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Mike Friedrichs
Sport climber
City of Salt
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Feb 26, 2015 - 11:16am PT
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Tufas. Nothing else comes close. European limestone is the best.
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MikeL
Social climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 26, 2015 - 11:19am PT
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The Needles, and backcountry granite in the Sierra.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Feb 26, 2015 - 11:37am PT
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Squamish Granite.
Need I say more??
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this just in
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Justin Ross from North Fork
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Feb 26, 2015 - 11:39am PT
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Yeah Mike, say a lot more.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Feb 26, 2015 - 11:45am PT
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The Best Rock For Climbing On Earth I thought that the answer was obvious: granite
Shitty granite is still better than the best of any other type of rock
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madbolter1
Big Wall climber
Denver, CO
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Feb 26, 2015 - 11:50am PT
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Granite is best for me. I guess it depends on what sort of climbing you most prefer to do. Overall, El Cap is the best rock on Earth. I'm surprised more have not weighed in with that opinion. Probably I'm stating the obvious, and others are skirting the giant elephant in the room. :-)
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Feb 26, 2015 - 11:53am PT
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I'm another SE & Eldo sandstone guy so I'm sticking with the Blue Mountains west of Sydney - it's like alternating layers of SE & Eldo sandstones. Mile after mile of it completely untouched.
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Roughster
Sport climber
Vacaville, CA
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Feb 26, 2015 - 11:56am PT
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Another vote for tufa / flowstone-based Limestone. From an engaging climbing focused on athleticism, there is none better. Let me be clear, Z.E.R.O rock that is even comparable to Limestone.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Feb 26, 2015 - 12:03pm PT
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all those plates and chicken heads on the SoYo granite!
That's the best I've experienced, but I've neither climbed nor bouldered on five of the seven continents. Near Eastern tufa can be fabulous or awful, depending on where you go. I did some wonderful bouldering above Beirut in 1970 until the gendarmerie told me it was forbidden.
John
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Feb 26, 2015 - 12:09pm PT
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Ok then Justin. What's your pleasure?
Slabs on the ocean?
Finger cracks in the sky?
Or heinous underclings at the crags?
El Cap Granite is awesome, but it has nothing on the Chief. Our rock is grippy, splitter, and solid. Rockfall is rare here.
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Cragar
climber
MSLA - MT
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Feb 26, 2015 - 12:10pm PT
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Burst and environs for rock and the Bitterroots for area.
Patina is a result of a microbial process between bacteria and the rock, specifically the clay component(I think?). I did a paper for a geo class in college in 95 or so. All I really remember is that there wasn't much literature for me to use for my paper. hhmmm, might have to look into it..
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Jones in LA
Mountain climber
Tarzana, California
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Feb 26, 2015 - 12:12pm PT
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I've never been up your way @bigmike, but that Squamish stuff looks really tasty. What texture! This has been educational.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Feb 26, 2015 - 12:14pm PT
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It's as good as it looks Jones. Soyo granite is my second favorite. ;)
VVV- lol! You'd have to go for a walk before we went climbing Justin!! Lol
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this just in
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Justin Ross from North Fork
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Feb 26, 2015 - 12:16pm PT
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Squamish does look superb, even in the rain. But those approaches are way too long.
You know I love to belay from my truck Mike.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Feb 26, 2015 - 12:20pm PT
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It is obviously the super crumbly choss in the South Fork when frozen together by a bunch multihued frosty stuff.
BTW Squamish does look awesome.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Feb 26, 2015 - 12:24pm PT
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Mike- Get those passports ready! I'd love to show you and Jack around this summer! ;)
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this just in
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Justin Ross from North Fork
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Feb 26, 2015 - 12:27pm PT
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Feb 26, 2015 - 12:32pm PT
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Maybe its the shattered granite of the Clarks Fork when held together by a rolling flow of malleable azul wavy frozen aqua.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Feb 26, 2015 - 12:38pm PT
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Sometime soon. The 75th Sturgis Rally is this summer and we were talking about doing something, but back to this best rock thing.
I have to agree with Wyorockman. Hard to beat this for Craggin. Sun or shade everyday, can be climbed year round, 250+ wickedly sustained multi-pitch routes in less than a mile of wall, and it is the center of the universe.
BTW soyo looks pretty awesome.
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chill
climber
between the flat part and the blue wobbly thing
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Feb 26, 2015 - 12:38pm PT
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