Team Safety goes West

Post by **Jeff** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 9:49 pm

Sedona is scawey.
So I hear.

Post by **TexasK** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 3:19 am

Post by **Artsay** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 4:13 am

Johnny - I don't know anything about Sedona but those other places are great, especially the City of Rocks. Great sport and trad and the crowds are not bad at all. Little Cottonwood Canyon has amazing cracks and really good bouldering. Finding routes can get tricky so get a good guide. Maple has kick ass sport routes but it gets way crowded and Moab/Indian Creek should be great this time of year. You may also want to check out Shelf Road in Canyon City, Ut and Logan Canyon, Ut. Damn, have fun! I wanna play too!!!!

Post by **Wes** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 4:34 am

Should be fun. Wall street isn't that bad, esp. for a morning or afternoon gig. Tower-wise check out aciecent art in the fishers and Kor-Ingles (for the history) or north chimmny on Castleton. At the creek, you almost can't go wrong at any crag, but cat wall, broken tooth and resevoir wall are pretty nice and kinda off the beaten path.

Maple is a blast, but might get kinda old after a day or two.

Wes

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 11:58 am

Well folks, I'm getting ready to leave for Utah this weekend. Just thought I'd let you know while you are all jonesin'.

Towers, splitters, desert sunsets... yeah, baby, yeah!

Post by **Andrew** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 12:30 pm

Post by **Christian** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 1:03 pm

The guidebook for Sedona is called"A Better Way to Die" I think it is by Tim Toula(Rock and Road). The entire book is one big warning about the friable/crumbly/dangerous sandstone. It is beautiful but there is so much better climbing there: Jack's Canyon, The Pit(le petit verdon), Paradise Forks(basalt cracks), Priest's Draw(bouldering) and more just around Flagstaff! Granite Mountain at Prescott; and if it is too cold head for southern Arizona.

Just my humble opinion.

Post by **Jeff** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 4:50 pm

That's where I got the "scawey" part from Christian. I have that guide too. We didn't climb in Sedona.
Sedona is also scarey because of all the UFO's, power crystals, energy zones, tourons, over-building, etc....

Post by **Christian** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 5:16 pm

doughnuts

Post by **jim** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 9:17 pm

I second the recommendation to do Bloody Fingers at City of Rocks - it is pretty sweet. You could also consider Logan Canyon and American Fork on your way to/from City of Rocks and one of your other Utah destinations. I thought AF was better, but both were pretty fun. Not sure when it might get too cold to climb at AF though.

If you make it way, way out west (and you don't go to the Valley), then you should consider the Needles in California. Fantastic cracks and great climbing. Airy Interlude, Igor Unchained, Thin Ice, White Punks on Dope and much, much more - all classics. Again, it has been a while since I lived out that way, so I don't remember exactly when it would start getting too cold.