Traveling Solo through Europe: Finding Partners?
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I'm looking at ways of spending time for the rest of my gap year (I just finished a thruhike of the PCT) and figured this year would be good as ever for European climbing. I am hoping to find other climbers on Couch Surfing and go that route when possible but what are the odds of finding a partner, especially for some alpine objectives? I am thinking about places like Chamomix and maybe Switzerland? What are some other areas I might want to think of for showing up solo? |
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Do you speak French? There may be some options if English is your only language, but you would have to do more research than I did before I went to Chamonix. The village is really built up around skiing and tourism. There are a couple of stores that sell a limited selection of climbing gear, but other than that I didn't really see any signs of climbers. Without speaking the language, I couldn't even ask the people at the gear stores for suggestions. |
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I'm hoping to pick up some basic French, as I do have a backround in both Latin and Spanish. |
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You might consider Spain and Portugal as well. |
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You may have some luck if you go to Chamonix or Interlaken and hang out in a backpacker hostel. The peak alpine season is coming to a close, but people are still getting out. |
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Hello Jace! |