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Texplorer
Trad climber
Reno
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 1, 2011 - 08:52pm PT
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Moving to Sac next week and wanted to get the ST take on living there. Looks like pipeworks is downtown but I have heard traffic can be tough. I am working out near Mather AFB. Any recommendations on where to live, the gyms in the area, and access to climbing would be appreciated.
Also, seriously looking for a place to live if anyone knows climbers with a spare room to rent.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Next door to Dingus.
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squatch
Boulder climber
santa cruz, CA
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don't do it.
sorry
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Texplorer
Trad climber
Reno
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 1, 2011 - 09:03pm PT
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Unfortunately in this economy I didn't have too many choices. Downtown Phoenix, Billings, or Sac. I'm just glad to have a landed a job.
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bergbryce
Mountain climber
Oakland
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Congrats on the job.
You could do a lot worse. Tahoe is about 2 hours away and there is lots of climbing there. Yosemite isn't all that far away either. Several smaller areas sprinkled around Sac too.
I have a climbing partner who grew up near Billings. He tells stories of climbing mud bluffs like they were rock when they were kids. You made the right choice!!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Wouldn't be my first choice, but you'll have no trouble making it work!
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Salamanizer
Trad climber
The land of Fruits & Nuts!
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Mather huh?
Well, Pipeworks is taller but is a Touchstone gym. So you can expect it to be run by a gestapo like team of low paid adolescent and highly inexperienced staff members who will critique your every movement. This means you must use ridiculous belaying techniques, follow a strict set of rules, tie into the rope their way, etc... Did I mention the high membership costs?
Granite Arch is just about as close, has what seems at times to be zero rules, is run by a savvy crack squad of unmotivated adolescents who will not care enough to impose any kind of "policies" on you. Has cracks from tips to fists (5.7 to 5.11++), will permit you to aid with gear in those cracks (so long as your backed up with a solo TR setup) and usually allows people to solo TR routes with a GriGri. I've even hauled, set up a portaledge and hung out on it while I drank beer and heckled the climbers below. It also has a much larger bouldering area as well as TR area and comes in about 10 to 15 bucks cheaper a month.
Hope that helps. Welcome to Sacatomatoes!
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Ricardo Cabeza
climber
All Over.
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You can be up in the foothills of the Tahoe Sierra pretty quickly.
It's what, 75 minutes from the 80/50 split to the Leap right?
About the same to Emerald Pools to cool off and scare yourself in the heat of the summer.
Congrats on a job, get the f out of dodge as often as possible!
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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I go to Folsom once a month - have been doing it for four years now - I've grown to like Sac. & the delta. you are not far from good climbing. There are all kinds of thing to do in town -biking, hiking - you name it. The S.F. bay is 1 1/2 hours away - you will be at the base of the Sierras.
best of luck
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Texplorer
Trad climber
Coming Soon to Sacramento
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 1, 2011 - 09:23pm PT
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Yes, plan to get out often. After training I'll have 6 days off every other week. Plenty of time to do a wall, head to the east side, or make FA ventures into King's Canyon . . . anyone interested shoot me an email.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Perfect!
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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I can vouch for Texplorer as a voracious FA hound and superb rope gun you can point at damn near anything.
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
Full Silos of Iowa
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Yeah, I was just trying to get a rise out of him, actually I enjoyed his post on a Woodfords Canyon thread. Welcome to the neighborhood, Tex. Looks like you're a veteran climber, too, oh yeah.
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Texplorer
Trad climber
Coming Soon to Sacramento
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 1, 2011 - 10:16pm PT
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Heard good stuff about Shuteye but told not to tell about that either.
Yes, rap bolting fantasia is on the list too but only after I install a few extra plastic holds to the harder sections.
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Hawkeye
climber
State of Mine
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I've even hauled, set up a portaledge and hung out on it while I drank beer and heckled the climbers below.
MAN! if you can throw the empties on the unsuspecting climbers below then sign me up!
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schwortz
Social climber
"close to everything = not at anything", ca
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i live in davis
and i'd recommend living in sacramento
though the gym here (rocknasium) is awesome
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nature
climber
Tuscon Again! India! India! Hawaii! LA?!?!
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As an added bonus you'll be very close to where the next SushiFest is happening (Summer 2011).
We're going to destroy Petch's place.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Sacramento is a pretty cool place but you will probably die...!
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