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ksudyno
Aug 30, 2004, 1:55 PM
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Go to Kansas State, we have a small bouldering field 100 miles to the west, other than that you "lucky” get to drive 380 miles to Arkansas, or the “lovely” 340 miles to the Oklahoma, but wait there is more this school has to offer the 500 miles across this mind numbing baron flat waste land to the closest rock in Colorado……….I love KANSAS.
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jowanky
Aug 30, 2004, 6:14 PM
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Where are Rumney, Lincoln Woods, and the Gunks? What do you guys think about John hopkins? or Cornell?
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csproul
Aug 30, 2004, 6:31 PM
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my vote would be CU, Boulder; somewhere near Salt Lake City; or UNLV
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delarig
Aug 30, 2004, 6:35 PM
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UNIVERSITY OF UTAH!!!! If I started listing all the world class climbing areas within an hour or so I would take up this whole page.
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troutboy
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In reply to: Where are Rumney, Lincoln Woods, and the Gunks? What do you guys think about John hopkins? or Cornell?
Lincoln Woods = Rhode Island (no need to get more specific. it's a small place :wink: )
Gunks = southeastern NY about 1 hour from NYC
JHU is a great school in the middle of Baltimore, very near some bad neighborhoods. Closest decent climbing would be Seneca Rocks or New River Gorge, both at least a few hours away.
Cornell is a great school in an nice setting (Ithaca, NY) but with little near-by climbing. Gunks and Daks would be the closest world-class destinations. Neither are in your back yard from Ithaca.
Do not underestimate the weather factor on the east coast. If you're a student with odd hours, the weather might not be unendurable though.
If you go east coast, the various Poughkeepsie schools are worth considering. The SUNY schools are nice small liberal arts colleges, but not really known for their great academics.
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nateyoun
Aug 30, 2004, 6:54 PM
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U of Utah for sure... comfortable year round climbing (no freezing your balls off in NE in the winter).. and it's so so so close.
I went to Johns Hopkins for undergrad, and it used to be a good climbing school. not to much local rock, but a lot of great people that traveled every weekend.. we went to the new almost every weekend of my senior year.. .. BUT.. things have gone down hill there.. they do have a nice wall, but the Staff member who in charge of over seeing the climbing wall and the Outdoor program royally screwed everything up..
my freshmen year i learned to trad lead and learned so much from the upperclassmen and grad students.. now it over formalized and it's been turned into an outward bound experience... so if you're into having your hand held for 4 years and no really knowing how to do anything when you graduate.. go to hopkins.. but it's not a great place for a free heart.
education wise.. you'll learn alot though.
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off_center
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I second Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Since you're in state, you'll have a reasonable tuition. In addition to the information in Maculated's post, you'll be relatively close to home, you'll only be 20 minutes from the beach, and the majority of the places you might end up living are within drunken stumbling distance of the bars. There's also enough climbing in the area (i.e. within an hour and a half) to keep you busy throughout your time at college. We also have an Indian Casino fairly close by if you like to gamble. What more could you ask for?
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jowanky
Aug 30, 2004, 8:07 PM
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Any opinions on Whitman?
Also if it helps, Im not looking to learn how to climb, as long as there are places and people who are geared to go out whenever possible. Learning trad would be cool tho.
How much climbing is there around Haverford or Swarthmore?
It may just help if i get a list of the decent to super climbing spots on the east. Cause I have no idea. Thanks for all your help guys.
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climb14er
Aug 30, 2004, 10:31 PM
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I graduated from Harpur College, SUNY Binghamton, NY, freshman class of only 750 students, and it's always been rated one the the finest and most difficult of public schools to be admited to on the east coast.
BTW, University of Colorado would be my choice hand's down for climbing. You could climb year round, twenty minutes from your dorm room and ski all you want in the winter. Summer here is dry and beautiful.
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eyeclimb
Aug 30, 2004, 10:35 PM
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I don't know if you mean colleges that have good climbing in surrounding areas or if you mean ones with good climbing gyms, but Towson University near Baltimore in Maryland has a really nice climbing gym and a separate bouldering wall. It's also a good school as far as the academics go.
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daggerx
Aug 30, 2004, 11:23 PM
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Colorado mountain college in leadville. located in lake country, they offer a degree in outdoor recreation and general studys and and are located in the heart of the rockys. More mountins over 14k then anywere else in the us plus killer rock
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scuclimber
Sep 1, 2004, 1:45 AM
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I'm at Santa Clara and in the climbing club. Good bunch of kids. 30 mins to Castle Rock, an hour to Pinnacles (at least, the way I drive), 45 mins to Diablo, 4 hours to the Valley/Tuolumne, 6 hours to Bishop, 2 hours to Auburn, 4 hours to Tahoe/Donner/Lovers Leap, etc etc. If I was to pick a good school academically and climbing wise, I would pick Dartmouth, Colorado College, or Cal/Stanford/Santa Clara.
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scuclimber
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If you listed a major/GPA/academic level of schools you're looking into, that would be helpful to potential suggestions. If you want to major in outdoor rec you could go places you couldn't go if you wanted to major in biomechanical engineering.
Colin
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snowrocker
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Are you planning on climbing the college itself, or do you want one that is located near good crags? I am in your same situation and I plan on going to University of Utah, the college itself and the local crags are great.
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You can't forget Montana State University in Bozeman, great sport and trad climbing and some of the best ice climbing around in Hylite canyon.
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In reply to: In reply to: UNLV should be called University of Nevada at Red Rocks! don't even waste your time considering UNLV, unless you want to major in "casino management." the climbing is good.. but i'd say go to Bouldler man. I just started at Pratt Institute in NYC. It's great, but I wouldn't call it a GREAT school for climbing. I bouldered in central park the other day and it was hotter than balls. The gunks are relatively close, it just takes a lot of effort to get to them.
yeah, except UC Boulder is like $25,000 a year and UNLV is $10,000 (out of state) dont get me wrong, I wouldn't go to that tar-mack covered campu either.... but there is NO WAY in hell i would shell out that kind of money just so i could like in boulder... i mean, think about how long you could live on the road with the money you saved?
In reply to: I second Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Since you're in state, you'll have a reasonable tuition. In addition to the information in Maculated's post, you'll be relatively close to home, you'll only be 20 minutes from the beach, and the majority of the places you might end up living are within drunken stumbling distance of the bars. There's also enough climbing in the area (i.e. within an hour and a half) to keep you busy throughout your time at college. We also have an Indian Casino fairly close by if you like to gamble. What more could you ask for?
umm... cal poly, good school, SHIT for climbing. Same goes for most of cali's schools. Berekley costs a shit load, and you're better off in Reno (closer to everywhere except yosemite during the winter), if you want a UC either go south (sand diego or maybe LA) or davis
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gosharks
Sep 7, 2004, 2:37 AM
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In reply to: I went to Johns Hopkins for undergrad, and it used to be a good climbing school. not to much local rock, but a lot of great people that traveled every weekend.. we went to the new almost every weekend of my senior year.. .. BUT.. things have gone down hill there.. they do have a nice wall, but the Staff member who in charge of over seeing the climbing wall and the Outdoor program royally screwed everything up..
Im at hopkins right now, idunno about the overformalized part.. but then again i havent gone on one of their trips. the climbing wall is pretty nice, and they opened up a bouldering cave (where the old wall used to be) last spring.
and yes berkeley does cost a lot if you are out of state, same goes for any other state-sponsered school (including calpoly). great deal if qualify for instate tuition though.
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Oregon State University sends annual summit teams to all the Cascade Volcanoes as well as trips to Smith Rocks for climbing. There is an outdoor rec center where you can rent many things for next to nothing.
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Asbury College, Wilmore Kentucky. 1 1/2 hours from the Red River Gorge, 4 hours from New River, 3 1/2 from Obed, 5-6 From Rocktown. Plus it's US news and world reports #3 overall liberal arts college in the south, plus if yout into media/communications, it's the only college in america that is invited to assist in the brodcast of the olympics. Media/com department rocks and every other department is good. finally, not only would you be able to participate in the outdoors club, you would have the opertunity to lead in some way imediatly. i'm a freshman and on the student faculty council representing Asbury Outdoors and tomarrow I start laying out the running section of our annual adventure race. the dorm also has evening, 'unofficial' repelling sessions out the widow. actually, today I just got back from the gorge and the outdoors program just finnished running the New River including some class V's if you like that stuff
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belayingis4play
Jul 11, 2005, 10:56 PM
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Here's what you do: move to Boulder and get a job for a year. for that year you will have great climbing right outside your back door and plenty of time to get to know the area. after that year apply to CU as an in-state resident and only pay 5K a year. Before you know it you will be immersed in one off the best climbing communities in the country. (I don't care what any of you say, IT IS.) And also depending on what you decide to study, CU can be a very good academic university. There is also more hot girls here then you can imagin.
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