Whiteflash wrote:Well, she was in tears all match day for doing this to me. So she wasn't exactly syked to be moving to Chicago either, minus the program being excellent. We played no games with programs and this was our fourth choice, though when you are only applying to top programs anything can happen. Colorado was next on the list, so close. Residency is four years and I already have a solemn blood swear that we WILL BE MOVING TO ROCK NEXT. This was one of two cities on the list I didn't want to move to, oh well. Just going to demand 2-3 real climbing trips per year and get syked on 5 hours of driving, how are the cops in Illinois. Oh, and another bullshit thing I CAN'T HAVE MY FUCKING GUN IN CHICAGO WTF?!
The whole match process is so screwy. I got (sorta) lucky and my wife matched in Tucson. Which, after 5 years in St Louis, was a huge relief. Most of the places on her list were cool with me, but there was always a small chance we could have ended up staying in the midwest. <SHUDDER>
The cops in Southern Illinois are bad, especially holiday weekends. The climbing areas are semi-close to a couple lakes, so the highway patrol is always out trying to bust folks coming to and from the lake. The big problem with being a weekend warrior in the midwest is the weather is always so damn iffy. You have a weekend trip planned, psyched to get on REAL ROCK, then watch the weekend weather forecast slowly get worse and worse. When conditions are prime on that sandstone, there are few places with better rock. Those conditions are elusive and fleeting. Good ;uck man.
