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jammer
Nov 29, 2006, 2:31 PM
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Hey Charley! Around here (NH), I can be climbing within a half hour, Rumney in 40 minutes, Cannon in an hour and Cathederal in 2 hours. The gunks are a few hours more, but if I'm going to really travel, I prefer to fly, hook up with a local climbing partner and get 'er done! If I have to travel a lot, it seems like you spend too much time on the road and not enough time relaxing and climbing ... like the road trip last Feb when Dennyg and I did North Carolina in 10 days. We climbed during the day, then it was off to another area. Even though I saw a lot of NC, I think that next time, I'd like to just get to one area and stay there.
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dynamo_
Nov 29, 2006, 2:45 PM
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Times I have to drive for what I do:
10 minutes: bouldering (I hate bouldering)
35 minutes to the closest crag for single pitch trad and top rope for a day or half day.
1.5-2 hours for all the single pitch cragging I'll ever need. Usually no less than a full day, sometimes a day and a half. Includes Lost Wall, Jamestown, Tennessee Wall (oh yeah), etc.
4.5 hours to the closest multipitch - Tallulah Gorge, GA. Usually 2 good days of climbing.
6 hours to Western NC for more single pitch, multipitch, and aid. --- Looking GLass, Laurel Knob, Whitesides  , etc, etc. No less than three days of climbing.
I don't like to drive farther than 6 hours and don't plan to...I'm plenty happy with my options inside of 6 hours.
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kinz
Nov 29, 2006, 2:55 PM
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in dallas the closest climbing area is at least and hour and half. it is the norm to drive anywhere from hour and half to three hours for day trips. SO GAY!!!
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gandolf
Nov 29, 2006, 3:46 PM
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Day trip - 3 hours one-way
2 days/weekend trip - 5 hours one-way
3+ days - as long as it takes to get there
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lena_chita
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Nov 29, 2006, 4:08 PM
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For 1 day of climbing I would drive no more than 2 hours one-way (Lisbon, OH is about 1.5 hours for me)
For a weekend of climbing, I'm willing to drive 5-5.5 hours (NRG)-- but only if I can get there Friday night, no matter how late, have full day on Saturday and most day on Sunday.
Long weekend -- up to 7-8 hours drive (RRG)
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dripdry
Nov 29, 2006, 4:14 PM
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Day trip: up to 4 hours (from here to Devil's Lake or just beyond)
Weekend: 450 miles to get to The Red, that's about 8-10 hours of driving. That's about as far as I'm willing to go for that. Nice weather, great time, good pizza!
for 3 days of climbing I drove 15 hours, and had a car blow up, so the trip actually took 2 days to drive there. That was fairly worth it, though not enough climbing happened. Won't do it again unless I know that there will be *much* more climbing.
For 5 days of climbing I'd drive nearly anywhere in the continental U.S.
For 3 or 4 weeks I'd probably be willing to go anywhere in the world, given enough money for the all important airfare, or gas money to get to somewhere in South America.
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overlord
Nov 29, 2006, 4:21 PM
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that depends on where i want to go:
gym: not far 
single pitch sport: 20min
multi pitch: osp about 1.5h, logarska valley about 1h, alps 2h
multi pitch heaven of paklenica: 4-6h depending on the driver and traffic.
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pseudolith
Nov 29, 2006, 4:32 PM
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2 - 3 hours to get to good climbing? Luxury.
I live in Gainesville, FL, and the closest rock is 5 1/2 hours away in Atlanta. (Boatrock) I've driven 7 - 9 hours to go to Houndears, Rocktown, HP40, and Sandrock for weekend trips, and 12 hours to the Red for a 4-day weekend.
If there was rock closer, I'd be willing to drive up to 2 hours or so for a day trip.
For a weekend, pretty much anything under 500 miles.
For a week, I'd put my happy ass on a plane and go someplace epic.
Generally, the travel time there and back needs to be less than the total amount of climbing time. But there are exceptions, such as spending two hours to get from Paris to Fontainbleau, climbing for two hours, and then spending two hours hitching a ride back to Paris.
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norm1057
Nov 29, 2006, 4:40 PM
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10 min from the house every available weekend. Anything further is a road trip from 1-4 hours.
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flying_dutchman
Nov 29, 2006, 4:56 PM
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I can drive 10 to 20 minutes in any direction for sport or trad and iceclimbing. So close to town, er, within town that city tranist stops by the crags if you feel like doing the ecologically sound thing and not driving.
The real gems are an 1.5 hrs northeast.
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epoch
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Nov 29, 2006, 4:56 PM
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1 hour --- closest crag.
2 hours --- N. Conway.
I HAVE driven 6 hours one way for a day trip, and I did it quite often.
20 min walk from my parents back door to decent highballing / TR ing.
The best.. our cabin in the woods... 5 min walk to gear eating cracks, soul-sucking micro-crimps, and general chaos. All unbenownst to all of you...
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notch
Nov 29, 2006, 5:12 PM
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I endeavor to achieve a ratio of less than 1:1, wherein the total drive time must be less than the total climb time. For example, if I've only got a couple of hours to climb, I'm only going to drive an hour one way to do so. Fortunately, I've got good climbing within 45 minutes, so I don't ever have to exceed this. I know of some folks that will leave early AM from Boston for the Gunks and return the same night. Assuming 3.5 hours one way, total climbing on that day will need to exceed 7 hours. Assuming a 6AM start, one might be climbing by 10AM, which leaves the 7 hour mark at 5PM. Leave by 6 and you're home by 10PM. Not bad, but it still makes for one heck of a tiring day!
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percious
Nov 29, 2006, 5:44 PM
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2 1/2 hours one way is about my limit for a day of climbing, and it better be world-class dammit! (Gunks)
For local cragging, my commute averages 35 minutes with a 30 minute hike-in.
For a long weekend I am willing to put in 6+ hours of driving. Gosh, I want to get back to Seneca.
-percious
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dbrayack
Nov 29, 2006, 5:49 PM
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For one to two days of climbing, I'll drive about 8 miles (distance from my house to the NRG)...thats about it, maybe 20 miles to Summersville.
I won't do the red (500 miles for both ways) unless I have at least 3 days.
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kachoong
Nov 29, 2006, 7:17 PM
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More importanly, the badass question should be "How far would you WALK to climb?"
For me it was 110km round-trip to climb North ridge of Assiniboine.
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dbrayack
Nov 29, 2006, 7:19 PM
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Ahh yes, that is veeeeery different for the New....for a day full day, no longer than 45 minutes, uphill both ways.
For half a day, 30 minutes, uphill both ways.
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sisu8
Nov 30, 2006, 2:26 AM
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Look who rode in on their high horse! It's theswissfactor, from LA!
Where'd you go to college? When I was in college we'd drive an hour and a half for a day's hiking or climbing, maybe two hours at most unless there was ice on the road or something. And gas was cheaper then.
I do agree that we need to take some responsibility for our impacts, and a big part of that for most people is driving their cars.
I drive an hour or less for pretty much all of my climbing and do my best to carpool.
I have gone on long trips for the outdoors, though, and in fact once flew to Europe to do some trekking. So I'm guilty too.
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ktetomcu
Nov 30, 2006, 3:41 AM
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I drive 3 hours to climb in the Gunks for a day or a weekend very regularly.
I've driven 4.5 hours for two days, 6 for three days.
One crazy time we drove 4.5 hours to sleep in the parking lot, climb for the day, and then drive home.
9 hours to Rumney needed a week to be worth it though.
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roadman33
Nov 30, 2006, 4:26 AM
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I Drove to Alaska one summer just to climb one mountain, then got back in the car and drove home. 5 days driving each way, 5 days to tag the summit. Nothing gets you going like knowing you've only got one shot!
I don't really like to drive to far anymore, but I do drive up to 6 hours about once a month for 2/3 days of great climbing. mostly our cliffs are 30-1:30 away, but it's tons of rock that's mostly choss.IMO
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majid_sabet
Nov 30, 2006, 7:45 AM
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yosemite 20+ times a year x 400 miles each= 8000 miles
work 300 days a year x 4 miles = 1200 miles
work what a true waste of time
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ninja_climber
Nov 30, 2006, 9:14 AM
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I can walk to the local crag in 20 minutes...but driving...I'd say 160 miles for 2 days in Paklenica. This summer we went 950 miles to get to Fountainbleu though....
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roninthorne
Nov 30, 2006, 11:34 AM
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For a single day at a great little secret spot, I have and will drive two and a half to three hours each way. Figure 180+ miles across four mountain ranges each way.
For a weekend, I'll do three and a half to the New or 5 to the Red. Fewer mountains, more miles... 220-350 or so...
It's three days to the Big Ditch.... been there, done that for a week of climbing.... 6 days of driving for 5 days of climbing...
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snowjunkie
Nov 30, 2006, 12:21 PM
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15-20min to the Gunks
3hrs to the Dacks
5-6hrs to NH (Cannon/Rumney)
(This post was edited by snowjunkie on Nov 30, 2006, 12:53 PM)
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shear
Nov 30, 2006, 12:45 PM
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i can drive 20 min and be at some of the best bouldering/trad climbing/sport in new england.
an hour gets me to another much larger amazing bouldering area and 2 hours gets me to Rumney.
i love walking out my front door and basically climbing.
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bigfatrock
Nov 30, 2006, 3:33 PM
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45 minutes to a top-rope only crag and 2 hrs to the closest sport crag. I'm in N.E. Texas so there is not a lot of stuff that close to me and what rock is close to me is limestone. I haven't been out to Enchanted Rock yet but hope to soon.
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