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i can't decide whether to roadtrip to indian creek, zion, red rocks, joshua tree, bishop and then yosemite or stay at the red and indian creek for a few months to get back in shape this spring? whadda ya think?

Few areas for more time man. It gives you time to adapt to the feel of the rock, conditions, etc. so you can climb more at your limit.

cool. i was leaning towards that since i've climbed like 3 times since miguels closed and probably won't climb again until it opens and i quit my job. plus less gas money!

Yosemite sounds like a must do in that roadtrip man! Atleast to see it!

If I had the time and was roadtripping mid March I would hit Indian Creek for 2 or 3 weeks, then bust it to Zion for a big wall or 2. Then head for some of that fine Valley granite once mid May hits. When it gets hot, head for Tuolumne for as long I could stand the tourists. Next, do some high Sierra's climbing during August to get awy from all those folks, then wind it up back in the Valley. That wold be real sweet. On the way back go back to Indian Creek cuss you'll be way honed!

Man I'm jealous

I kinda like base camping somewhere cool, the taking side trips to nearby areas. Like you can camp for free in vedauwoo, but still take day trips to RMNP or the front range areas. And short 3 day trips to the tower, lander or the tetons. You could do kinda the same thing around the valley/east side as well. That way, when you start getting kinda burnt on the base camp area, you can take a break and get some different climbing in, without have to pack everything up and make a long drive.

Wes

oh the valley is for sure! 2+ months last year wasn't nearly enough. i like wes's idea of base camping it. not big on tuolumne but i haven't climbed there so i can't really comment on it. probably boulder there some this summer. really out there for the walls though. that and 15 pitch free routes. only bad thing about the valley is the tourists, but you know they feed me and all so i can't really complain. oh and the rangers but the are a minor hassle.

I road tripped for about eight months last year, hitting everywhere I could. I don't think I stayed anywhere for more then 2 weeks, 3 at the very most. It was great to see all the different climbing areas and styles for those places, but I didn't get stronger and didn't even improve a letter grade for all that climbing (although my onsight level jumped up, but not my redpoint level). Just when I got use to a place, I moved on. I think it improved my technique tremendously and made me a better climber overall, just not a stronger one. I loved seeing all the places, but next time I'd only hit a few of them. On the other hand I woudn't know which ones to hit if I didn't see em all. Top four - Hueco, J-tree, the Valley, Indian Creek. I'd say the red, but it's more like a home crag rather then a roadtrip destination

yeah it seems like new areas shoot your onsighting thru the roof! mine went up to my previous redpoint grade and my red point grade only went up a letter on both sport and trad.

As they say, variety is the spice of life. I'm of the school that experiencing different types of rock and onsighting attempts on the road will improve technique. Then bring that back to the home crag to push up the redpoint level.