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akcIimber
climber
Eagle River, AK
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 23, 2006 - 10:46pm PT
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The cover photo(Buyers Guide 2006) made Beth Rodden look like death warmed over. Actually, she didn't even look warm, she looked like a frozen corpse like you would find on Everest.
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wildone
climber
right near the beach, boyeee (lord have mercy)
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Feb 23, 2006 - 11:48pm PT
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This thread is useless without pics.
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John Mac
Trad climber
Littleton, CO
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Feb 23, 2006 - 11:54pm PT
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Yes, an icy cold and bleached out cover shot, followed by worthless pages of tables about numbers. Do people actully buy it.
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akcIimber
climber
Eagle River, AK
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2006 - 12:04am PT
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No pictures as they don't update their website until months after the mag actually hits the stands.
Beth is a little hottie and they just ruined her appearance. She looks like the poster child for skin cancer risk.
I don't buy it, they keep sending it long after I let the subscription lapse. Climbing is doing the same thing. Thanks for the free mags guys.
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Holdplease2
Big Wall climber
Yosemite area
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Feb 24, 2006 - 01:36am PT
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Dudes, she looks like a starving vampire. Seriously.
She looks like a picture of mark twight I saw once where he wasn't looking too good at all.
For the record, I think she usually looks fine. Its just the photo.
-Kate.
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up2top
Big Wall climber
Phoenix, AZ
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Feb 24, 2006 - 02:25am PT
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What, you're expecting good copy from the industry rags? I stopped buying either mag over a year ago and every time I take a peek at the news stand it seems they just get worse with time. How long can R&I circle the drain? I mean, its amazing.
Ed
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426
Sport climber
Holy Roller. LRC. TN.
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Feb 24, 2006 - 08:06am PT
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Urban Climber kicks @ss. I've got my wristbands on right now
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Feb 24, 2006 - 09:46am PT
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I, uhh, thought she looked great...
I'll leave the low hanging fruit since she's sans cams or other climbing equipage on her person...
Yeah, different look for her. Its ok.
-Brian in SLC
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cintune
climber
Penn's Woods
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Feb 24, 2006 - 10:21am PT
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Looks like a bad airbrush job to me. The whole issue makes very little sense; it's supposed to be a gear guide but there's no gear on the cover; it claims to review "every pad money can buy" but it doesn't (where's the Pagan Gear pad?); it totally ignores passive pro and belay widgets; all in all it looks like it was just slapped together to meet deadline. I liked some of the little mini-stories they used to introduce each section but other than that...
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Ed Bannister
Mountain climber
Victorville, CA
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Feb 24, 2006 - 10:37am PT
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Thinking... not much since Neal Kaptan, who founded the mag in please forgive me, LA. Where is the dynomaster these days?
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Rhodo-Router
Trad climber
Otto, NC
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Feb 24, 2006 - 02:31pm PT
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It's a big advert, nada mas.
OK story about Michael Gilbert lobbing for 60' in a Whillans harness(the word 'tortion' came up).... that sounds like a new thread topic!
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Pman
Trad climber
Upstate NY
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Feb 24, 2006 - 03:08pm PT
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I think the cover photo is over exposed, was this an accident or is there a dual meaning here? Does someone think Beth is getting to much hype? A conspiracy theory I admit. Whats up with no Alien cams in the review or did I miss them somewhere?
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cultureshock
Big Wall climber
Wall Climber Wannabe
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Feb 24, 2006 - 05:43pm PT
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Havent seen the mag but found this over on rc.com
is this the photo yall are talking about?
If not here is the thread about beth being a hottie:
http://www.rockclimbing.com/topic/107685
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cintune
climber
Penn's Woods
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Feb 24, 2006 - 08:01pm PT
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Nope, that's not it. But thanks for sharing. Really. Thanks.
Is that a cam in Tommy's pocket?
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akcIimber
climber
Eagle River, AK
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2006 - 08:03pm PT
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That ain't Tommy, that is Chris McNamara.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 24, 2006 - 08:06pm PT
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Gotta admit though, that is a pretty silly picture. How do you keep a straight face when posing for stuff like that?
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Gene
climber
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Feb 24, 2006 - 08:08pm PT
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She's going for her chalk bag. Or her mace, pistol, or makeup mirror.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Feb 24, 2006 - 08:21pm PT
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It could be I'm just really old now but she still looks more like a pixie than a hottie to me.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
one pass away from the big ditch
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Feb 25, 2006 - 10:21pm PT
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serious, that r&i cover is crap.
i don't care who the climber is, the photo made the person look funky.
Beth, you need to sue.
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psychadelic
Social climber
sea of mushrooms
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Feb 25, 2006 - 11:33pm PT
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Dude, that chick looks so young! Like the kind of girl I'd look at and think, you know she is probably lieing about being legal. You know what I'm saying, you want to but you know it is wrong and illegal? Well I don't know about wrong, I mean some of us have no problems with it... no not me, just some other guy who is more bold than me and older.
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