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wildone
climber
right near the beach, boyeee (lord have mercy)
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Oct 24, 2005 - 12:23pm PT
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A lot of good stuff there Ed. Thanks.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
one pass away from the big ditch
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Oct 24, 2005 - 12:47pm PT
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captures the 'to and fro' of whether to publish (relate) new climbs or keep them to yourself.
thx for the link
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Nate D
Trad climber
San Francisco
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Oct 24, 2005 - 01:35pm PT
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Thanks Ed. It's a fairly comprehensive article, and still very relevant.
The following, however, unfortunately no longer rings very true, IMHO:
"Today most people are climbing better and cleaner than they did a few years ago, with a finer appreciation of the nuances of style than anyone possessed in the pioneering periods of American mountaineering." (That was 1974.)
Interestingly, the article doesn't mention the motivation of some climbers to create guides or topos in order to document their lines so as to "protect" them from encroachment/bolting by other parties. I suppose this is a more contemporary matter.
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Rhodo-Router
Trad climber
Otto, NC
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Oct 25, 2005 - 12:58am PT
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That's kind of a funny scenario. I climb a lot of obscure stuff around where I live, rarely drill, never 'report' routes, and it's not hard to imagine someone bosching their way up one of these things in the future. Paradoxically, it gives me the urge to at least leave something that indicates the line has been climbed, so it won't get fully desecrated later. But that makes me part of the problem too...
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Nate D
Trad climber
San Francisco
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Oct 25, 2005 - 11:08am PT
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Yes, obscure areas with little or no climbing community and lots of secrets typically make fine breeding grounds for this scenario.
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Rhodo-Router
Trad climber
Otto, NC
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Oct 25, 2005 - 12:43pm PT
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To call them 'secrets' might exaggerate the intention...more like lack of interest.
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