At this point in my life I have the interest, time off, financial means and lack of domestic responsibilities to climb abroad, maybe once a year -- but that's not, unfortunately, the case with any of my climbing partners.

I'm reading TR's and blogs, and watching videos of places like Catalunya and Getu and Geyikbayiri and thinking the only thing that's keeping me from climbing at places like these are motivated and reliable partners.

So why not solicite a group of like-minded climbers, of similar abilities and from all over the US, who would be motivated to self-organize climbing trips to various destinations throughout the year? Kinda' like an international climber meetup.

Not interested in joining a commercial trip but envision getting a few people together, renting a house in Catalunya for a week or two and getting the full value climbing and cultural immersion. Maybe even meet a few new climbing partners in the process.

You get the idea.

Anyone have an interest in getting involved in something like this?

Yes, but I LOVE this post. As it goes right now I have a lot very free time, financials, but NO partner who is even at all interested in a long climbing trip or to a place far away. So let me know if we get something going, I could definitely help out as well.

I'm also interested in something like this, and since I'm already abroad it might not be so difficult. ;)

I'm interested! Looking into going to S. America this 'summer' (June / July / August)

There are a couple regional/local groups in south east Asia and in some cities with a strong expat population (hong kong and kuala lumpur to name two). It would be great to have a group that could put climbers traveling from the states in touch with climbers already abroad.
I'm in Singapore. Let me know if I can provide any info or help in any way.

i'll be in lucerne, switzerland indefinitely after june 1st. i'm definitely interested in meeting some climbers over there in europa!

Hi,

I'll also be in Switzerland after June 1st and would be keen to meet up to climb. I'm thinking of heading to south-east France for a bit too.

Cheers,
Alia

Hey everyone, I'm on the same page with you. I'm teaching in Vietnam, really hard to find partners so I go on most of my trips in SE Asia solo and meet others.

However, I just booked a plane ticket to Getu, China (July 17-Aug 2nd) with the understanding that there's a chance there might not be any climbers there at that time. This is the only block I have off and this place is too amazing not to check out whilst in Asia. If anyone else is interested, drop me a line!

-Andy

sweet! feel free to email me at bennyphilbrick@gmail.com or who_cares_0@hotmail.com and maybe we can work something out! i should be up in the bernese alps for a few days upon my arrival, but after that i'll be available for just about anything!