with a beach and just lounge around staring at the waves....or do you just go somewhere with good climbing?.

That's just what I've noticed for myself.

What? You can't climb in the ocean.
World class climbing areas are my only "REAL" vacations.

Watch waves: hahahahaha

Last year we went Diving in Belize. Not a single climb for two weeks. World class diving, but not rock.

-Jon

What's a vacation? (resentful grumbling)

no

Let's see, only a few weeks a year to cram in a year's worth of climbing dreams? Yeah, the beach thing is right out. I'd sooner paint my house.

Ummmm.... hello Tonsai and Koh Phi Phi. That was our 08 vacation.

Can you say deep water soloing

I dont think I would be able to plan any vacation or big trip w/o climbing.

It makes me antsy to vacation somewhere without trad climbs or at least substantial trails. A few years ago I cut a 3 month trip to S & SE Asia a month short to go climbing in Red Rocks.

My fiance just took a 5 day vacation to new york to visit her best friend. She did some bouldering in central park, but she swore to never take a vacation without climbing as part of the plan too...I think I am the same. I want to plan our honeymoon with a climbing destination too...

Any time I take a vacation without climbing being at least somewhat involved, I find myself bored quickly and angry that I am wasting valuable could-be climbing time.

I got a gig to teach horseback riding on Ohau for a summer camp for three days. I stayed on the north shore for 10 days and only went climbing once. Doesn't help that I broke my toe on the morning I was supposed to go climbing.

Being a well-rounded human being by necessity means taking a break from one activity to try new things...if all you ever do is climb and talk about climbing you would be a pretty boring person. I just did a month in Australia and New zealand, no climbing, but I had a shit ton of fun doing other stuff, things that wouldn't have been possible if I spent all my time on rock, and now I'm going to come back to climbing a lot more refreshed, dropped in ability level for sure, but unless climbing is your livelihood, taking a break should be mandatory. Are flat places not worth visiting at all to some people? There's no climbing in holland, but there are art museums and culture and interesting people, I definitely wouldn't want to miss out on the majority of human experience that's not centered around climbing.

Not in a long time. I had gone to Greece a couple of times and to Curacao to sit on the beach, all of which I thoroughly enjoyed, but these days it's all about climbing, which I enjoy even more.

I'm a big fan of Llama Trekking :)

Some of my best vacation haven't involved climbing at all. My best one was a couple of months to drive to Panama and back. Great surfing, volcano hiking, fly fishing, cultural experiences, etc. and not something I would have done as a myopic climber. I'm guessing the majority of the "i can't go without climbing for a month" people most likely haven't been climbing very long.

Yes, those of you with a significant other I would recommend an occasional vacation to the beach or island. Or you can do a climbing vacation followed by a few days of relaxation on a beach, hotel, sightseeing, etc.

We go to Costa Rica, hang out looking at birds in the rain forests, go hang on the Beach in Cahuita, once a year. Climbing has a lot in common with addiction pathologies. Have to learn to keep it toned down.

I've been alot of places for non-climbing adventures and the whole time I wish I was climbing.

I can experience culture in the evening after a sweet session on the rock during the day anyway.

I talk climbing all day long so I'm probably boring to non-climbers but I don't really want to hang out with those people anyway. Not my type.