midwest climbers help me out
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 2:00 pm
Just relocated from Warshington to Des Moines. Back home I focused mainly on scrambles, glacier climbs, and easy alpine climbs in the cascades, now I suppose my focus will need to be technical rock climbing. Looking at some of the stuff available in MN and WI. What is this quartzite rock all about? I've pretty much exclusively climbed on basalt and granite and my trad leading experience is short (about a year). How easy is it to protect the cracks at Devils Lake or Blue Mounds state park? How much do you guys trust cams in this stuff? Seems like my old hexes might come in handy here.