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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Jeremy did fall! Lol. Almost took out the back window of the canopy.. Lol Justin said it shielded him from some kitty litter too..
Admittedly not the smartest setup, but a sweet photo none the less. ;)
The full scene
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climber
Justin Ross from North Fork
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Belaying out of the truck, crag dog, bright colored shirts, radio blazing some techno beat, sport climbing. F*#king gym climbers!
Will say that the tailgate was the best spot for a belay beer ever.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Let's be realistic......gym climbers who start venturing outdoors aren't going to try to leap over the intimidating "approach" hurdle on their first forays. Gradually, one hopes, they will try climbs further and further from the car. Some, but not many, will eventually do climbs NOT EVEN VISIBLE from their car.
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this just in
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Justin Ross from North Fork
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Is that what running it out means?
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Will say that the tailgate was the best spot for a belay beer ever.
Hell yes.
Let's be realistic......gym climbers who start venturing outdoors aren't going to try to leap over the intimidating "approach" hurdle on their first forays.
Can you tell I started out as a gym climber Jim? ;)
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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"Burning pallets in HVC has was standard issue long, long before you were born, kid. If you don't get why this is odious you're part of the problem pal."
Yep, that's about right.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Momentum owns and operates next generation climbing gyms in the Salt Lake area along the majestic Wasatch
Good luck with this type of business.
Maybe those people will get a taste of what should be done by reading this thread..
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 1, 2015 - 12:06pm PT
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And now our gymtards are doubling down on their stupidity. They've tried to scrub the internet of every photo, and this non-apology on twitter is classic. It's amateur hour at the damage control center.
They actually expect us to believe that these guys carefully considered the impact of the car driving hundreds of feet off-road and sidling right up the the red monster like it's a f*#king parking garage? Jesus what a bunch of offensive f*#king as#@&%es.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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they don't give a sh#t
same thing at Stoney point with all the meet up.coms
there..out for the $$$$$
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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They actually expect us to believe that these guys carefully considered the impact of the car driving hundreds of feet off-road and sidling right up the the red monster like it's a f*#king parking garage? Jesus what a bunch of offensive f*#king as#@&%es.
Uh......yea. They sound like they have absolutely no idea what the difference is between the impact of walking up to the rock, and driving their car up to it. Plants or no, the vehicle has a much greater chance of busting through the hardpack surface. They acknowledge that just going the spot has an impact, yet cannot see that driving is far worse. On top of that it sends the message that it is ok to do what they did (to others that don't see the difference). IT would be far better to admit that they fu#ked up and said that the whole deal was a bad idea. That would show some integrity and the ability to learn from one's mistake; A plus in my book.
LNT is hard enough as it is without backing a vehicle over it.
Chris
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Justin Ross from North Fork
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I don't think you did, I thought Mike almost hit it on TR.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Haha! Jeremy! Sorry to ruin your good reputation. My bad. It was indeed i who almost broke the truck.
That's why you guys are here... Lol
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Yes this is clueless but where is it on the cluelessness scale compared with those guys who cut down the tree at the base of their route in Tahoe, the guy who rapped El Cap with GooglyMoogly and had to get rescued, and people whose dogs lie on your rope when you are climbing? I think a bit of quantitation would be useful.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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bvb...... face it.
the times are a changing, gyms are popular... just yesterday I went to the OC mega gym... Sender one... Yapher and I stood out.... Tan, Fit, and enjoying the EZ ratings and styling on 5.10... the place was packed with maybe 100+ climbers, boulderers and MILFs .
there are millions of climbers in training, in the gyms.. right now
What WE do will be important.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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In the interest of full disclosure...I'm a member at Momentum, largely because the Millcreek gym is 5 minutes from my house and I got a good deal. As gyms go, it's pretty stellar, though frequently very crowded.
And having been to Ibex many times over many years...the area around the Red Monster is hardly pristine wilderness. It's already highly impacted, and more than one ladder has been leaned up against that side to clean holds and check out topouts. I doubt the Subie actually did(or could do) much damage in that area.
That said, I'd agree it was an irresponsible act, and particularly as a promo photo. If they are trying to show gym climbers the right way to treat the outdoors, that's pretty much 100% the wrong message to send to a crowd that won't know any better. And contrary to that message exchange above, I'm kind of doubting they thought it through very well.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 1, 2015 - 02:35pm PT
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Of course gyms are popular, they were popular 15 years ago when I lived in SLC. Gosh, I even had a gym membership at Rockreation. The problem here is not the popularity of gyms; it's that these maynards thought it would be OK to do this in the first place. Adding insult to injury these are product placement shots. Any idiot who has ever been there can tell you this is bad form. Of course, irresponsible product placement at Ibex is nothing new. I, too, am guilty.
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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I visited their gym once, in Sandy. Nice place. I think that they had a wall of cracks, but I cannot see it in their web photos. If my memory is right about this, no one was any where near the cracks.
What's that big boulder doing in their parking lot?
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Pushing for the Marlboro or Carhartt sponsorship there Bob?
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 1, 2015 - 02:55pm PT
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Men I'd Like to F*#k.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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bubbles... care to elaborate?
you know the place??
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