I'm interested on everyone's thoughts of compact v. triple.

I have always thought of the triple as the granny gear...
but I am moving from Fl to New Mexico next month and will probably need to change out of my double. My SO has already moved there, and he is still climbing away in his double, but he has those long lean climbing legs(he is also a masher with his gears and i am much more of a spinner).

my thoughts on this is to go with the compact, but i am used to the flats....