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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 15, 2014 - 10:36am PT
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East, West, Red, Blue, Sport, "Trad, Christian, skeptic, whatever.
I mean, there's got to be some sort of common denominator on this site?
Post up if you know what I mean.
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Jul 15, 2014 - 10:45am PT
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Granite is the jizz of the Gods.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 15, 2014 - 10:49am PT
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F*#k off Justin!!!!!!!
It's not a religious thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
I knew this would happen..........
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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Jul 15, 2014 - 10:49am PT
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No doubt about it, granite is the worst climbing medium.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 15, 2014 - 10:58am PT
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My friends are like: "come to kalymnos with us!! We'll rent a house and live like kings and climb like Sharma!"
Then I think about granite. And sleeping in the dirt.
Not sure why but it sounds much more interesting to me?
My nose slowly turns upward in their direction.
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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Jul 15, 2014 - 11:22am PT
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Good for slab climbs
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Jul 15, 2014 - 11:27am PT
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Pardon me,
would you have any Grey Poupon?
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Jul 15, 2014 - 11:44am PT
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When it's good, it's very very good.
And when it's bad, it's choss
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jgill
Boulder climber
Colorado
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Jul 15, 2014 - 11:52am PT
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I beg your pardon, but Dakota sandstone and quartzite are somewhat superior.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Jul 15, 2014 - 12:15pm PT
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Granite may be the jizz of the Gods, but ain't snob and granite climbing a contradiction among terms?
Edit: Some of the best climbing in Norway is on granite - in the western part of the country.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 15, 2014 - 12:53pm PT
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It's true my affliction of being confined to only the most upper echelon of stone on earth should purely be a geographical constraint.
But.
I'm cool with that.
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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Jul 15, 2014 - 01:15pm PT
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And when it's bad, it's choss
What, you don't like Jenga?
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Magic Ed
Trad climber
Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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Jul 15, 2014 - 01:19pm PT
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In all the years I've been in the Potrero Chico I've met hundreds of climbers but only a small handful who didn't like my limestone paradise and they were all California granite snobs.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Jul 15, 2014 - 01:23pm PT
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Limestone is confusing, I prefer granite.
Sadly, the closest crag for me is all schiesty.
Isn't quartzite closely related to granite?
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Magic Ed
Trad climber
Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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Jul 15, 2014 - 01:24pm PT
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No, quartzite is a sandstone.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Jul 15, 2014 - 01:25pm PT
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My bad, I was thinking of something else I guess. Brain fart.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 15, 2014 - 01:34pm PT
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Nobody ever said anything about not liking other types of rock Magic Ed. I've climbed on lots of different rock, & I like all of them. But, am especially attracted to one special family of stone, generally of granitic origin.
I have visited Potrero & even bought a slightly confusing guidebook from you at your house in about 04.
It's fun there & we had a blast. Yourself and the rest of the locals were great. So I am knott trying to knock anybody's rocks. If your sh#t is better in your eyes then post it up.
That said, it's not granite.
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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Jul 15, 2014 - 01:40pm PT
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Destined to be a great (climbing, thank God) thread !
I never realized what a granite snob I had been.
After a very long (18+ years of Hawaiian residency) sabbatical,
I returned to the mainland and after a bit moved to Vegas.
Pretty much year round climbing...
but on sandstone and limestone if you are to beat the cold of winter and heat of summer.
Not till I started spending the majority of my climb time on sandstone...
did I realize how foreign it felt at first and hence the realization that previously...
I had been a proud snob :)
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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Jul 15, 2014 - 02:36pm PT
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Well, Gill is right, sort of.
Sandstone/quartzite is better for this:
and this:
and that:
and even this
But granite is great for trad climbs
and you can climb cool formations like this:
which looks like this:
and that:
when you're up there climbing
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