Recommended rack near Syracuse?
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Hey all, |
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.3-3 BD or equivalent w/set of nuts. that will tackle most routes. tricams are nice for gunks but not necessary. i know of no other crags. have fun |
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Found a .3/.4 x4 offset very useful for a number of tricky to protect gunks cruxes. Pink, red, brown tricams is the standard addition if you're headed to the GUNKS. Grew up in Rochester so I commiserate that this part of the state sucks for a climber. Sorry abou that! |
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Be sure to check out the Southern ADK crags. Closest quality climbing to CNY folks. Little Falls will get old quick. Lost T, Statebrook, Otter Lake Cliffs. Nine corners for quality bouldering. |
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Addies? ADDIES?? |
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Gunkiemike wrote:Addies? ADDIES?? Puhleeze.+1 I lived in Utica for about a year which is about an hour East of Syracuse. Awful area... some of the most boring days of my life. To make up for it I drove 3 hours every weekend to the Gunks or ADKs. Usually by myself to meet people from Albany or other points to the East as no one from CNY seems to climb. Little Falls is pretty bad. I would go after work and treat it more like a gym. Eagle Falls is pretty cool and it is closer to the West side of the park but still like 2 hours from Syracuse. Little T and some other southern crags are good also. Rack wise the standard rack is good. I seemed to place a lot of stuff in the fingers sizes. Good luck. Its a hard place to live being a climber. Glad I left. |
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Step one.. seriously never call them the addies ever again.. you sound like a 13 year old girl talking about her boy band crush... if you want to abbreviate.. go ahead and just say ADK's... |
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crakatoa wrote:if you want to abbreviate.. go ahead and just say ADK's..."Dacks" is also a common and acceptable abbreviation. And for equipment, I recommend a fast car. |
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Don't hate on little falls. It's a great little spot for lazy days when you don't want to spend six+ hours driving. |
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The upsides is (when the winter doesn't suck like last year) there is some pretty high class ice at Salmon River Falls. To survive in CNY you need to embrace winter and pick up winter sports like Ice Climbing, XC skiing, that can be done close to home. Otherwise, cabin fever grows fast because there are very few sunshine days from November thru March. Apline skiing in CNY is pretty running laps on tiny local hills of town (3 min down, 10 min waiting for the lift). Head 45 min north to the Tug Hill plateau and the XC ski options are pretty much limitless, both single track and groomed skate skiing on state land or private ski areas. |
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I very rarely head towards Central NY, for anything/any reason. If that gives you some idea of what you're facing. I lived in Utica for 2 years, not by choice (high school age). It's a very economically depressed area, industry up and left decades ago. |
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Fishing rod |
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I spent a few summers working in the high peaks in the 90's, and even "Dacks" marked you as an outsider. |