Living in Texas as a climber

So I may have a great job opportunity in Texas but I'm hesitant because it seems like as a climber I'd be out of luck. Pro's are the cost of living is cheap but what the heck would I do for climbing. So any advice on living in Texas as a climber? Where do you go?

FYI Texas is massive so please clarify what portion of Texas.

It's not so bad if you live in Austin. I was born and raised in Austin, TX and the limestone sport climbing around there is pretty good. Reimer's Ranch and the Greenbelt. Then the Granite area, Enchanted Rock, was one of my childhood favorite places. Then you can always road trip to Hueco Tanks or head out to NM to get some real adventure in. You can also get to CO Springs in 18 hours or fly into denver super easy.

Having said all that, I moved away so take it for what it's worth.

my best friend was taken away by the Air Force for his residency as an ER doc down in San Antonio. He lived in Boulder during medical school, but now, his climbing life has just been tanked. From talking to him, the issue is less about the available climbing, and way more about the 85+ hours a week they have him working. If he had the time, he would be at E-Rock, El Portrero or sport climbing around Austin on the reg. It seems to me that if you're in the Austin-San Antonio metro area and are willing to do just a little bit of driving, you're going to be alright.

I unfortunately won't ever be able to answer your question personally, as all my exes live in Texas, so I have to hand my hat elsewhere.

What's going on Sean? where'd you move to?
(this is Luke R)

Sean is right, Enchanted Rock is a great and memorable spot.
Another good area near Texas is El Potrero Chico in Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.. Its no more than 6 a hour drive from Austin.

I moved away as well.

Hey Luke!

I moved to Seattle. You should drop me a line if you ever end up in the PNW. Where'd you end up? Also to add more to this forum, if you're in the Dallas area, Oklahoma has got some good traditional climbing as well. Just a little bit longer of a drive.

FrankPS wrote:http://lmgtfy.com/?q=rock+climbing+in+texas

Yeitti wrote: yea, thanks. I'm not just looking for places to climb, more of personal experiences from folks who lived and climbed in Texas

I live in Texas but go climb in Colorado, the Drive sucks but what else can ya do, lol. The cost of living is better down here, but if you don't like the heat, the summers suck.

Yeitti wrote:So I may have a great job opportunity in Texas but I'm hesitant because it seems like as a climber I'd be out of luck. Pro's are the cost of living is cheap but what the heck would I do for climbing. So any advice on living in Texas as a climber? Where do you go?

As others have stated, you need to help us before we can help you.

WHERE in Texas?

Texas is bigger than Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming put together. How could you expect such a vague question to return anything of value to you? To illustrate the wide range of generalizations you're assuming consider the following:

It's home to one of the most educated (per capita) cities in the world as well as some of the most backwoods redneck shit-holes you could possible imagine.

It has mountains, plains, forests, deserts, rivers, lakes, and coastline. Texas has three of the top 10 largest cities in the US and more tiny towns than you can imagine.

Two Texas cities frequently top the charts in the "Fattest city in America" polls, while at least one frequently breaks the top 5 in the "Fittest City in America".

Your experience of living in Texas as a climber will greatly depend on where in Texas you are referring to.

Yeitti = Elena/Eleanor of MP and ST notoriety. A legend!

Hank Caylor wrote: AGAIN bro, where exactly in Texas are you talking. Texas is the size of 4 0r 5 other States, hard to pinpoint the experience you'll have not knowing where you are.. meetup.com/Texas-Rock-Climb…

FrankPS wrote:Yeitti = Elena/Eleanor of MP and ST notoriety. A legend!

Austin is awesome! Houston is live able and any other place is awful. Gross generalization and basing on you being an intelligent and liberal leaning person. Now if you love guns, rodeos, low iq and meth might I steer you to Mineral Wells, TX. I once heard a quote from a fellow Texan that sums it up neatly for me. Their opinion on Texas and would they move back ever: "Texas is the greatest state there is, but hell no I'd never live there again" Take it with a grain of salt as I myself am in the process of moving back to Austin. I'd say move to Austin but don't cause it's already too crowded.

Austin is great! if you're super motivated to get your crippled ass out of bed and go climb a few half pitches, just make sure to keep your composure through the 30 minutes to an hour of traffic, and be nice to the group of 5 people who came out to climb together, they'll pull their ropes down in 20 minutes so chill out and wait. Sometimes when you walk down the trail you can smell dog poop, but honestly, I think it's just my sensitive nose. Really tho, come on down to Austin, everyone is friendly, they'll belay you, even if they don't know how, and if you need a new action shot, there's always someone there to take a picture! We're all fitnessed minded down here, so if you want to hit on some chicks while holding onto a rope and then grab some drinks during/before/after climbing, then you've come to the right place!

Line cutters welcome!

Seriously though, everything is a breakfast taco, and you really should smile more

Also, don't even try to clean up after other climbers, there's too much trash and it just keeps showing up the next day; my personal favorite is the packaging material from a new rope