mid-america climbing stops?

Post by **anticlmber** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:51 pm

also on your way through KS you can see the world's largest prairie dog. you'll see the signs well before you get there.

Post by **pigsteak** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:52 pm

anticlmber wrote:also on your way through KS you can see the world's largest prairie dog. you'll see the signs well before you get there.

or go in anti's bathroom....

Post by **Gaar** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:03 pm

Zion, Moab, IC, Maple, Flagstaff

Post by **Ascentionist** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:19 pm

anticlmber wrote:rockcity in salina KS is DOPE!! not only can you rock climb in KS but they boulders are really cool and an anomoly for sure. no need for a pad as all the landings are flat and soft. good place to spend an hour or two for lunch and a leg stretch.

Unless the windchill is below zero, like when I visited there. But it's worth a peek for sure. Not too far off the interstate. And if you get lost going to it you deserve to.

Other than Rock City...don't expect much out of Kansas if you're a climber. I hated it the first time I drove through, on my way to the Tetons as a climber.

I loved Kansas when I drove out on my move to Colorado. It has a unique beauty, that you can only see if your mind isn't seeking out verticality.

If you're a peak bagger make sure you visit Mount Sunflower, the highest point in Kansas, once again, the landscape will remind you more of Flatland, but there is something terribly silly about driving an hour round trip to stand in the middle of the prairie and know that someone named the spot "Mount" anything.

Post by **Steve** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 1:08 am

Don't pay a dime to sleep in Texas. The rest areas are sweet places to overnight and they have free WI-FI to boot.

The welcome center in Texarkana is super sweet. The welcome center just north of Laredo is looks like a gigantic hacienda. There is one just outside of Austin and San Antonio. One east of El Paso. I can't speak highly enough of the rest areas in Texas.