Yeah I've heard a few people were a bit turned off it, and it's a real shame about Moon Hill. Was it the climbing or the town you disliked?
Option 2 sounds brilliant! If you're young and have no commitments, I would definitely go somewhere further afield than Europe. Some friends of mine are just back from a year in France/Spain in a van. They found winter in Spain hard at times and were lucky enough to get a house sit. Also most people would get burnt out after a year of purely sport climbing.
Quote from: T_B on September 03, 2015, 07:57:22 pmOption 2 sounds brilliant! If you're young and have no commitments, I would definitely go somewhere further afield than Europe. Some friends of mine are just back from a year in France/Spain in a van. They found winter in Spain hard at times and were lucky enough to get a house sit. Also most people would get burnt out after a year of purely sport climbing.Who would climb full time in Europe for a year and only do sport, when there so much good multipitch sport, bouldering, alpine climbing, trad, ice, mixed and aid climbing to be had?
Whatever you decide, just make sure you do something, and don't get all sensible. Plenty of time for that.