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Prezwoodz
climber
Anchorage
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 18, 2017 - 05:55pm PT
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I've been gone for a bit..but I'm wondering where all the climbers went? It's all Trump...
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Feb 18, 2017 - 06:06pm PT
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Post something good and positive
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ecdh
climber
the east
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Feb 18, 2017 - 07:06pm PT
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Theyre here. Just not talking about climbing.
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Feb 18, 2017 - 07:21pm PT
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Where have all the climbers gone, long time posting?
Where have all the climbers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the climbers gone?
Young troll have picked them everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the young trolls gone, long time posting?
Where have all the young trolls gone, long time ago?
Where have all the young trolls gone?
Gone for bannings everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the banned ones gone, long time posting?
Where have all the banned ones gone, long time ago?
Where have all the banned ones gone?
Gone to gym climbing everyone
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the gym climbers gone, long time posting?
Where have all the gym climbers, long time ago?
Where have all the gym climbers gone?
Gone bouldering fields, everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the boulderers gone, long time posting?
Where have all the boulderers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the boulderers gone?
Gone to climbers, everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the climbers gone, long time posting?
Where have all the climbers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the climbers gone?
Young trolls have picked them everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Feb 18, 2017 - 07:22pm PT
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It's ski season.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Feb 18, 2017 - 07:25pm PT
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The glaciers ate them.
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MikeL
Social climber
Southern Arizona
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Feb 18, 2017 - 08:10pm PT
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They're getting old.
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norm larson
climber
wilson, wyoming
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Feb 19, 2017 - 05:13am PT
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Like Charlie I've been skiing and not that in to talking about the old days or how fuked our country is.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 19, 2017 - 05:55am PT
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I've been gone for a bit...
I feel like Ed Bannister does.
My question is, "WHERE DID YOU GO?"
Tell us and it will help clean the sewers here in Taco City.
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Bushman
climber
The state of quantum flux
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Feb 19, 2017 - 06:57am PT
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I've noticed less climbing and climbers posting here in the few years since I started following and posting on ST. But while climbing posts come and go, the older generations of climbers naturally wanes. I love the format here, but miss the old timers and others who've left here.
I stopped climbing when the pain outweighed the motivation, but the longing never left me. I post here because I still relate to the mindset of the climber's heart, or at least my interpretation of it. This is what I try to convey in some of my poetry and rambling writings.
If You Have To Ask
Among early loves we found
The freedom of the hills
A steadfast lifelong passion
Driving early morning conflicts
Inside our minds
Between love of comfort
And the wildness we have seen
Around every unknown corner
Beyond every new ridge
Across each wide horizon
Around every rising buttress
At the base of every mountain face
Up every icy gully
Along each winding staircase ledge
This strangeness has spurred us
Welding our curiosity
To a dream of what would be
Or undaunted fascination
With the trails, the routes, the cracks, the holds
And unfolding panoramas
Unspeakable or unnamed
To each becomes a choice or calling
A profession, sport, or hobby
To each a chance for
Encounters with perfection
Or chapters to
Inform our mental conversations
And interpretations
Of the natural world
-bushman
02/19/2017
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Feb 19, 2017 - 07:13am PT
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My crag is under 10 feet of snow. The skiing on Donner Summit is really good, however.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Feb 19, 2017 - 12:04pm PT
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Mouse, we have sewers here? Really? I see it just running down the streets.
On a positive charge, yes climbers are climbing ice and rock right now. Could you call heliskiing, half and half?
I have climbing guests today from out of town. Does this count? May give a TR. Late, lynnie.
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Presto
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Feb 19, 2017 - 12:43pm PT
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I've always been more lurker than poster, but a new job and a desire to get out and do stuff has kept me almost entirely offline and away from screens the past few months... And I don't miss what I've "given up."
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Feb 19, 2017 - 12:55pm PT
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I'm at a point in my life where I look down on Eldorado climbers.
Well, this morning I did.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 19, 2017 - 04:21pm PT
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hey there satm prezwoodz... nice to hear from you...
say, jim:
as to this:
Climbers are usually found in the mountainous regions of the world.
ahhh, very good deduction... ;)
i've seen a lot of folks share skiing stories, too, and ice climbing,
so, that sounds about right, too, :)
edit:
mikeL ... HEARD age is detouring, some climbers, too-- that's true...
also, edge:
wow, very nice share, with daughter!
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Feb 19, 2017 - 04:29pm PT
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Let's Keep It As Raw & Natural As We Can.
Upon the Jersey mountains that's where I made my stand
Now lost in Connecticut it's a big small Rock hell.
So upon these chossy blocks is where this climber dwells
The crisp days of spring-time will shortly tell
If there are any other climbers here about
Young, old, strong or not,
there is lots of rock
Will any who don't need it
cleaned & bolted step up?
'Cause where I climb, here, it's not.
that's just how I roll.
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Lollie
Social climber
I'm Lolli.
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Feb 20, 2017 - 02:14pm PT
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That map has a flaw. Norway is white.
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Zinke is an avid outdoorsman, and the department’s home page boasts a large photo of him fly-fishing. His Medium post included a photo of him standing outside Glacier National Park with his wife, Lola. On Thursday he wrote about one of his favorite memories hiking on public lands. He recalled that he suffered a painful mishap while trying to impress his future wife near the military base in California where he was training to become a Navy SEAL.
“I was trying to show off some rock climbing skills I had just picked up training with the SEAL teams, but lost my hold and I broke my ankle,” he wrote. “I did what any guy would do in my situation: I stood up and kept on hiking, surely messing up my ankle a bit more. Lola and I finished the hike and I didn’t collapse in pain, but the bigger accomplishment was I won Lola’s heart.”
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PolishClimber
Trad climber
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Supertopo is something like:
10% Good/New Climbing Content and interesting threads
10% Excellent Stories and Trip Reports from the past
20% People screaming at each other over climbing ethics
60% People screaming at each other about politics
This really seems to be the reputation of this site in the community, right or wrong.
I'm not trying to say that politics aren't important, or that ethics aren't important (they both are). And I'm sure there have been some productive and cordial political/ethics threads on this forum, but these are the exception and not the norm. The manner in which things are discussed on this site puts off quite a few climbers who might otherwise join in. Some of you are alienating folks, and the only benefit you get is to vent steam, seemingly without ever REALLY changing anyone's mind on politics. I wonder if it is worth it, or if people should find other more productive and effective outlets to voice their political beliefs. This is directed at BOTH camps.
Just my two cents.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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PolishClimber
The statement "60% People screaming at each other about politics" can easily end up in the 60% category. There's a catch to everything, to every single of your statements. If it matters to you, delete this post and post something climbing related. Unless you're a troll, if you're a troll, then you're doing the right thing and will soon have the chance to quarrel with someone over ST politics...
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PolishClimber
Trad climber
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Marlow,
I promise you I am not trolling, but I don't feel its necessary to delete my post. I respect your opinion and have no intention of arguing with anyone about anything. Happy climbing unto you.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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The manner in which things are discussed on this site puts off quite a few climbers who might otherwise join in.
If they're put off by that then how do they have what it takes to climb anything halfway hard?
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Mad69Dog
Ice climber
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I climbed today. My lungs burned on the approach, my fingers whined on the crux and my face is still smiling.
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
The real McCoy from the country
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Lost in the abyss, man.
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rbord
Boulder climber
atlanta
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Climbers? Hopefully they're climbing. Posting on this forum is for posters. You do what you do :-)
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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zzzz
Maybe they actually have better things to do than type on a forum all day long?
Maybe they're out climbing, or working or travelling? Maybe they have busy lives or they're not bored? Or, maybe, SuperTopo's forum is just so irrelevant to them, they'd rather spend time on Instagram or Facebook or someplace else? I know talking about what climbers do is great and all, but maybe some people want to do what climbers do instead?
And at the end of the day - guess what? No one cares about SuperTopo.
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rbord
Boulder climber
atlanta
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I used to climb, but now I don't even post here any more :-)
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rbord
Boulder climber
atlanta
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Fraught with peril! I like the sound of it. Sounds like what real climbers do.
But hopefully, if they're real climbers, they're less than forthcoming because they're climbing. The folks discussing here are more like discussers.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Brennan ballcupping Reilly lol.
I guess you guys are numb to the fact that all the bs you guys spew on non climbing threads actually does drive people away-
not out of butthurt but out of....common sense?
i.e. come to a climbing forum, realize it's a political forum, bail.
Maybe you should read what homeboy said, twice.
Or don't.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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And at the end of the day - guess what? No one cares about SuperTopo.
But they, and you, post to it.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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"They're getting old."
SO WHAT'S YOUR POINT???!!!!
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Lol!
You can't troll a boulderer that easily!!!
Thanks for the laugh "Brennan"!!!!
Edit: Mountains lol!!!
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WBraun
climber
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drljefe
You are an absolute idiot for sure.
A total fanatic one trick pony.
When I was climbing thousands of feet every day for many many years I hated to talk about climbing.
The minute I was done climbing it was over, I went to the river and sat there till dark watching it flow.
I spent more time at the river than anywhere else.
Blathering about climbing all the time is a total turn off to me.
I used to drive to Fresno all the time just to get away from stoopid climbing fanatics and all their bulllsh!t.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Love you guys!!!
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rbord
Boulder climber
atlanta
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Yea you're probably right - I don't really get why climbers who prefer climbing content, who want to post climbing content, and read climbing content, and comment on climbing content - why do they get driven away by the climbers with other interests? The ratio of climbing content to non climbing content seems to me to be driven by the behavior of the climbers who post here. If people come here and don't find what they want, it's because the people who come here aren't giving them what they want.
Sure we can have holy wars about what a real climber is and how often you need to climb or how hard you need to climb or whatever to have standing to contribute your two cents to the forum, whether it's the old climbers who are messing it up or the new climbers or the trad climbers or the sport climbers or the boulderers or the pros or whatever, but IMHO part of the charm of the place is that cmac has kept it pretty egalitarian, and it's just driven by the interests and behaviors of the posters.
I wonder re where the climbers have gone - like how many of the people here aren't climbers? Maybe not climbers like you mean climbers, but climbers in a broader sense?
But I expect that this has been discussed as nauseum already, and our discussion is just driving the real climbers (as opposed to the real posters and real discussers) away.
Best to you!
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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drF
Trad climber
usa
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^^^^^^
Nice one WB...L0L
drljefe is suffering from wanna-be-bearded-narcississt-hipster-boulderer syndrome. Tres ghey
Butt carry on drj. Keep your pad fresh!!
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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You just wait!
I'm learning trad and am going to take my skills to the great snowy mountains of the world!
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Jefe you are an absolute idiot for sure.
The wisest thing I have read on this forum. Now I see why he is posting all these retarded comments.
#trumpinitupbro
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Its winter, after 5 years of waiting. They are most probably skiing.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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drljefe
You are an absolute idiot for sure.
A total fanatic one trick pony.
When I was climbing thousands of feet every day for many many years I hated to talk about climbing.
The minute I was done climbing it was over, I went to the river and sat there till dark watching it flow.
I spent more time at the river than anywhere else.
Blathering about climbing all the time is a total turn off to me.
I used to drive to Fresno all the time just to get away from stoopid climbing fanatics and all their bulllsh!t.
Perfect!
It's common knowledge that Plato Socrates and Aristotle spoke at great length about their sends.
Discussion of politics and religion were to be avoided at all cost.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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I'd imagine the overall content of the conversations I have with guys that I climb with are probably similar to the typical daily topics you'd see here.
They tend to be light on climbing and heavy on family, politics, religion, philosophy, Injuries and other interests. I can't think of a time I've heard a recount of an FA, some of which are world class.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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They tend to be light on climbing and heavy on family, politics, religion, philosophy, Injuries and other interests. I can't think of a time I've heard a recount of an FA, some of which are world class.
Did you guys even go climbing bro?
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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No, we passed the talking Stick in-between sweat lodging and self help seminars.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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No, we passed the talking Stick in-between sweat lodging and self help seminars.
That's sick bro. But did you know Jefe is a complete idiot? Do you even drink mate bro? I have been to lee vining a few years ago, but heard the conditions are good now, so I am not sure why the weather in San Francisco is so windy. Glass half full bro!!! Woot woot.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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You guys are mean. Probably quitting this forum.
Currently looking for mentor for tradding.
Hit me up on instagram.
Later jerks.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Ask my friend Albatoss. He has about half of all the First Ascents in Arizona and never told a soul. Would be a good mentor.
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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You guys are mean. Probably quitting this forum.
Currently looking for mentor for tradding.
Hit me up on instagram.
Later jerks.
LOL, Jefe! You can come tradding with me any time! Somehow I don't think I'd be a mentor, more likely a mental.
Hi Prezwoodz! Nice to see your handle again.
The climbers come out of the woodwork to post when Vitaliy posts a new TR or when some BITD or "famous" climber dies.
Other than that it's mostly politics, People being very very mean to each other, and people moaning over other people who got banned.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Be the change you want to see in the world.
Edit: LOL Brennan, took me a minute to parse saw yerself in half ;)
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Vitals- He has about half of all the First Ascents in Arizona and never told a soul.
Had to of told at least one sole...
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