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ironchefcampfire
Sep 15, 2005, 4:27 PM
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I didn't check the site for two days and missed the post to meet at the bar. I would love to join in next time.
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bertalmio
Sep 15, 2005, 8:03 PM
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yah, only one other person showed. but i guess that's what i get for only giving 1 day's notice. for next time, be sure to send me or post your email address and i'll put you on the list...
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lish444
Sep 18, 2005, 4:25 AM
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Could we try again- maybe with some advance notice this time? What about next Thursday?
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mowz
Sep 18, 2005, 3:33 PM
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I wouldn't mind meeting other climbers from the Chi, but I would prefer Wednesdays.
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csgambill
Sep 18, 2005, 8:09 PM
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Wednesdays suck. I have class. Any other day works great for me.
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chitown_coop
Sep 20, 2005, 5:09 PM
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Have plans been made for another bar meetup (preferably in the same area due to its proximity to my house!)?
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ladsquared
Sep 20, 2005, 7:43 PM
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how about sometime during the weekend? like, maybe the weekend of october 15? there's lots of time until then for people to work something out and get together, in my opinion
or, everyone can meet at ve, and then head off somewhere after some climbing? i am suggesting ve mostly because it is the largest gym in the area and almost everyone is familiar with the place. if not, we can try to plan for carpools, or perhaps another gym to meet at.
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jaesian11
Sep 21, 2005, 3:56 AM
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if we set up another meet & greet, might i suggest a time that doesnt coincide with rush hour (~4:30-6pm). that's the reason I didn't make it to the last meet, because I live in the west suburbs 20 miles from downtown chicago and I didn't want to bother driving through the traffic at 5:30pm.
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csgambill
Sep 21, 2005, 4:20 AM
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Is there any particular area where a majority of us live or work? If we knew that we could find some place that would be easy for a bunch of people to get to. I live in the west suburbs, but work in the Loop, so anywhere in the Chicago metro area works well for me. There are plenty of bars in the Lincoln Park and Lakeview neighborhoods of Chicago.
Anyone else have any suggestions?
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neuroshock
Sep 21, 2005, 4:57 AM
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i both live and work near the Loop (kinda West Loop, kinda River North).
as for timing, i would prefer that the social gathering not encroach on my weekend time on the rock. if the majority wants weekends, i say go for it and have a drink for me :)
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mowz
Sep 21, 2005, 6:11 PM
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The Lincoln Park and Metro area sound fine, but there is the traffic problema nd the parking problem. What the F? I say we all meet in Evanston at Nevin's. It's next to my house and the peeps from the city can take the purple line.
The point about not driving trough rush hour is a very good point. I do not like driving through rush hour from Mundelein (work).
Oct. 15th is no good. I'll be in the Gunks.
Or, we could just meet via region. The peeps from the west can meet, the peeps fromt he North can meet, the peeps from the south can meet and the peeps from the east can just drive their fancy-shmancy cars to where-ever (sorry, I'm bitter because I'm poor).
Ok. Gotta teach.
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kate_a_late
Sep 21, 2005, 10:00 PM
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Okay, there's no way to please everyone in this whole get-together thing. I must say that I think meeting on the weekend is NOT the best idea because some of us are hoping to make a few weekend trips over the next month or so. In fact, I was hoping to meet some people to do that with at one of these bar gatherings.
Meeting up via region is a good idea. Otherwise people are just going to bitch about inconvenient location, travel time, etc. Alternatively, we can just pick different locations every couple of weeks. If someone misses a gathering, then he/she can hit the next one.
I guess my point is that we don't have to limit ourselves to one gathering in one particular neighborhood. That being said, the loop or Lakeview/Lincoln Park area are good for me :wink:
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crazyfingers
Sep 21, 2005, 11:11 PM
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I am an ex-midwesterner. Grew up in Valpo, IN and spent a couple of years in the city/burbs of Chicago. I am now living outside of Boulder, CO. Come visit some time. I get back to the region around holidays and am always looking to pull plastic while in town. I'll be back a couple days before thanksgiving and a week or so after x-mas. Drop me a line if you're looking for a partner around those times or if you make it to CO.
Funny somebody mentioned the Northside in bucktown as a meeting place, I used to go there a bunch. Is ear wax, the bongo room and subterrian still open? Cheers - KT
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the_soph
Sep 22, 2005, 12:09 AM
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for those chicago climbers who aren't quite old enough to be meeting up at bars, anyone free early in the afternoons (1-3ish)? if so, drop into fitplex, i'm pretty much there everyday and am looking for climbing buddies.
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chitown_coop
Sep 22, 2005, 3:58 AM
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Just to keep the ball rolling: I'm in the city, more or less just NW of downtown. It sounds like there are actually quite a few people in the downtownish area. Tuman's wasn't a bad idea, as there is usually street parking...Twisted Spoke (Grand&Ogden) is another near-downtown place that's easy access from train and by car...just throwing out ideas.
Also: weekdays are probably a better idea for meetup times, as long as the weather remains as awesome as it has been lately...
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jaesian11
Sep 22, 2005, 5:03 AM
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just to throw this out there also, I climb at VE 4-5 times a week, usually during the afternoon/evenings. So if anybody wants to climb at vertical endeavours in Warrenville (inside of the lifetime fitness), message me and we can meet up and do some climbing.
Jae S
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csgambill
Sep 22, 2005, 2:35 PM
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I know of at least a few people who have posted in this thread that climb at VE. Myself included.
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chitown_coop
Sep 22, 2005, 8:53 PM
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Same here: my wife and I are up there most Mondays during the day...
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bertalmio
Sep 28, 2005, 4:02 AM
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so i'm working weekends at the hospital until the end of october, but i get a random weekday off each week (ya, i know wierd schedule - welcome to the life of a first year resident)...
here's my days off so far. if anyone wants to hit up devils lake or the palisades, drop me a line....
aaron
bertalmio@hotmail.com
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boardline22
Sep 28, 2005, 4:14 AM
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VE is the grand gym i chi-town area
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alc217
Nov 14, 2005, 6:24 PM
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It's been almost a month and a half since the last post on this thread. Has it died?
Is anyone looking for a partner for gym climbing in the Chicagoland area? I live just NW of the Loop (Chicago stop on the blue line) and am looking for partners. I can lead and lead belay as well. Send me a PM.
[Added] I have a car and am willing to drive out to the suburbs to climb. (For the record, Orland Park (I assume the LTF there) isn't too far for me.)
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boardline22
Nov 14, 2005, 11:56 PM
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not close enough for me, I climb in Orland Park so sorry
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onbelay007
Nov 15, 2005, 1:19 AM
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My partner and I did a nice day trip up to Devil's Lake on Saturday. I got three nice leads in and then my partner aided upper diagnol in the rain after dark. It was great! I did have one lousy experience though.
Fi
I was leading Berkely, which I've done many times, and I was just about at the halfway point and six feet above my last piece--a yellow HB offset. I had a nice stance and was looking to place another piece when I got nailed by a falling rope that was thrown from above. Luckily I was in a nice spot and it didn't knock me off balance. Anyway, I was pissed and yelled "CLIMBING" as loud as I could. I was tempted to pull the guys rope but I cooled myself off and kept climbing. As I was up higher I looked down and the rope-thrower was down there. I yelled at him but it was windy and he couldn't hear me. Tim told him what had happened. That is, we didn't hear anybody yell rope and even so you should always look before you throw down a rope. He went on to add that I could have taken a nasty little fall if it did knock me off the rock.
Fair enough, I'm sure this has happened to many people but we just wanted to reinforce looking and yelling before throwing. Well this jerk said, "I yelled rope and I've lead out here before so I don't see what the problem is." No apology whatsoever! If I hit someone with rope/gear/whatever I would certainly apologize. Not this guy though. He showed real class!
Other than that it was a great day of climbing.
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