Ok smack talkers, let's hear it!

Jonathan Brown wrote:

Logan Canyon or American Fork for limestone,  Drive 1.5 hours to Little Cottonwood Canyon for Granite then drive 3-4 hours to Zion, Moab, or whatever tickles your fancy in Southern Utah.

That's 5.5 hrs driving... How much climbing are you doing???? 

Jon Hillis wrote:

That's 5.5 hrs driving... How much climbing are you doing???? 

Obviously that would not be a normal day - but it would be doable.  If you front the gas money I'll prove that it.  

You could definitely shorten the drive times by going to other walls, but for the sake of this conversation...

Marc H wrote:

I would pay you real American dollars to walk around Louisiana and film yourself asking random people if they enjoy living on the east coast.

Louisiana is part of the Gulf Coast and/or Deep South.

So we are talking coast here which is designated by where land meets salt water in this case. If you start at Maine which hopefully we can agree is east then follow the coast until you’re out of the country well.....

DanielHart wrote:

So we are talking coast here which is designated by where land meets salt water in this case. If you start at Maine which hopefully we can agree is east then follow the coast until you’re out of the country well.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Coast_of_the_United_States

Martin Harris wrote: I’d agree that Colorado Climbing is just mediocre in the front range.  Living in western Colorado gives access to rifle black canyon and eastern Utah all within a few hours. And why bash Mr. honnold.  He has traveled the world climbing he’s more of an expert on what areas are killer than I’m going to say 99% of the sendy people on here.  Be like a 5.11 climber talking about what’s the best 5.15  

Probably no one posting here knows more than Honnold about climbing or even good climbing areas, but keep in mind that Honnold knows most about what is a good climbing area for him.

Free climbing a route on El Cap is probably way better than anything in Colorado, but it's not relevant to 99% to climbers, other than drooling over Honnold's latest send.  Most climbers are mediocre, and the mediocre climbing in Colorado's (and Wyo) Front Range is pretty well suited to our needs, especially since it's not that long of a drive to the surrounding states :)

(Yosemite does have incredible free climbing at moderate levels, but when you dumb it down to moderate, seems to me the quality differential likely diminishes, although I still wouldn't argue with anyone who wants to lord Yosemetie over Boulder, they're not really comparable.)

colorado seems like choss for hipsters.

Anonymous wrote:

Said the guy with a Ford.

this coming from a guy who forgets his nut tool

I can hop in my car early on a weekend and be in JTree, Tahquitz, pretty much anywhere in the Eastern Sierra, or Yosemite by late morning or early Afternoon.

Is this even a real debate? I suppose I should actually climb in Utah/Colorado/Wyoming to have a real opinion.

I think everyone can agree the East Coast is excluded from consideration.

RI beats California, -seaside bouldering and the world famous Lincoln Woods and lots of local bouldering spots. Just over the border  in CT you have granite and traprock and just past that, the Gunks. To the north all the gniess and granite crags and bouldering spots of Massachusetts, VT, NH and Maine. Within 3 or 4 hours there are half the total listed routes in California, and how long does it take to drive the length of that state? Being reticent New Englanders, you know we have all our secret crags where the best goods are, so you can probably double that.

M Sprague wrote: RI beats California, -seaside bouldering and the world famous Lincoln Woods and lots of local bouldering spots. Just over the border  in CT you have granite and traprock and just past that, the Gunks. To the north all the gniess and granite crags and bouldering spots of Massachusetts, VT, NH and Maine. Within 3 or 4 hours there are half the total listed routes in California, and how long does it take to drive the length of that state? Being reticent New Englanders, you know we have all our secret crags where the best goods are, so you can probably double that.

I know you’re kidding but Lol. I forgot all of California’s climbs are listed in MP

Rhode Island!

Best troll of the day, well done sir!

10/10

DanielHart wrote:

So we are talking coast here which is designated by where land meets salt water in this case. If you start at Maine which hopefully we can agree is east then follow the coast until you’re out of the country well.....

This just in: England only has an East coast. (Or, it only has a West coast, depending on where you start...)

In other news, a man was recently attacked in Houston, Texas. When asked to comment, he said, " I should never have visited the East coast."

Later tonight, we'll hear the harrowing tale of a woman who decided to bike the East coast of Australia from one end to the other. Due to uncertainty on how to find the "end" of a closed loop, she has yet to start her journey.

Brother Numsie wrote:  

To be frank, this is what comes to everybody's mind when we think of rural areas East of Colorado 

Bwahahahaha!

Nice y'all - that's the spirit!