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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Sep 12, 2008 - 11:33pm PT
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How is Brigham City air? Was fine when I lived there - a few blocks from the Wasatch.
Close to skiing, etc. Was kind of a one company town at the time, though - Thiokol.
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
up Yonder (the edge of Treason)
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Sep 12, 2008 - 11:36pm PT
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Montucky is always an option....& you can do redneck sh#t.
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 13, 2008 - 12:32am PT
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no montucky - need big mountains...o wait - thought you meant kentucky...
montana could be fun....
can't do satelite though - this has already ruled out a couple places...
jackson hole ? i thought there was no cragging, just the long approaches...
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
up Yonder (the edge of Treason)
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Sep 13, 2008 - 12:35am PT
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Durkee, Oregon. Burnt River. limestone. Almost untouched.
Super Phat.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Sep 13, 2008 - 12:37am PT
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Sierra Granite is where it's at. You know this!!!!
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Sep 13, 2008 - 12:52am PT
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Ok, Paganmonkeyboy, (wow, spelled the whole name right out on a Fri. Nite. too cool)
I may have to sacrifice myself to Chaminoux for you....I think it's the best choice. But I think in the next 6 months I can check it out. Will let you know....If I return. :D
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 13, 2008 - 12:56am PT
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lynne i'm thinking the same thing - to be honest if i could climb alpine all day and ski from village to village i think i could deal...plus they'd love the cowboy singing bad 80s covers i'm sure...
get a place with a hot tub. i hear talk of 3 valleys being the shizzle...
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Sep 13, 2008 - 01:04am PT
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Heaven, and I know a serious beta person that lives there. You can relax PMB .... I'll go scout it out...hehehe
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Sep 13, 2008 - 01:07am PT
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Actually the boat idea is pretty good. Just get a 20-30 foot boat and a berth!
Port of Redwood City, Isleton, Oakland. Tahoe probably has similar berths. If it's in the Delta though you have more range.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Sep 13, 2008 - 02:20am PT
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It rains ALL the time in Vancouver, and Squamish. The natives are heterogeneous and liberal. The real natives are...interesting. Property prices are absurd. You need to have a D-8 to create new routes. The place is full of liberal refugees from the U.S. There's no cultural life worth talking about - the place shuts down at 8:00 weeknights, 9:00 Fridays and Saturdays. The beer is like making love in a canoe - f***ing close to water. The politics are bizarre. Russ W has visited, and won't be back. Food is great - if you like Micky D's, and "Chinese-Canadian cuisine", or are a bait eater. And the climbers are all jerks, fantasizing about what climbing was like in the 1970s - except they can't really remember.
Try Penticton instead. Okanagan Valley. Sunny and warm. Skaha. Full of retired people and (supposedly) teenage meth addicts. Excellent swimming. OK skiing. Five hours from Bugaboos and Squamish. Lots of limp wristed 'sport' climbing for TeamWayHomo.
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adventurous one
Trad climber
reno nev.
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Sep 13, 2008 - 02:44am PT
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Have you been to Tahoe / Truckee? Hard to beat the skiing / climbing combo if you want to stay on this side of the Atlantic. Can't count the number of days, in my youth, that I skied and climbed in the same day. Donner Summit has places you can practically belay from the hood of your car 15 minutes from town. Weekends the Valley and Eastside backcountry are close. Free concerts in the park in Truckee are rocking, along with the customary resort bar life / cover bands. Lots of music options in Reno less than an hour away. If I could though, I would head for somewhere in the alps if you have nothing holding you in the States. Nice dilemma to have.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 13, 2008 - 02:53am PT
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I've lived in a couple places that weren't what I thought or wanted them to be. "no matter where you go, there you are". Beyond that crap, go to where you can make money, you can always fly home.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 13, 2008 - 03:10am PT
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Amen.
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 13, 2008 - 10:28am PT
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anders you must be on the tourism board ;-) i hear the weed sucks too...
actually the rain is one of my main concerns when i think nesbit or something...i have a tough enough time dealing with depression here where the sun always shines, and i remember back in my days in buffalo, ny how the 300+ days of overcast drearyness made everyone just plain insane...
new z would be a move. the logistics boggle the mind though...
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MisterE
Social climber
My Inner Nut
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Sep 13, 2008 - 10:46pm PT
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Nowhere, yet everywhere:
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 13, 2008 - 11:03pm PT
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E if i could get a unimog and net i'd be soooo all over that...
but i'm not in that financial league ;-) i'm driving a 90 dodge caravan k car cargo van 4 banger for the road trip...
that they just told me has exhaust gases in the coolant, after the brakes and such were done...i'm thinking its the head gasket since the motor was rebuilt 25k ago...but i'm thinking it will make it to yellow pine and back to slc...
tomorrow i gotta flush and do a block treatment though...
i got yer gallon of sake btw ;-)
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Sep 13, 2008 - 11:33pm PT
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Chaminoux....
PMB, you better keep us posted on your where abouts Dude !
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
up Yonder (the edge of Treason)
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Sep 14, 2008 - 12:09am PT
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Naw, you blow up the (illegal)damn dam & move into Hetch Hetchy.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Sep 14, 2008 - 01:00pm PT
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Captain, we could call in the Dam Busters, but I think they are all dead.
What's your plan re: HH?
Count me in (a lot of rattlers up there though).
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Anastasia
climber
Not there
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Sep 14, 2008 - 01:12pm PT
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Well, can it be in more than one place?
I love to move back onto my island in Greece. I love to live outside of Bishop. I also have a thing for living in Ventura. It would be great fun to live in France, Switzerland, Indonesia, Hawaii etc. Plus, I swear that there is a small town in Colorado that is calling me home.
My only request is that it isn't a major city. The ideal place will be somewhere that has both large mountains and the ocean. But... If I have to choose one, than mountains is a must.
AF
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