Eldo sucks AKA the crag blasphemer's thread
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I don't particularly love Eldorado Canyon SP, but most of my friends think it's pretty much the greatest climbing area of all time ever to have sprung out of the earth's crust. |
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willeslinger wrote:I don't particularly love Eldorado Canyon SP, but most of my friends think it's pretty much the greatest climbing area of all time ever to have sprung out of the earth's crust. What's that area for you? The ultra classic place to climb that you feel bashful for even slightly disparaging, but in your heart of hearts you just don't absolutely love.If you are gonna try and stir the pot, at least go all in. Here watch. Eldo = choss pile. |
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1) J-tree = short slabs. |
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J. Albers wrote: Eldo = choss pile.Yeah, but it's an ultra classic chosspile! |
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Eldo?! How about this...all of RMNP is a chosspile! Tetons too while we're at it. |
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Wikipedia weighs in:
El Dorado is also sometimes used as a metaphor to represent an ultimate prize or "Holy Grail" that one might spend one's life seeking. It could represent true love, heaven, happiness, or success. It is used sometimes as a figure of speech to represent something much sought after that may not even exist, or, at least, may not ever be found. Such use is evident in Poe's poem "El Dorado". In this context, El Dorado bears similarity to other myths such as the Fountain of Youth and Shangri-la. The disillusionment side of the ideal quest metaphor may be represented by Helldorado, a satirical nickname given to Tombstone by a tardy miner who complained that many of his profession had traveled far to find El Dorado, only to wind up washing dishes in restaurants. |
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You could climb in eldo for the rest of your life and not climb the same thing twice... Scare yourself shitless and climb something new everyday... perfect! |
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Drew Spaulding wrote:You could climb in eldo for the rest of your life and not climb the same thing twice... Scare yourself shitless and climb something new everyday... perfect!Ooh, I get to play Devil's Advocate again! Yay! Don't forget that "a lot of climbing" is a different thing from "good climbing." |
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I think the "love" aspect has more to do with the people you find in these places. Imagine how much you'd love any of these climbing areas if you had any one of them to yourself. Conversely, it's hard to be super stoked on Serenity Crack or even Astroman when you wait all day to follow eight other climbers up the thing. Rifle is my home crag and most of the time I love it even though it is definitely choss. Days when I don't love it are usually the super crowded days when it just doesn't seem worth it. Let's face it, a cliff crowded with climbers who tend to have selfish and competitive personalities, and who are all irritated about the cliff being crowded, is less than enjoyable. On the other hand, sometimes there are those magic "sessions" when every one clicks and has fun. Just keep that in mind when you find yourself grumbling about the gumbies on Ruper. |
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Indian Creek. The climbing is really good, but the experience of being there now is terrible. I am grateful that the bro brahs concentrate there instead of spreading out to the rest of the desert. |
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Aww, I like the intent of the OP. He's not talkin' smack per se. A lot of climbing is just personal preference, and I personally do not prefer Lumpy! Friends who swear by it tell me not to give up and check out this other spot, etc. |
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ELDO sucks get over it people, quantity is not quality. BOCAN is overrated too while we are on the topic of quantity. |
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no if we are talking about women in climbing towns |
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Is that why people from Boulder always wind up in Tensleep :) ? |
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The Red. The climbing is ok, but the scene has made me stop loving it for several years. |
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I always thought I hated eldo cause it was scary. |
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vedauwoo... |
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I'll join the h8ters club. |
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Drew Spaulding wrote:You could climb in eldo for the rest of your life and not climb the same thing twice... Scare yourself shitless and climb something new everyday... perfect!I love eldo, but man that's an exaggeration. Unless you climb 5.12+, you run out. One a day for 2 years about does it, and I have days where I do 5-10 routes... |
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Nick Barczak wrote:....Or maybe I just need to be able boulder V10..I feel that way about all bouldering. |
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I think I have heard this best explained by one of my climbing mentors... |