Climbing in Austin?
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I'll be in Austin this week Wed. - Sun. on a business trip, and it looks like the weather will be great! I'd love to get out on Friday or Saturday to check out any local rock? I've never been to Austin so if anyone has any advice, or even better wants to get out climbing with me, that would be great! I'll be traveling light so will probably just have shoes and harness. |
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Reimers Rock is some alright, albeit short, limestone not too far outside of town. There's a few alright gyms in town. |
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Ooh... tell me more about this REALLY GOOD FOOD! Got any favorite spots? |
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Enchanted Rock is a granite playground with cracks and multipitch. Reimers is all sport and North-Shore is an extension of Reimers. |
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try the Austin Climbing Group on FBook. there's also a few yahoo groups out there but they are being used less. should be easy to partner up or jump on a rope via a group; folks round these parts are downright friendly. |
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If I were still in Austin, I would meet up with you, but since I'm not, I'd do this if I was desperate to climb: Go out to Barton Creek Greenbelt this Friday or Saturday and you'll find some people climbing. Climb with them. There's always a bunch of people at the Seismic Wall on weekends, and there are frequently people at the other Barton Creek Greenbelt walls. You could try this with Reimer's Ranch but it would be harder to do and it is further out of the city. If you tried it at Reimer's, I'd head to the Prototype wall and you could maybe meet up with a group there earlier in the morning. |
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The climbing is good. McKinney, Reimers, Rogers |
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There's sport climbing all over town...I'd recommend the green belt, as it's inside the city. Reimer's Ranch is decent sport climbing, but it's a bit of a trek. If you're into trad, Enchanted Rock probably has the highest quality rock/climbing in the area. There's a few bolted routes including a few 2-3 pitch climbs up the dome. |
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Way back in 2006, I went to this place in Austin for a great show. It had many political jokes, impersonations and skits. I'm sure it's a different show now, but probably still well-worth seeing: |
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+1 for Salt Lick |
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+2 for Salt Lick |