Hugh Conway Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 I'd never leave Tacoma. It's the city of destiny. Quote
JayB Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 Somewhere with lots of granite and little or no lightning.... Quote
Bug Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 Starting right now? If I had $ to leave the country I'd go south of the equator. The Andes perhaps, or New Zealand. If I could not leave the country it would be Red Rocks and JT with occaisional forays into the White Throne in Mexico. That area is pretty nice except for the fact that water is non-existant. There is also Mt Lemmon and Tauquitz and Suicide that have occasional sunny days if you watch the weather. Â For those bone-chilling weeks that come, Canyonlands is a great place to winter hike. Drop in on Grand Junction and the Monument too. Quote
sexual_chocolate Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 mebbe australia for bouldering and ropes. Â i've been thinking of sailing to hawaii this spring, but i might change plans for climbing destination instead. Quote
builder206 Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 If I had $ to leave the country I'd go south of the equator... If I could not leave the country it would be...  Yer not going anywhere. In about a year the State Department is going to take over the airlines’ no-fly list, which means you will have to apply to the government for permission to leave the country. No shit. Quote
sobo Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 Leave country: French/Italian Alps Dolomites Bernese Oberland New Zealand  Stay in USA/NA: Yosemite/Tuolomme/Tahquitz Sierras Wind Rivers Front Range CO Tetons Bitteroots El Potrero Chico  What happened, Rudy? Get busted spraying too much and lose yer job?  Quote
denalidave Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 In N America: Bugaboos/Canadian Rockies, Wind River Range, Red Rocks, J Tree and Alaska Range  World Wide: Dolomites, French/Italian/Austrian Alps & ??? Quote
RuMR Posted December 12, 2007 Author Posted December 12, 2007 should've specified...S U M M E R time  wife and i are tossing around the idea of taking a LOT of time off for our 40th birthday...  should've also specified...must have other activities besides climbing and climbing must be stellar...  i'm kinda leaning toward spain, or france, or italy...oh shit, i dunno... Quote
Peter_Puget Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 RuMr –  In the US =>Go hike the Muir Trail with the Family - no wait little one may be too little. Hike part of the Muir trail and hang out in Meadows and then Tahoe. Rent a cabin at Echoe Lake for a month or two.  Quote
Hugh Conway Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 should've specified...S U M M E R time  It's always summer in Thailand. Four months for four people in Europe could rack up a serious tab. Quote
RuMR Posted December 12, 2007 Author Posted December 12, 2007 i dunno...kinda leaning towards the mediterranean... Quote
Weekend_Climberz Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 Versaille, there's limestone everywhere around there. Quote
Blake Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 For sport climbing? With a Budget? With non climbers/kids? Quote
selkirk Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 South of France. Beaches and Limestone. half dressed sunbathers. Could be a good thing, could be a bad thing. Quote
sobo Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 South of France. Stay in Cassis. Walk to Les Calanques. Gaston Rebuffat would be proud of you. Cool limestone fiords to swim/sun yourself apres climb. Lots of half-baked, half-clad college beauties, too... We did it, *before* we got hitched up. Quote
sobo Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 i dunno...kinda leaning towards the mediterranean... Nepal - Ama Dablam  Geography lesson needed... Quote
RuMR Posted December 12, 2007 Author Posted December 12, 2007 South of France. Stay in Cassis. Walk to Les Calanques. Gaston Rebuffat would be proud of you. Cool limestone fiords to swim/sun yourself apres climb. Lots of half-baked, half-clad college beauties, too... We did it, *before* we got hitched up. Â done that before...it was rad...kinda why i keep leaning towards heading back there... Â i like val'de aosta in italy as well...I know that's not spelled right... Quote
archenemy Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 I second Thailand. It's cheap there, and really fun. You could get a lot of climbing in and there is a lot to see. Quote
builder206 Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 And great hospitals once you get dengue fever Quote
sobo Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 done that before...it was rad...kinda why i keep leaning towards heading back there... i like val'de aosta in italy as well...I know that's not spelled right... VDA is rawkin! I love that place. Food's great, too. But judging by the amount of steep waterfalls around the valley, I'd think it'd be more of a winter paradise for an ice climber.  PS: Valle d'Aosta is the Italian spelling  PPS: You draggin' the younglings, too? How old are they, if you are taking them? Splitting your time between the south of France and northern/north central Italy would be an awesome way to get in some great climbing, fabulous scenery, righteous history, and see cool things that the kids may (or may not) appreciate some day.  My wife and I are planning a 'return sabbatical' of sorts when the kids hit about 5 and 7 yoa. Taking 3 or 4 months off, gonna rent a villa with a car in S France and N Italy, and live la dolce vita for a couple of months in each country.  It's our way of compromising... my wife loves France, I grew up in Italy (it's not her fault she likes France...). Ciao, baby! Quote
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