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strangeday
Trad climber
Brea ca.
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 24, 2011 - 03:41am PT
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I've spent a few rainy days at woody's in Moab, spent 12 hours evading snow at the iron door, and got out of the wind at the jtree saloon. The wife and I like to "collect" cool drinking establishments.. Dive bars, historic places (genoa bar rocks!!)Any place worth stopping ... So, question is, what's your favorite places??
Btw: if coffe is your thing, the mean bean near Zion is a must...
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coastal_climber
Trad climber
British Columbia
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Sep 24, 2011 - 08:06am PT
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I guess there's the brew pub here in Squamish, it's where most climbers go, but the foods gone downhill lately so I've been going elsewhere...
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Scott Thelen
Trad climber
Truckee, Ca
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Sep 24, 2011 - 10:13am PT
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Middle Gate, Nv
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Sep 24, 2011 - 10:14am PT
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Strawbeey Lodge @ Lover's Leap, with Petch pouring drinks and throwing out beta. He used to let you check out his guidebook at the bar while you ate and drank.
I stopped in last weekend for a Bloody Mary (world's best) on the way to Tahoe.
They still got it.
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squishy
Mountain climber
Sac town
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Sep 24, 2011 - 10:22am PT
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Not all bars but I always find myself at these places..
whoa nelly yo
Priest Station
Strawberry lodge
Ikedas
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j-tree
Big Wall climber
Classroom to crag to summer camp
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Sep 24, 2011 - 10:35am PT
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Iron Door in Groveland has interesting decor, interesting barkeeps, and interesting clientele.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Sep 24, 2011 - 11:05am PT
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If you can get a seat, the Southern Sun just north of Eldorado Canyon. . .
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Sep 24, 2011 - 11:42am PT
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the "Candy Cat" is where you go when your done climbing at Stoney Point.
beer and dancers right after a good climbing workout.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Sep 24, 2011 - 01:14pm PT
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I'd have to go with the Bucksnort Saloon in the South Platte
(photo courtesy Allen Hill)
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steve shea
climber
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Sep 24, 2011 - 01:29pm PT
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dornans
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 24, 2011 - 01:31pm PT
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Like I remember?
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Sep 24, 2011 - 02:18pm PT
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Gotta love that Bucksnort...
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crunch
Social climber
CO
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Sep 24, 2011 - 02:29pm PT
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Ah yes, the real reason for the opposition to the development of Sherman's Tam 'o' Shanter crags was the defunct bar in the local town of Superior:
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Sep 24, 2011 - 03:12pm PT
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The West Rib in Talkeetna.
Strong ales and short nights.
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nature
climber
back in Tuscon Aridzona....
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Sep 24, 2011 - 03:17pm PT
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my sushi bar whenever i set it up ;)
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Sep 24, 2011 - 03:26pm PT
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$4.75 Beer-battered, deep-fried, pork chop sandwich with Jo-Jo potatoes...
Hard granite, harder food--Butte, America!
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sjellison
Mountain climber
Leadville
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Sep 24, 2011 - 03:35pm PT
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Bucksnort kicks ass!!! Gotta get the Antler Piss beer on tap with an antler for the handle. Far out place
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strangeday
Trad climber
Brea ca.
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2011 - 04:08pm PT
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Awesome... Yeah, the bucksnort looks like my kinds place....
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Sep 24, 2011 - 04:13pm PT
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Strawbeey Lodge @ Lover's Leap, with Petch pouring drinks and throwing out beta. He used to let you check out his guidebook at the bar while you ate and drank.
I stopped in last weekend for a Bloody Mary (world's best) on the way to Tahoe.
Petch is a bro and I love Strawberry Lodge, but I'd have to see (and taste) the Bloody Mary to believe it beats this:
-knott to mention that it's $5.00 every day from 3:00 - 6:00pm at Balboa Cafe in Mill Valley
(close to killer new bouldering on Mt Tam and routes and bouldering at Mickey's Beach).
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Sep 24, 2011 - 06:30pm PT
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I guess that "best" is open to interpretation.....
JT Saloon in Josh - the beer is cold and the local ...wildlife....amusing
We usually hang out at Zion Pizza and Noodle when we are there. Their cheese bread is a meal in itself and is like 4 bucks. Good selection of brews.
In Vegas, Three Angry Wives on Charleston is a good after-crag place, decent prices and good food. Try the loaded potatoes.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Sep 24, 2011 - 06:48pm PT
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Personally, I like the Divided Sky.
However, that's a very Tahoe-centric sort of vote.
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strangeday
Trad climber
Brea ca.
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2011 - 07:00pm PT
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Brandon- "divided sky", is my all time favorite Phish song.. I'll have to hit that place next time were there...
Knott- that bloody Mary pic made my wife kinda squishy... She swears by the one at the station at the top of the palm springs tramway...
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Sep 24, 2011 - 07:07pm PT
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Divided Sky is your favorite Phish song?
That deserves a thread unto itself.
:)
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strangeday
Trad climber
Brea ca.
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2011 - 07:25pm PT
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Out of 50+ shows, I've been blessed with 14 live divided sky's... But I'll never turn down a mikes->hydrogen->weekapaugh... Cheers to dive bars and Phish!!
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Captain...or Skully
climber
Where are you bound?
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Sep 24, 2011 - 08:13pm PT
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Well, I guess there's always the Crow Inn. I dunno about "best", but it's close.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Sep 24, 2011 - 08:22pm PT
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I almost got jumped by a gang of tweakers at the Iron Door. I asked them why they stole my beer and dog food from the doorstep of my rented mobile home. Why I lived in a mobile home in Groveland with my brother and our girlfriends for a week is a whole different story.
Edit: My brothers girlfriend ended up fighting the tweakers, strange days for sure.
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strangeday
Trad climber
Brea ca.
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2011 - 08:36pm PT
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Not sure if she's back there, but Aimee at the iron door is one of my favorite bartenders... That and Selah at the jtree saloon.. Selah is hands down my favorite ever...
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Sep 24, 2011 - 09:59pm PT
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Silver Dollar Bar in Cody and the Grizzly Bar in Roscoe, MT are ones that ice climbers aren't going to want to miss. Good food and cheap drinks in settings that ooze charachter.
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ruppell
climber
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Sep 24, 2011 - 10:03pm PT
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Snugs Harbor New Paltz NY
1 dollar PBR pints tue and thur. At least they used to be. Don't even think about eating there.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Sep 24, 2011 - 10:48pm PT
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umm, mountain room bar, yosemite?
and monte vista cocktail lounge, flagstaff, for sure.
spud and elma's two mile house, olympia washington.
pacific shores lounge, ocean beach, CA.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Sep 24, 2011 - 10:55pm PT
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From that photo, it looks like the Ponderosa has been gentryfyed.
That was an interesting place on a rainy night when packed with bikers, loggers, smelly hippie climbers and a few bewildered tourists.
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Sep 24, 2011 - 11:25pm PT
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sardellas pack station at kennedy meadows, they let anybody in there, and use mules for bouncers,
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10b4me
Boulder climber
Happy Boulders
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Sep 25, 2011 - 01:12am PT
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Hutchs in Ouray is the bomb.
I've heard good things about the Divided Sky
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Sep 25, 2011 - 01:19am PT
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The Drake, in Canmore. Not really anything special as a bar, but it's in the best climbing destination.
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Allen Hill
Social climber
CO.
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Sep 25, 2011 - 04:27am PT
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Allen Hill
Social climber
CO.
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Sep 25, 2011 - 05:24am PT
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hooblie
climber
from where the anecdotes roam
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Sep 25, 2011 - 07:20am PT
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^^^^ ya mike m, and by the way ... "where the hell is roscoe?" ... ha, local joke.
i played this song ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnGVSIRCi7A ...
on the juke box at the grizzly bar with my final load sitting on the porch
all set for a solo on one of the bigger features up the east rosebud.
after about the third repeat the cowboys sort of nudged me out the door,
but the song kept rolling around in my head for the next couple days.
after four pitches i decided i wasn't a soloist, just a guy without a partner.
that mushroom swiss burger played heavily on my decision
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M. Volland
Trad climber
Grand Canyon
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Sep 25, 2011 - 09:57am PT
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The pizza deck - Curry Village
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Stewart Johnson
climber
lake forest
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Sep 25, 2011 - 11:21am PT
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i spent some time in canmore, didnt find one bar i liked.
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Sep 25, 2011 - 11:29am PT
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Right on Hooblie--where the hell IS Roscoe !
Grizzly Bar for the Beartooths, Road Kill Cafe for the Boulder, and for true decadence...
...Chico Hot Springs for climbing in Paradise Valley :-)
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Dolomite
climber
Anchorage
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Sep 26, 2011 - 04:52pm PT
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squishy
Mountain climber
Sac town
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Sep 26, 2011 - 05:16pm PT
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was in Strawberry lodge just last night getting some drinks..
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Sep 26, 2011 - 06:00pm PT
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Cotton Bottom near the mouth of LCC.
Lander Bar.
Dornan's.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Sep 26, 2011 - 06:19pm PT
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A new bar opened in Squamish a few years ago. I don't remember the name, but it was just upriver. Nice view of the chief, and plenty of outdoors seating.
Maybe someone who frequents Squamish can let us know if it's still there.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Sep 26, 2011 - 06:41pm PT
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Mojede or hooblie, do you know the name of the bar in Fishtail. Me and my bros watched the superbowl in there one time and had a hell of a time with all of the cowboys. Free food and cheap beer. Also the grocery store in Fishtail is one of the coolest grocery stores around. I have had some of the best hand cut steaks from that place I have ever eaten. Whole foods has nothing on that place.
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rbolton
Social climber
The home for...
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Sep 26, 2011 - 06:51pm PT
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Rod and gun club, Stanley, Idaho.
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hooblie
climber
from where the anecdotes roam
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Sep 26, 2011 - 06:59pm PT
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the cowboy bar, on the corner there in fishtail.
BIG snow winter of '78-'79, we headed into the west rosebud to do some ice climbing off the leaky wooden watchya-callit ... flume, i guess that fed the penstock into the powerhouse from the dam.
we got in behind the bulldozer that was plowing the road open to do a weekly shift change. the drifts were filling in so fast behind us that we bailed or else we would have been married to that plow all the way in and back out, and wouldn't have got to climb.
so we found ourselves in the cowboy bar for the last few hours of the night in our gortex and pile while a couple dozen mighty lubed up ranch hands took turns cutting in on the spinning of 3-4 really sorry looking girls around the dance floor.
as closing time approached there was a certain palpable tension in the air, to which these exalted ladies were completely oblivious. and rightfully so, because they were gleefully over the moon with all the attention
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Heyzeus
climber
Hollywood,Ca
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Sep 26, 2011 - 07:25pm PT
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goatboy smellz
climber
Nederland
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Sep 26, 2011 - 07:32pm PT
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+6 for the Bucksnort, x2 for Freeway Tavern in Butte, and the best dive in Boulder County...
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BASE104
climber
An Oil Field
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Sep 26, 2011 - 07:40pm PT
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Who can climb, and at the same time afford a BAR?
That said:
The Bar Nash in Chamonix was always great fun. As long as the brits didn't try to get into a fight with you. Just trying to keep Shipley from getting arrested was hard enough after a few beers. That is something, because in France back then, it was nigh impossible to get arrested for just being a nuisance.
The Moose Bar in the Tetons was cool. I spent my 18th birthday getting hammered there in the afternoon with a silent Chuck Pratt two stools away. Never said a word. Just sipped slowly on red wine.
What is it with the old guys and red wine? Geez. I will never forget DR and Alan Bard teaching me how to wine boulder.
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Sep 26, 2011 - 08:29pm PT
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Scarecrow in North Conway area...
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Sep 26, 2011 - 08:32pm PT
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Red Anorak in N. Conway. Plenty of girls willing to dance with grotty, down from Huntington's ice climbers.
Is it still there?
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nevahpopsoff
Boulder climber
the woods
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Sep 26, 2011 - 09:09pm PT
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as far as i know the red parka is still there. the moat is better.
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nboles
Trad climber
fremont. ca
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Sep 26, 2011 - 09:40pm PT
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In the early '90's Chamonix the 'Nash' had become a 'nice place'. Sad to see. In that time frame the "The Jekyll and Hyde" was the place. The only bar in my life where they new what I drank. Last Time I was there I was Just the "The Jekyll" and its a 'nice place' now. Were is 'the place' now
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divad
Trad climber
wmass
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Sep 26, 2011 - 09:46pm PT
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Dornan's got the best view...
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Sep 26, 2011 - 09:48pm PT
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Dornan's is pretty tough to beat on a nice day.
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Sep 26, 2011 - 10:26pm PT
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why does the coulterville bar say that They were the first bar?
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KP Ariza
climber
SCC
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Sep 26, 2011 - 10:35pm PT
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The pub at the trailhead at the start of the approach to Ceuse (the Sector Cascade) in the town of Sigoyer France. I dont recall the name but its the perfect place to throw back a couple steins of lager after a day of climbing on some of the worlds best limestone. Awesome views and big cheap beers......not to mention location, a great motivator to run down the descent trail in a hurry.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Sep 26, 2011 - 10:54pm PT
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Ponderosa by the Needles.
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Brian
climber
California
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Sep 26, 2011 - 11:22pm PT
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BASE401 and nboles,
The National is definitely gentrified and touristy (and I was never there BITD, as my first visit to Cham was around 92 or 93).
Jekyll is still a good place and not quite as touristy as it isn't in the center of town.
As I posted above, the MBC (http://www.mbchx.com/eng%20mbc%20home.htm); is a fine place to hang out and drink. It's also out of the center of town, and generally seems a bit less overrun; I've never had a problem getting a seat. Nice folks in front of and behind the bar. It's no cheap dive bar (guess you'd call it a "nice place"), but you can drink more by passing on the (quite good) food if you want. Definitely one of my favorite places to hang out after climbing.
Monkey Bar is good as well, with really cheap curry dinner specials one night a week (Tuesdays?).
And, obviously, lots of little places to drink wine or beer that are fully off the beaten path.
Brian
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benbro
Sport climber
San Francisco/South Lake Tahoe
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Sep 27, 2011 - 02:24pm PT
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Definitely second the MBC sentiment in Chamonix - lived there for 6 months and wow I miss their 50c wing happy hour...those are seriously some of the best chicken wings on earth. Their beer is nothing to write home about compared to english/american/belgian craft beer, but hey, it kicks the hell out of Kronenberg!
Also, yes to Divided Sky in Tahoe...oh how I love thee - Brian is one of the coolest guys ever, and his bar feels like a second home. How many bouldering/climbing sessions have ended with an imperial pint of Racer 5, an Edinburgh or Amsterdam sandwich and a arm waving, screaming sprayathon.
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benbro
Sport climber
San Francisco/South Lake Tahoe
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Sep 27, 2011 - 02:25pm PT
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Oh! And I almost forgot the 1 Euro beers and 4 Euro bottles of awesome local wine at the climbers lodge in Siurana!
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Sep 27, 2011 - 03:02pm PT
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Mike m--Hooblie hit the name of the Fishtail tavern, AND threw in a cool story about trying to climb the flume/penstock routes up West Rosebud. Classic, thanks Rick.
Funny that you mentioned that place--two weekends ago my partner and I ended up at the Cowboy Bar after being snowed off of Granite Peak. The old guy owner had passed recently, and the bar was being run by his two sons and daughter, though it looks like she'll end up with it.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Sep 28, 2011 - 10:50pm PT
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Which bud were you heading up? I have been in that country quite a few times but only in winter when climbing so never got too close to Granite. What is the Bar just before you head into the Stillwater. I think I have had a couple in there too.
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Sep 29, 2011 - 12:28am PT
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Mike M , I've been up East RBud and Froze to Death twice before en route to Granite--this time I went up W RBud and Huckleberry Creek to Avalanche Lake.
Up the Stillwater, the bar might have been in Nye or Dean perhaps? I fancied the East Bud for the rock towers with the relatively easy approaches :-)
edit: You take on California Ice while you were there?
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Sep 29, 2011 - 12:40am PT
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outpost or bambi's in butte meadows north of lomo on the 32
buch of redneck freaks
outpost bloody maries rock
props out to mickolich family who owned it in 76
mom has pancratic
dad has alheimeis
masrty hs to deal with it good luck marty
were all dead,
its just a matter of time, the most aberative factor
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WBraun
climber
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Sep 29, 2011 - 12:45am PT
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Weird .....
After 40 years watching the on goings at the Mountain Room bar you wouldn't believe some of the crazy sh'it that went on there.
One could write a big fat book on that place alone .....
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Allen Hill
Social climber
CO.
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Sep 29, 2011 - 02:26am PT
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Sep 29, 2011 - 05:40pm PT
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Somebody upthread nailed it for NH. Moat is where I go when in N Conway.
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strangeday
Trad climber
Brea ca.
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 29, 2011 - 06:02pm PT
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Weird .....
After 40 years watching the on goings at the Mountain Room bar you wouldn't believe some of the crazy sh'it that went on there.
One could write a big fat book on that place alone .....
That's a book I would love to read... I've been to yosemite a few times, and have yet to go to the mountain room bar.. Or climb anything there.. Guess I need to rectify both on my next trip there.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 29, 2011 - 06:05pm PT
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So what's the best bar near Zion?
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strangeday
Trad climber
Brea ca.
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 29, 2011 - 06:12pm PT
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Jack's is probably the best bet near Zion, nothing fancy, but I think it's the only one that serves liquor, and not just beer and wine.
Edit-- also don't forget to stop at the Mean Bean coffeehouse... It's a must if
You like java..
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Sep 30, 2011 - 01:01am PT
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Yeah, it was Nye. We did Cali Ice to the summit plateau once. Tried to do Ice Dragons a couple of times but that seems to be a long long walk and just ended up taking the gear for a walk. Climbed ice in all those drainages a time or two. That is some of the coolest country I have seen. There are some pretty nice rock buttress in that country!
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Branscomb
Trad climber
Lander, WY
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Sep 30, 2011 - 11:29am PT
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Silver Dollar Bar in Cody in the winter when you can't take camping out in S Fork anymore.
Strawberry Lodge Bar too. Haven't been there in many years, but in the 80s was there when Moby Grape played in a come-back attempt. Skip Spence didn't show up till midnight, but then they played till dawn and they were great. Didn't get much climbing done the next day, but a great freaker's ball. I imagine it's a good place now with Petch makin the drinks. A good man.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Sep 30, 2011 - 12:54pm PT
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Doug that is a good one as is the Mid Summer Dome Lounge in Big Sandy Wyoming great cocktails and some killer Coconut Thai Trout
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spud
climber
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Sep 30, 2011 - 01:14pm PT
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Hooty's, just outside Devil's Lake State Park in Wisconsin.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Sep 30, 2011 - 01:33pm PT
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Doug
PRICELESS!
strangeday
That's a book I would love to read... I've been to yosemite a few times, and have yet to go to the mountain room bar You're about 20 years too late. The Mt. Room Bar went all chi-chi and uptight. Now you gotta take a shower and wear your Patagucci outfit to even get in. Werner's living in the past....again. And I can't wait for the book either.
Best place to sit on the porch with a beer after a day on the mountain: Tioga Pass Resort. But PLEASE don't be a cheapskate. Buy your beer from them instead of pulling it out of your cooler.
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Gunkie
Trad climber
East Coast US
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Sep 30, 2011 - 02:58pm PT
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I liked Horsefeathers in North Conway NH and Bacus in New Paltz NY. But I still prefer the old Swiss Inn at the base of the Gunks, which is now kaput. The Brauhaus is an excellent proxy for the Swiss Inn, however.
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oldtopangalizard
Social climber
ca
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I'm going to have to say the best climbing bar goes to the camper of a certain North Tahoe dirtbag who has been known to crawl through these parts. His truck is always stocked and ready to go. You name it, he's got it, Long Islands, bit of the Crown, Margies. It's a four star bar on wheels.
He has been known to climb on occasion.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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May 24, 2018 - 06:05pm PT
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the south ridge appears to be the longest of a few admittedly short lines ...
without a doubt, this view from the porch of the buckhorn bar is as close to climbing as any i've seen
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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May 24, 2018 - 06:55pm PT
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We had a lot of good times in the King Eddy in Banff back in the 70's. Was torn down years ago after real money moved into Banff
Dive bars seem to make the best climbing bars
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CarolKlein
Ice climber
Chamonix
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May 24, 2018 - 07:16pm PT
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Anyone ever have their gf stick their undies on the ceiling at the Cutthroa
Their undies? Or their GF’s undies?
+1 for Chamois Bar for the win. End of thread
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