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warhorst
Jul 17, 2003, 4:26 PM
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hi,
i will be going to OK to study for the next few years, so is there any good outdoor outfitters there?
Any great places to climb near Stillwater, Tulsa and OKC? Natural or Arctificial...
Cheers
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crazywacky
Jul 17, 2003, 4:46 PM
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Check out the Wichita Wildlife Preserve near Lawton first. It is by far one of the more popular areas.
http://www.rockclimbing.com/routes/listArea.php?AreaID=2798
It is a large area, and though mostly trad, there are rumors of sporty stuff out near Crab Eyes.
Chandler park is in/near Tulsa:
http://www.rockclimbing.com/routes/listArea.php?AreaID=1333
And you might want to get the Oklahoma Climber's Guide by Chuck Lohn.
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a510poser
Jul 17, 2003, 5:18 PM
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Look up my friend Tony Mayes. You should be able to find his web site with a google search. He runs a local guide service and is a really great guy. I'm sure he'll give you beta until your ears fall off! I hear there's some amazingly hard sandstone out there.
Have fun!
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gravitysucks
Jul 21, 2003, 1:47 AM
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TO CLIMB: the Wichitas, the Wichitas, the Wichitas!
...Big...Beautiful...and Buffaloes. also the 'Tas seem to me a bit of a meteorological anomaoly as it almost never rains there...in fact, it's one of the only things that makes me proud to be an Okie. loads of established routes (ON GRANITE...yeah!) by the old goats = a 5.8 that you can be proud to back off of. and after climbing, you can mosey on up the road a ways and scarf a longhorn burger so big it has to be served in a pieplate.
TO BUY: Chuck's book.
TO SHOP: I'm in Tulsa, but I think they have a Backwoods and Sun & Ski in OKC too. not 100%, as I order most of my gear from the internet.
our rock gym is New Heights. OKC's is OKC Rocks.
PM or email me sometime if you need people to climb with. I have people.
:roll: :? :shock: :wink:
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oklahoma
Jul 21, 2003, 2:43 AM
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please don't tell me you're going to OSU. If you are I just have to say one thing...boomer sooner
Any way, there are a lot of little climbing areas scattered throughout pretty much everywhere but the pan handle.
In Tulsa, there's Chandler with bouldering and lots of it. It's all really polished limestone but there are still very good climbs. and a lot of locals climb out there everyday and can help you out a lot. Also, there's the New hieghts Gym. it's an excellent gym and is pretty easy to find
north of Tulsa there are couple decent cliffs(for the area) that are relatively unheard of. In Skiatook there are pretty good cliffs with insanely hard routes and just outside of Barnsdall I heard there are cliffs but have never been. then some bouldering here and there. nothing really worth traveling for but if you're in the area they are nice to play around on
southeast there's robber's cave and it's surrounding areas
southwest you got the Wichitas
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turockgirl
Jul 26, 2003, 4:21 PM
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In Tulsa, there is Backwoods (51st & Sheridan) and Sun & Ski (71st & Memorial)...if you are a member of the Boy Scouts or Explorers Post (or just about anything related) you can get a 20% discount at Backwoods and I believe a 10% discount at Sun & Ski.
John's Wall @ Chandler has some pretty good climbs...watch out for the centipedes!
Witchitas (Mt Scott area near Lawton) rock! 8)
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