties, yes sir.
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jc
Novice climber
Boulder, CO
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 26, 2002 - 02:47pm PT
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If you happen to be spending a weekend in Albuquerque for whatever reason, there are some trad routes worth doing in the Sandias. Its a complicated area so getting local beta at Stone Age gym may help for the approaches.
Mountain Mama (10c 6pitch), Excalibur (10+ 3pitch), Warpy Moople (5.9 6pitch), Aviary Oort (9+ 3 pitch), and Yucca Flower Tower/Great Escape (10+ 3 pitch) would be classic anywhere. Rock quality in the Sandias generally sucks though, so if you venture much beyond this list you are taking your life into your own hands. Don't say I didn't warn you.
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Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 26, 2002 - 02:48pm PT
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Do they regularly use that phrase in CO? I'm keeping my distance.
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rockies guy
Intermediate climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 26, 2002 - 11:40pm PT
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CANMORE, ALBERTA, CANADA!!!!!
We got it all.
Scary alpine.
Awesome ice.
Sport, Trad, etc, etc.
Good rock and some of the worst rock.
2 hours from the BUGS.
YEE HAW!!!!!
It does get a little cool from October until about the end of May though.
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Dingbot
Intermediate climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2002 - 10:23am PT
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Corvallis Bites, its all about hwy 97.
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Rubio
Advanced climber
Neuvo Mexico
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2002 - 12:28pm PT
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Just for the record, I'd like to point out that San Fransisco, or anywhere in the Bay, completely sucks. Every time some lamo mag does a, "best places to live..." article they include San Francisco. Are these guys on crack? I lived there for four years and it COMPLETELY sucks. The only redeming quality is its proximity to the valley. Other than that, its all garbage. And don't tell me about Castle Rock, that place blows ass.
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Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2002 - 01:14pm PT
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Oh come on, the Bay Area rules. Pinnacles, Mickey's Beach, those boulders in Berkeley, $20 day passes at Mission Cliffs. And the traffic going to the Sierras/Yosemite? It doesn't get any better.
Now whats the beta on this Fresno place?
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DS
Novice climber
San Rafael, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2002 - 01:17pm PT
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Don't forget Castle Rock...it's just like Fontainebleau...right?
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Novice climber
paradox
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2002 - 02:29pm PT
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Boulder, Bishop, Yosemite, Fresno
Which one of these things does not belong with the others kids?
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Novice climber
boulder
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2002 - 02:39pm PT
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...And your point would be?
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Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2002 - 03:02pm PT
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Obviously Boulder.
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Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2002 - 03:03pm PT
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Boulder.
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Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2002 - 03:06pm PT
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I moved to Fresno and scared the sh#t out of myself. The place was filled with Bloods and other undesirables, like Mexicans, who for some reason don't spend every free cent climbing rocks. Jesus, what is WRONG with people? I wish every day that I was back in Boulder where people have their priorities straight.
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apache warlord
Novice climber
co
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2002 - 03:19pm PT
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I'll say it once and agian a couple of times..
Durango Colorado has it ALL. Granite, Sandstone & limestone cragging ALL near town. Within a 6 hour circle you can climb walls in Zion, & Red Rocks. The Black is 4 hours away, can be in castle valley and the fishers in 3, the Creek in 2...oh yes, silverton and ouray harbor some of the best ice in the country...the bars are fun, the girls are fine and you can hitch practically anywhere. Name ONE reason why you wouldn't want to live here and be a climber.
Oh yes, & I forgot to mention the abundance of sick backcountry skiing/mountaineering.
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Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2002 - 03:23pm PT
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That's easy, too far from Yosemite.
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apache warlord
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2002 - 03:25pm PT
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ya, well, yosemite ain't the only place in the goddamn world.
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Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2002 - 03:33pm PT
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No one implied it was. It just happens to be the best place on the planet to climb. Naturally, that pisses off most non-Californians. Funny.
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A.W.
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2002 - 03:45pm PT
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BEST place on the planet? Come on now. How bout best place YOU'VE climbed. That would sound a little better.
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A.W.
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2002 - 03:47pm PT
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Oh, I just LOVE the solitude of Yosemite.
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Advanced climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2002 - 03:55pm PT
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Yes, it is rather quiet 1500 feet from the valley floor, isn't it?
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