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dindolino32
climber
san francisco
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Apr 26, 2018 - 07:28am PT
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I'm from Omaha originally. The best outdoor bouldering I could find (and trust me I searched hard) was the Walmart wall on 72nd and dodge(ish). You have to avoid security, and it is one of those fancy man made retaining walls, but it was actually pretty fun. It tore up the skin though.
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Bad Climber
Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
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Apr 26, 2018 - 07:46am PT
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Hah, Jim, right you are about crossing the middle of the country. Try it on a bicycle. I did Missouri--Kansas--Colorado during a solo coast-to-coast, and for about a week straight in Kansas, I basically didn't have to turn my bike, just pedal for that next water tower ten miles on the horizon. I still have PTSD from that ride!
BAd
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RURP_Belay
Big Wall climber
Bitter end of a bad anchor
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Apr 26, 2018 - 08:09am PT
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Bouldering or Rock Climbing in Nebraska?
Sorry, no - you have to drive south to Kansas for climbing...
Ahahahaha...heeheeheee....snicker...chortle...
I'll be here all week.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Apr 26, 2018 - 08:24am PT
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Some creative folks are thinking of bringing back the bison to the northern plains of North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska. The plains have been depopulating for years as people retreat to urban enclaves. Bison, badgers, Black Footed Ferrets, and Praire Chickens will flourish but they don't rock climb.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Apr 26, 2018 - 08:26am PT
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Agreed!
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Apr 26, 2018 - 08:51am PT
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yesterday; the formation next door had "class 4" overhang
I mean, all I'm saying is that the naysayers are pickier than most vegans.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 26, 2018 - 11:05pm PT
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bravecowboy, nice on ya for getting it done!
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Apr 27, 2018 - 06:28am PT
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I did Missouri--Kansas--Colorado during a solo coast-to-coast, and for about a week straight in Kansas
It can be worse, I rode through the Yukon for about a week, after having lost my glasses by being pulled into the ocean by a big fish. Just a solid week of greenish blur, riding though the unending pine forest.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Apr 27, 2018 - 05:26pm PT
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Now you can’t just casually mention “pulled into the ocean by a big fish” and not share some more details on that story.
I’m picturing a sort of seaside sidewalk and a Halibut mugging.
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Apr 27, 2018 - 11:22pm PT
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I had arrived to Haines on the ferry, and camped a couple of days to wait out a rainy spell before getting on the bike. The shore below the campsite was rocky, and steep, so I was about 10 feet above the water. Before long, I had hooked a fish, and it was clearly a good size one, by my standards. While trying to get it out of the water, I lost my balance, and pitched in, rod and all. Man, the water was cold! I climbed out, sans glasses. I dived down a few times, but couldn't get to the bottom. So, I had to ride all the way to Denali without being able to see too well. But I got pretty good at squinting. Once in the park, I got replacements sent to me by mail. Spent the summer working as a cook, and attempted to ride back to Haines in October, but got too frozen.
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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Apr 28, 2018 - 07:59am PT
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Bring the wildlife back to the prairies. We used to have grizzly bears on the Alberta prairies.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 28, 2018 - 09:15am PT
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Lotsa cool historical and wildlife stuff in NE and Kansas. Why waste time on that mud?
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Apr 28, 2018 - 04:24pm PT
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I dunno doc, it's a compulsion I s'pose.
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thisisarch
Sport climber
Nashville, TN
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Was googling abandoned quarries in NE to see if there was anything that would be climbable now, and came across this photo from Weeping Water, so at least in the early 1900s there possibly was a climbable face
https://www.mindat.org/photo-287107.html
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 2, 2018 - 07:39pm PT
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Arch, “climbable” being the operative term. Wow! That looks like sh#t. Full color ain’t helping Brave.
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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That picture with the rope hanging down leads me to seriously doubt thebravecowboy's sanity.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Unfortunate as there's a lot of great climbing in SoIll.
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