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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.

 

For those bone-chilling weeks that come, Canyonlands is a great place to winter hike. Drop in on Grand Junction and the Monument too.

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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.

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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? :laf:

 

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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...

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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.

 

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...

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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!

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