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#30769 - 07/03/07 12:14 PM
Re: Top US Climbing destinations??
[Re: oenophore]
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 08/29/01
Posts: 2941
Loc: LI, NY
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lumpy ridge?
how much success has the local partner DB seen, that youre making a national version?
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#30774 - 07/03/07 01:39 PM
Re: Top US Climbing destinations??
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 11/15/99
Posts: 1816
Loc: Denver, CO
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Make a separate desert region since it has nothing to do with the Rockies, move Indian Creek and Red Rocks to it, and add Zion, the San Rafael Swell, and the Moab area to it.
Add Index and the North Cascades to the Northwest.
Remove Boulder Canyon and add the South Platte instead from the Rockies.
Add Paradise Forks, Cochise, and Mt Lemmon to the southwest.
Add the Needles to the West.
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#30775 - 07/03/07 01:45 PM
Re: Top US Climbing destinations??
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enthusiast
Registered: 04/19/04
Posts: 242
Loc: NJ
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I'm putting together a set of destinations for the new, national version of the climbing partner database (which will be rolled out shortly after July 4).
I'd like to get a list of the top 50+ or so climbing destinations throughout the continent (NA). I think I've got the obvious ones, but would appreciate some move feedback from you well traveled types.
So what am I missing (I know, a lot)? Here's my list so far (don't worry too much about the regions, I can change them once I have a full list:
NORTHEAST
Gunks
Daks
Cathedral/Whitehorse/Cannon
Rumney
Acadia/Desert Island
SOUTHEAST
The New
The Red
T Wall
Seneca
Stone Mtn
Table Rock/Linville
WEST
Yosemite/Tuolome
Sierras
Joshua Tree
Donner Pass/Lake Tahoe
Red Rocks
NORTHWEST
Smith
Leavenworth
Squamish
ROCKIES
City of Rocks
Needles
Devil's Tower
Maple Canyon
Little/Big Cottonwood
Wind Rivers
Tetons
Boulder Canyon
Eldorado Canyon
Rocky Mtn Natn'l Park
Rifle
Indian River/Moab
SOUTHWEST
Hueco
Potrero
Thanks for any help you can give.
Far from complete.. - On a political map several of your South East locations are actually in the North East.
- It's "Indian Creek" not "Indian River"
- HP-40, Little Rock City, Hounds Ears
- You have Squamish - if Canada's part of this then you need to add a ton of other destinations.
- Arizona
 (Mt. Lemmon, Cochise Stronghold, Superstitions, etc.)
- Zion
- ...
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#30777 - 07/03/07 02:19 PM
Re: Top US Climbing destinations??
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Pooh-Bah *
Registered: 09/07/01
Posts: 2483
Loc: Davis Sq., MA
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Southeast:
Sunset Cliffs
Looking Glass
and to Table Rock/Linville should be added "/Shortoff"
for that matter, the Chattanooga areas could be lumped together, i.e., "T-Wall/Sunset Cliffs/Jamestown/Foster Falls/Obed"
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#30779 - 07/03/07 02:48 PM
Re: Top US Climbing destinations??
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enthusiast
Registered: 04/19/04
Posts: 242
Loc: NJ
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It's difficult to say whether things should be lumped together or not without understanding the complete interface that the user deals with. If you can't distinguish a request for a Cathedral partner from one for Canon there's an issue - imo.
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#30780 - 07/03/07 03:24 PM
Re: Top US Climbing destinations??
[Re: ShakesALot]
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veteran
Registered: 01/06/00
Posts: 1266
Loc: New Paltz (Kerhonkson, actuall...
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If you want to have a look at the interface, you can go over to ClimbingPartner.com and sign up to have a look-see at the new site. The credit card system is in test mode so you can use the credit card number, 4111111111111111, to set up an account. From the "search" page, you can click on "add destinations" or just check out the interface during the sign-up. It's worth mentioning again, the current region designations aren't set in stone by any means.
Edited by webmaster (07/03/07 03:25 PM)
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#30803 - 07/04/07 01:43 PM
Re: Top US Climbing destinations??
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 10/06/01
Posts: 2555
Loc: Sittin' Pretty in Fat City
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I'll second a separate section for desert, also adding the Colorado National Monument area and Virgin River Gorge to those previously mentioned. I think separating Owens River Gorge from the Sierras also makes sense.
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#30810 - 07/05/07 10:35 AM
Re: Top US Climbing destinations??
[Re: chip]
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 03/22/01
Posts: 1748
Loc: Flagstaff
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Agree with Andrew about adding Cochise Stronghold, Mt Lemmon and Sedona/Flagstaff (includes Sedona/ Paradise Forks/Jacks.....)
For California I'd also add
Needles and Idywyld Area (ok, my spelling sucks).
whilethe Pinnacles may be an area that many Bay Area residence go if you were choosing a 50 destination list, I doubt it would make the make. Would be like adding Taylors Falls for the Midwest List
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#30814 - 07/05/07 01:15 PM
Re: Top US Climbing destinations??
[Re: Chas]
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old hand
Registered: 11/18/04
Posts: 754
Loc: Climbing somewhere
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Well, no, though I have never heard of Taylors Falls, I suspect adding Pinnacles would not be the same. If it is a website that is to help people find climbing partners, I suspect that the Bay Area has one of the larger populations of climbers in the US, and if they're all going to Pinnacles the way NYC residents go to the Gunks (for the day), it's a lot of people who are going to be potentially be looking for partners there. Like I said, I have not heard of Taylors Falls, but my initial suspicion is that a population of climbers of the same magnitude as the Bay Area does not exist in the midwest? At any rate, I'll guess that it's not worth all that much discussion because I suppose Evan will make up his site with whatever areas he comes up with, then as he starts getting feedback for demand he'll tweak it?
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#30818 - 07/05/07 02:29 PM
Re: Top US Climbing destinations??
[Re: Aya]
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 03/22/01
Posts: 1748
Loc: Flagstaff
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Having been an active climber in the Bay Area for 6 yrs I would have to say that there was no one area that they would all go to. On a good weekend (that was less then 100F at the Pinnacles,. you would have maybe 75 climbers there, probably about the same at Castle Rock, maybe 15 at Boy Scout Rock, maybe 4-6 at Mickeys Beach, a lot making the drive to the Tahoe area, a lot going to Yosemite and a few to Calavaras Dome. Unlike the East Coast climbers there was really no focus on any one specific area.
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#30850 - 07/06/07 05:04 PM
Re: Top US Climbing destinations??
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 02/06/02
Posts: 2435
Loc: Republic of Davis
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you could always just have a SF bay area and have that encompass things like pinnales, berkley boulders, Catsle crags etc. I would separate north tahoe from south tahoe.
East side stuff like bishop, whitney, etc.
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#30852 - 07/06/07 06:07 PM
Re: Top US Climbing destinations??
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 03/22/01
Posts: 1748
Loc: Flagstaff
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Splitting Tahoe into North and South does usually make sense but you put Lovers Leap, Phantom Spires and Sugarloaf into the South section?
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#52787 - 06/18/10 04:21 AM
Re: Top US Climbing destinations??
[Re: Chas]
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old hand
Registered: 12/23/99
Posts: 815
Loc: Monroe, WA
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In the Northwest Squamish trumps both Leavenworth and Smith. Really they should rank:
1) Squamish
2) Smith Rock
3) Leavenworth
4) City of Rocks
Sqaumish is about the only thing that even remotely compares to the Gunks BTW. You don't come here for cragging; it's all about alpine.
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#52791 - 06/18/10 02:01 PM
Re: Top US Climbing destinations??
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 07/10/00
Posts: 3532
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In the Northwest Squamish trumps both Leavenworth and Smith. Really they should rank:
1) Squamish
2) Smith Rock
3) Leavenworth
4) City of Rocks
Sqaumish is about the only thing that even remotely compares to the Gunks BTW. You don't come here for cragging; it's all about alpine. Holy thread resurrection Batman! And City of Rocks isn't in the Northwest.
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#52822 - 06/19/10 04:52 PM
Re: Top US Climbing destinations??
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old hand
Registered: 12/23/99
Posts: 815
Loc: Monroe, WA
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Ah - very good point oenophore.
FWIW, most people out here consider Idaho to be part of the PNW.
I just think Leavenworth is way over-rated. I guess I resurrected this thread because I miss the Gunks so much. There's nothing like it out here. The alpine climbing is supreme but I rarely go cragging any more. I'm spoiled by what I experienced on the east coast.
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#52826 - 06/19/10 08:36 PM
Re: Top US Climbing destinations??
[Re: Layback]
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 07/10/00
Posts: 3532
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FWIW, most people out here consider Idaho to be part of the PNW. That's just the panhandle - it's like a different state. But that SE corner, south of I-84 and Pocatello and east of Twin Falls, is most definitely the Intermountain west and much more a part of the Rockies than the PNW. I just think Leavenworth is way over-rated. I guess I resurrected this thread because I miss the Gunks so much. There's nothing like it out here. The alpine climbing is supreme but I rarely go cragging any more. I'm spoiled by what I experienced on the east coast. Dude, no one moves to WA on the wet side of the Cascades and expects to go cragging regularly! Of course Skaha is only about 5.5 hrs from Monroe - about what Stannard did to get to the Gunks each weekend when he lived in Silver Springs MD.
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#52837 - 06/20/10 01:43 PM
Re: Top US Climbing destinations??
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 07/10/00
Posts: 3532
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Yep. As did the folks from Boston and the Rhodie Loadies who also came by every weekend from March thru T-Giving.
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#52862 - 06/21/10 08:44 PM
Re: Top US Climbing destinations??
[Re: Layback]
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 03/22/01
Posts: 1748
Loc: Flagstaff
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Ah - very good point oenophore.
FWIW, most people out here consider Idaho to be part of the PNW.
I just think Leavenworth is way over-rated. I guess I resurrected this thread because I miss the Gunks so much. There's nothing like it out here. The alpine climbing is supreme but I rarely go cragging any more. I'm spoiled by what I experienced on the east coast. Dude- You gotta go to Index. And Squamish. Its gotta be my favorite place to climb in North America (ok, that and Indian Creek). You can get longer routes 10-12 pitch cragging, at a moderate level (unlike the free-routes on El Cap), short routes, and everything in between.
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