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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Apr 19, 2016 - 11:04am PT
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It's tough to keep it to three, but off the top of my head I'd pick:
The Needles (Sequoia)
King's Canyon back country (Gorge of Despair)
The first two are no brainers for me. The third is tougher, lots of competition. For now I'll say Courtright Reservoir. Or Devil's Tower, or The Gunks, or Josh, or ...
Edit: The only thing that keeps the Daks off the list is Black Fly season.
I'll second that.
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Walnut Creek, California
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Apr 19, 2016 - 11:18am PT
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Different places have occupied the top three spots at different times during the 30 years I've been climbing.
First, the Gunks. I don't think I'd have graduated from college without them, and without the climbing community I fell into there.
Second, the South Dakota Needles. You know you're leading a lucky climbing existence when you're a shaky 5.9 climber in the Sylvan Lake parking lot on your first morning in the area and the people who take you under their wings to give you a week-long tour are Kevin Bein, Barb Devine, and Paul Muehl. Taking the longer view, I'd add Devils Tower into my Needles mix. Gotta have them both, as a package. If I could put one American rock on wheels and park it in my backyard, it would be the Tower. Actually, I'd park it about three blocks inland from Ocean Beach, in San Francisco, and move to the outer Sunset. Or even better, I'd put it about 200m offshore off the end of Pacheco Street, making the West Face the Tower into a seacliff for climbing and surfing the killer sandbars that would form to the north and south. On the downside, I'd never do another day's work in my life.
Third. Eldo. The door to which was opened for me by Casey Newman, Pat Minniear, Michele Hanson, Dave Light, and others. But especially Casey.
Since then, Yosemite, Tuolumne, Indian Creek, Lumpy, RMNP, Vedauvoo and several others have had their seasons in the sun.
The three rockclimbing areas I most want to climb but haven't: Cochise Stronghold in NM, Elbestandstein in Germany, and English gritstone (I have climbed grit, but just a few days). Would like to spend a season in each one.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Apr 19, 2016 - 11:21am PT
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Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP
Climbing: Amazing
Camping: Anywhere you want
Scenery: Favorite I've seen
Weather: Perfect
People: None
Ambiance: Mellow
I don't climb much outside of SEKI but I've never climbed anywhere I didn't like, as long as nobody else is on the route or at the base waiting. That's my only criteria for "will not return" status.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Apr 19, 2016 - 11:59am PT
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Sierra, Cordillera Blanca and Fitz Roy/Cerro Torre Massif
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Apr 19, 2016 - 12:20pm PT
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3 Cheers for the Wind Rivers. Nobody has mentioned the place yet. I know the bugs can be bad, and the hikes can be long; however the fishing can be great, depending on where you go. Nice alpine climbing can be had too.
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Apr 19, 2016 - 12:33pm PT
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1) The next new place I go...
2) The next new place after 1)...
3) COR/Castle Rock and/or LCC/BCC.
A few spots across the puddle would be fav's to go back to:
Kalymnos
Chiavenna
Arco
Finale Ligure
Ecrins
Presles
Calanques
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Apr 19, 2016 - 12:45pm PT
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I can only speak of California, but for me, it's Yosemite Valley and Pinnacles, only because each is so different. The third one, however, is a toughie, because I love climbing in Tuolumne Meadows and in almost every area in the western Sierra. Well, I love the east side, too, but I don't get there enough.
I'll choose Courtright as the third, only because I can reach it in 90 minutes from home, but I suspect if my car had better ground clearance, Shuteye would probably be the one.
John
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Mark Force
Trad climber
Ashland, Oregon
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Apr 19, 2016 - 01:20pm PT
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For pure rock climbing -
Flagstaff, Arizona
The basalt is as good as it gets
Ambience - no fixed gear, in the pines, great camping, cool in summer
Granite Mountain, Arizona
Gotta be one of the best granite crags anywhere
Old school physical and stout
Stanage, Peak District, Britain
Grit is awesome and all the areas are great, but I was supposed to pick one
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Apr 19, 2016 - 02:24pm PT
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Guess I'm a California boy through and through:
1. Needles
2. Yosemite (the Valley and Tuolumne)
3. The Sierra
I was thinking back on my climbing resume recently and realized why I had not done any bigger climbs overseas and I came to the conclusion that, when I had the time, my first preference was to climb something on the Captain or hit the Sierra.
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moacman
Trad climber
Montuckyian Via Canada Eh!
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Apr 19, 2016 - 02:25pm PT
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Red Rock
City of Rocks
Bow Valley
Stevo
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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Apr 19, 2016 - 02:35pm PT
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1. Pacific Edge
2. Planet Granite Belmont
3. Planet Granite SF
:p
Edit before the sh*tstorm: Shuteye, Castle Crags (new entry!), High Sierra.
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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Apr 19, 2016 - 02:41pm PT
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My cousin works at Belmont, so it's the company, not the climbing, that brings me there.
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darkmagus
Mountain climber
San Diego, CA
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Apr 19, 2016 - 02:42pm PT
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1. Tahquitz/Suicide
2. Joshua Tree
3. Eastern Sierra
I need to travel more!
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Gary
Social climber
Where in the hell is Major Kong?
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Apr 19, 2016 - 03:03pm PT
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Joshua Tree
Southern Sierra
Christmas Tree Pass
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Gunks Guy
Trad climber
New Paltz, NY
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Apr 19, 2016 - 03:09pm PT
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Yosemite
Gunks
Needles (South Dakota)
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Camahoo
Trad climber
Dead Pine Ridge, Ca
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Apr 19, 2016 - 03:10pm PT
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Shuteye
Southern Yosemite
Hinterland
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ddriver
Trad climber
SLC, UT
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Apr 19, 2016 - 03:57pm PT
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Won't argue with any listed, and its near impossible to choose, but these three are special to me.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Apr 19, 2016 - 04:00pm PT
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Toulumne
JT
Needles (CA)
Hard to choose:
Red Rocks/Gunks/Black Canyon
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Fontainebleau (bouldering)
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