Where in the world can you climb without a car
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South Korea: koreaontherocks.com/ |
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Chamonix, perhaps. Forget buses; take the Midi cable car from town to go climbing. |
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boulder fit your criteria. You can jog from downtown to the flat irons in 10 min. If your willing to jump on the buss and bring your bike along , you can catch a ride to Nederland on the N line, and coast down boulder canyon to any crag you care to stop at, the traffic makes this a bit sketchy but still reasonable. Getting to Eldo becomes a bit more complicated though |
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There are lots of crags in the Frankenjura that are accessible by bike, train, or a combination of both and there are lots of cities here (Nuremberg, Bamberg, Bayreuth, Forchheim, Weiden, Amberg, etc.) which have great job opportunities. I only have experience with taking the train from Nuremberg to the crags, so I'm not sure what it's like from Bamberg or Bayreuth. Bamberg is probably crap, but Bayreuth is probably good. I've taken my bike on the train once to reach one of the further-away-from-the-train-stop crags and it was rough because the hill was brutally steep with that pack on. But otherwise, there are several crags accessible from the train stops - take a look at the Frankenjura site here to see some examples (it's not fully developed yet). Having said that, having a car here is even nicer because you're not limited anymore to only what you can reach by train. But I know it's possible since I lived here 1.5 years before buying a car. |
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Eric Engberg wrote:Any place in Europe will beat even the best place (Boulder) in the US.Socialist! Why do you hate our Freedom(tm)? |
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the valley!!! |
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camhead wrote: Socialist! Why do you hate our Freedom(tm)?Because your not as free as you think you are! The mountains aren't closed in Europe, I have more freedoms in Europe then here, that's for sure. |
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camhead wrote: Socialist!You say it like that is a bad thing. |
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Christopher M. wrote:Do you know how to ride a horse? Best solution for when we run out of oil.I've owned horses and this ain't no solution. You're gonna spend all your time and money caring for the horses. Nice fantasy but not a reality. |
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a.brown wrote:the valley!!!+1 for the valley |
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spokane has a fair amount of cragging in town (though not world class). Bishop would be manageable too. |
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There are many places to climb without a car...... We all know that, but the OP did also state that one must be able to find work as well. So I wonder, how easy is it to find a good year round job in the Valley or Zion? Or for an American in Squamish???? Just saying..... |
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Barcelona is great take a train to Montserrat or other areas and walk in. Get a job in Yosemite? Park Service, environmental ed, work at the clinic? Best afterwork cragging around! St. George, UT has an incredible variety of climbing within biking distance. |
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I am currently planning on a bike/climbing tour through Europe in the spring. So I would say an entire continent isn't too far out of reach if you are motivated. |
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Yangshuo China. A lifetime of cragging within walking/biking distance, and they have a KFC! |
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Jordan Scampoli wrote:Boulder baby! I'm no architect outside of Legos, but I have a job, and I don't work to hard to ride to all the crags everyone else mentioned. haha this thread is awesome - half the people hate on Boulder super hard (arguably deserved), half the people have super hard Boulder-boners(arguably deserved)! You should visit and make a decision, don't listen to us chumps!Well said! I hate this place because i have a perma-boner for it. kinda hurts. |
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If you are willing to ride a bike, they go about 1/3 to 1/2 as fast as a car. |
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just picked up on this thread after googling "car-less climbers". |
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Be a bum in the Obed. walk errywherrrr |
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Plenty of places; boulder, golden, las vegas (red rock canyon) to name a few. You'll probably want a bike for most of them though, and a nice paycheck to afford the rent/mortgage. Places like this are generally pretty expensive, unless you're willing to move to Thailand or China or something. |