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After having the worst fucking climbing year of all time. I've decided to write the rest of it off.  Hopefully in the new year i should be able to avoid accidents and injuries and get some climbing done :D
Anyway I was thinking about heading to Hueco in February with the missus, but she's gonna go back to Auz for a couple of weeks.  So where else should I go now that I have free reign?
Any ideas ?

Was thinking:
Bishop
Rocklands
Cresiano

[dave]

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• castle hill
• utah

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Good to see that you are not just font orientated
Will Utah not be cold as fuck
Going to font anyway and castle hill at the end of 2004

[Jim]

Going to font anyway and castle hill at the end of 2004

some people get all the luck

[SA Chris]

Aus will be WAY too hot to do anything productive in Sydney or Victoria. You will be fine in Utah for everywhere except Little Cottonwood. Joe's, Ibex etc SHOULD be fine. Dont forget Bishop either.

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A friend is getting married in Auz at the end of next year, so fingers crossed for a stag do nz styleeee
Don't know much about Utah apart from the mormon thing
Maybe Bishop :?

[Carnage]

Dunno if you've seen this, but the book might be useful if you're thinking of Utah.

http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/utah.html

[dave]

you could also consider that hourse pens area in the deep south. theres also places like the new england bouldering - not sure what its like in winter, but theres loads of stuff in that area. you could also check out niagara glen.

i imagine squeemish and that lot will be too cold-snowed under in january, but what do i know.

[Bubba]

email New England Bouldering if you need that info.

Yeah, the deep south in Jan should be fine - Fatboy and aDenseLoner will be back from there this weekend so they should know the score.

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Cheers guys
Food for thought
On the New England tip is iot worth travelling all that way for?  I thought the Gunks were not that much cop, could be wrong though.  Will send an e-mail to get the skinny :wink:

[Bubba]

I met a Gunks local at the Plantation last winter and he rated it - and that's from somebody who made an annual grit pilgrimage to the Peak.

[dave]

i think theres a lot more to new england than the gunks - for a start theres all the rumney "dave graham" places, lincoln woods etc.

[Big Frank]

I met a Gunks local at the Plantation last winter and he rated it - and that's from somebody who made an annual grit pilgrimage to the Peak.

Obviously he's never heard of Yorkshire.

[Bubba]

He was on about some chossy little crags near "the state of Leeds" - guess he must have meant Yorkshire  :

[dave]

lets face it, if he'd have wanted to climb through graffiti, broken bottles, carved initials etc he could have stayed at central park.

[jonP]

I can't believe anyone would fly six hours across the atlantic to go to the Plantation.  It's not even worth the 1 1/2 hour drive from Harrogate.

[Big Frank]

When ever I hear the name Plantation I have a vision of rows of Banana trees with peaks monkeys shinning up them.

[dave]

I can't believe anyone would fly six hours across the atlantic to go to the Plantation.  It's not even worth the 1 1/2 hour drive from Harrogate.

quite right - why drive for silk, when you've got cotton on your doorstep.

 :wink:

[Big Frank]

I can't believe anyone would fly six hours across the atlantic to go to the Plantation.  It's not even worth the 1 1/2 hour drive from Harrogate.

quite right - why drive for silk, when you've got cotton on your doorstep.

 :wink:

Why drive anywhere when you can walk!

especialy to one of the finest (un disclosed as yet) problems in the UK.

[SA Chris]

Don't know much about Utah apart from the mormon thing
Maybe Bishop :?

Joe's / New Joe's etc is superb. I was there in June so had to climb 6-10am and 5-8pm. Far from ideal, but still got some fantastic stuff done. Sandstone, but with limestone features. Ibex is right on the western border. Quartzite, bit limited, but super good probs. Little Cottonwood was a bit disappointing after Bishop and J Tree. Average Granite bouldering.

[vivahate]

I can't believe anyone would fly six hours across the atlantic to go to the Plantation.  It's not even worth the 1 1/2 hour drive from Harrogate.

quite right - why drive for silk, when you've got cotton on your doorstep.

 :wink:

touche..


by the way were you at plantation last friday with Andy Long??

[dave]

by the way were you at plantation last friday with Andy Long??

no, fraid not - maybe you saw malc or someone like that and just assumed it was me - nothing to be ashamed about, happens all the time.

[vivahate]

haha yeah maybey it was.. nah just some geezer who looked like you and had the sportiva katanas on..

[mark]

Little Cottonwood was a bit disappointing after Bishop and J Tree. Average Granite bouldering.

Is Bishop really much better than Little Cottonwood? I've bouldered in LC quite a bit and thought it was great. If Bishop is significantly better then it's about to be promoted a few places up the hitlist.

[AndyR]

Is Bishop really much better than Little Cottonwood? I've bouldered in LC quite a bit and thought it was great. If Bishop is significantly better then it's about to be promoted a few places up the hitlist.

Haven't been to LC, but would have to say Bishop is my favourite bouldering destination so far - not as extensive as font, but major variety in terms of views, rock types, climbing styles etc.

Plus, I love burgers  :D