Comments on: Horseshoe Canyon Ranch Bouldering

By: tissue

tissue — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:57:08 +0000

caddyshack, what?

hcr is cool, and i’d be in love with the place if i lived there. in fact, the ozarks might be one of the best places in the country for tapping unclimbed rock (source: my mind).

but if i’m gonna drive a few hundred miles i’ll be taking my pads, beer, and excuses to the pens or rocktown.

By: sock hands

sock hands — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:37:27 +0000

alex tell your parents to make you watch classic movies.

By: sweatpants

sweatpants — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:00:39 +0000

Its true the Narc can be a little hard on such classic climbing areas. He likes to build himself up by tearing others down. He’s very destructive in personality. In fact most people believe that Mrs. Narc was getting to strong and to ensure his superiority he… well we all know what he did don’t we.

By: dachoppera

dachoppera — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:45:07 +0000

to clarify, there are not a ton of problems in the idahos. there are not a ton of problems at hcr. it gets hyped as a “destination” but it aint, sowwy.

By: Narc

Narc — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:23:10 +0000

An all too common response to sock hands…

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:19:55 +0000

sock hands: i understood the first part of what you said. But what the hell are you talking about?

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:18:14 +0000

Alex, Narc dissed the Dodge too, which is also completely unacceptable.

By: Narc

Narc — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:49:44 +0000

Alex – a few things:

1) We also had the published guidebook however it didn’t seem to offer much different compared to the dr. topo guide
2) Due to various factors including weather and the size of our group we didn’t have a lot of time to do much exploring so that admittedly skews our judgment a bit.
3) I wasn’t trying to be overly critical, just offering up the opinions based on how our trip went.

We are very psyched to go back to HCR in the near future. Hopefully we’ll see you out there.

By: sock hands

sock hands — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:56:54 +0000

ALEX: prepare a guidebook with all the v7s in and around the HCR region, including hard 6s and soft 8s.

then, post that shit right here and i will come. i will probably try to skimp on tour guide fees and demand to be “comped” for the accomidations, but upon your deathbead, at age 101, you will receive total consciousness; so you got that goin’ for you, which is nice

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:23:24 +0000

To be honest, a lot of the boulders on dosage 3 werent at horseshoe, some are near, just walking distance off ranch property, or a half hour’s drive away. The topo guidebook sucks. i would definitely recommend giving hcr another chance with a real guide book and exploring more of the ranch. I remember meeting you guys out by the loaf boulder and the topo was off quite a bit. check out more of the idahos, there are tons of problems in the 3 to 7 range in and around horseshoe. you just have to know where to go. next time make sure you have a better look at the area youre criticizing please