Yossarian
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It looks like I might have a chunk of time to get away climbing at the end of the year and I'm keen to figure out all the good options in an effort to maximise the chances of having a very good time. And hopefully start doing these sorts of trips a bit more often...
Kids and their mum are off to Tasmania to visit grandparents and though we had talked about me joining them at some point to climb there, I think the kids are still too young to make that worth it. Plus I will prob get sucked into sitting around in Hobart eating and drinking too much in the sun, so think I'll leave that for a few more years.
It's looking like they're leaving around the 9th, so potentially I might be able to escape for 3-4 weeks. The easy / straightforward option would be to go somewhere like El Chorro and do a load of fun sport climbing. Ditto Catalonia for chillier sport and bouldering. But I'm wondering whether that would actually be more fun than a more targeted / shorter trip.
My current favoured option is Frey (https://blog.arcteryx.com/brette-harrington-rock-climbing-in-frey/) - dunno if anyone on here has been, but I'd be keen to hear about it if you have. I spent some time mountain biking around there in the mid 2000s and really liked the area, plus it's quite quick / easy to get to, and it sounds like it's quite easy to pick up partners at the refugio, as well as doing stuff solo if necessary.
I imagine Potrero Chico would be another possibility. However, I really don't like spiders, so if big fuck off hairy ones are wandering around everywhere and jumping out of pockets I think i would find that quite traumatic.
I'm sure there are some places in the US that might work, plus elsewhere in south America.
Main criteria are potential to pick up some partners (unless anyone fancies teaming up), not loads of travelling hassle, adventurous (could be something other than trad or mountains, etc), fairly stable weather.
Any thoughts?
Kids and their mum are off to Tasmania to visit grandparents and though we had talked about me joining them at some point to climb there, I think the kids are still too young to make that worth it. Plus I will prob get sucked into sitting around in Hobart eating and drinking too much in the sun, so think I'll leave that for a few more years.
It's looking like they're leaving around the 9th, so potentially I might be able to escape for 3-4 weeks. The easy / straightforward option would be to go somewhere like El Chorro and do a load of fun sport climbing. Ditto Catalonia for chillier sport and bouldering. But I'm wondering whether that would actually be more fun than a more targeted / shorter trip.
My current favoured option is Frey (https://blog.arcteryx.com/brette-harrington-rock-climbing-in-frey/) - dunno if anyone on here has been, but I'd be keen to hear about it if you have. I spent some time mountain biking around there in the mid 2000s and really liked the area, plus it's quite quick / easy to get to, and it sounds like it's quite easy to pick up partners at the refugio, as well as doing stuff solo if necessary.
I imagine Potrero Chico would be another possibility. However, I really don't like spiders, so if big fuck off hairy ones are wandering around everywhere and jumping out of pockets I think i would find that quite traumatic.
I'm sure there are some places in the US that might work, plus elsewhere in south America.
Main criteria are potential to pick up some partners (unless anyone fancies teaming up), not loads of travelling hassle, adventurous (could be something other than trad or mountains, etc), fairly stable weather.
Any thoughts?