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frenchfrog
Jul 7, 2004, 4:46 AM
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comming from france over to michigan visitting some familly...
& wondering if there was any valuable climbing arround there :?:
i'll be there from the 11th to 24th.
please tell me about bouldering or whatever :D
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michhiker
Jul 7, 2004, 5:29 AM
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Huhahahaha!
You are kidding right?!? Take up water skiing instead. Lots of that.
In all truth depends on where you are at. There is some climbing near Grand Ledge which is near Lansing, about middle of the lower penn. IT is soft sandstone and only about 30' high, but a good variety of routes. Or, if you are closer to the upper penn. there is some climbing around Marquette. Otherwise you are kinda out of luck. Unless you like plastic.
----MH
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floatingrewster
Jul 7, 2004, 6:40 AM
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If your just dying to climb, there are good gyms in southeast MI, one in pontiac and one in ann arbor. And as the previous post mentions, there is Grand Ledge for the real stuff.
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frenchfrog
Jul 10, 2004, 11:37 PM
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thanks for the information, i'm afraid it won't work out between waterskiing and me, neither with plastic.......
i might be up for grant ledge looking for boulderring
But after all 2 weeks with no climbing oughta be surviveable"*ç%&/
i'll hang arround grd rapids and then get lost in edvart....carpe diem one's said!!!
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brianthew
Jul 10, 2004, 11:54 PM
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Want until winter, then take up ice climbing. Marquette has lots.
But yeah, there's some rock up there. Quartzite, I hear. Check out http://www.trails-edge.com/climb_main.htm for some stuff on MI rock. Mainly all up in the UP.
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cgailey
Jul 11, 2004, 12:36 AM
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Don't waste your time with any of that...if you can, make a trip to Lion's head Ontario. It's a 3.5 hour drive from Detroit and the place rocks! You will need a partner or a gri gri (for self belay) as the bouldering is nil and the rest of the climbing is rap to hanging belays. Check it out if you can...killer limestone!
http://www.rockclimbing.com/...p.cgi?Detailed=35119
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