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polygamy perv
Trad climber
UT
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 23, 2014 - 05:09pm PT
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At what point in your day do you decide you will leave no trace?
Is it something your always conscious about?
Is it something you decide to do when you leave your car at the parking lot and go climb?
Will you start to LNT after you build your second home and get a third car?
Do you consider all the miles you drive to go climb and vacations you take to be LNT?
Is all the climbing gear you buy LNT gear?
Is climbing the only thing you apply LNT to?
Do you use bolts when climbing and then preach about LNT on Supertardo?
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polygamy perv
Trad climber
UT
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 23, 2014 - 06:12pm PT
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That's what I thought, all you LNT hypocrite's are just like me.
Warren
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Jun 23, 2014 - 06:48pm PT
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I constantly clean up other peoples garbage but I also cut down trees,(in the north east) trundle large rocks, build stone stairs and bolT shit;)
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Jun 23, 2014 - 07:00pm PT
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Don't have kids if you serious about LNT.
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Jun 23, 2014 - 07:09pm PT
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You sound pretty pissed Warren. So this is more about you than anybody else here...to me it sounds like your trying to figure out your approach so I'll give a shot to giving my outlook on it. I'll keep this short.
The way you have put the question, leave no trace is impossible. It is an obtainable goal to be strived for. I do what I can to leave a positive legacy; electric car, solar pannels, rain water collection for watering the garden, passive solar for the house ect. Any traveling leaves a footprint. Can't be avoided and the best you can do is to try to offset it. Trash wise, I leave the backcountry cleaner than I left it. But I will leave fresh tape behind to get off a route if needed, but I cut away old stuff when I find it to help offset that. Anything manufactured...well, you want to get the most mileage out of it to help offset the wast stream generated. All electronics and autos are among the worst for the amount of waste generated for the product produced. Unfortunately, the electric car may turn out to be a poor choice environmentally speaking. If the battery is no good after 5 years of regular use, the car is just an expensive pile of toxic waste. My bad. There is no such thing as LNT, only as close as you are able to get.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Jun 23, 2014 - 07:18pm PT
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My 20mpg gass guzzeler is 11 yrs old and pushing close to 200k. i hear you don't even get 150k out of a hybrid and there are the massive toxic batteries to deal with......
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jun 23, 2014 - 08:30pm PT
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Hey perv, do you live in a cave and leave no impact?
Why not just disappear with your negativity????
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Jun 24, 2014 - 07:46am PT
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But rarely report new routes anymore. Only to my friends.
The Elite Climbers Guide to Trails that Lead Away From My Select Favorite Areas.
By DMT
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Stewart Johnson
climber
lake forest
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Jun 24, 2014 - 07:51am PT
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when i flush.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Jun 24, 2014 - 07:53am PT
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Hey Polygamy Perv,
Are you a sissy, climbing only cracks, where gear can be placed every 2ft to keep your sorry ass safe and LNT of your incompetence?
Clink
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polygamy perv
Trad climber
UT
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 24, 2014 - 10:29pm PT
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bump
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jonnyrig
climber
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Jun 24, 2014 - 10:41pm PT
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I chip with a 357.
Otherwise, while I don't necessarily go out of my way to LNT, I try not to be destructive. Ya gotta make a living, eat, etc. If ya truly wanted to LNT you'd off yerself in a pre-dug grave under a tree to fertilize it.
Life's about balance, and so is the rest of the planet. We're out of balance, and we've thrown the rest of the little sphere out too. Best we can do now is manage it. Do what you can without destroying yourself or your environment. Renewability is going to have to be king or we perish.
Although, maybe the 44mag would make bigger finger pockets... hmm...
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