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PolishClimber

Trad climber
Mar 2, 2017 - 11:38am PT
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.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Mar 2, 2017 - 02:20pm PT
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?

Mad69Dog

Ice climber
Mar 2, 2017 - 04:14pm PT
I climbed today. My lungs burned on the approach, my fingers whined on the crux and my face is still smiling.
kaholatingtong

Trad climber
The real McCoy from the country
Mar 2, 2017 - 05:36pm PT
Lost in the abyss, man.
rbord

Boulder climber
atlanta
Mar 2, 2017 - 05:48pm PT
Climbers? Hopefully they're climbing. Posting on this forum is for posters. You do what you do :-)
anita514

Gym climber
Great White North
Mar 2, 2017 - 05:51pm PT
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.
rbord

Boulder climber
atlanta
Mar 2, 2017 - 05:55pm PT
I used to climb, but now I don't even post here any more :-)
rbord

Boulder climber
atlanta
Mar 2, 2017 - 06:23pm PT
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.
drljefe

climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
Mar 2, 2017 - 06:26pm PT
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.
MH2

Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
Mar 2, 2017 - 06:28pm PT
And at the end of the day - guess what? No one cares about SuperTopo.


But they, and you, post to it.
'Pass the Pitons' Pete

Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
Mar 2, 2017 - 06:45pm PT
"They're getting old."

SO WHAT'S YOUR POINT???!!!!
drljefe

climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
Mar 2, 2017 - 07:11pm PT
Lol!
You can't troll a boulderer that easily!!!
Thanks for the laugh "Brennan"!!!!

Edit: Mountains lol!!!
WBraun

climber
Mar 2, 2017 - 07:17pm PT
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.

drljefe

climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
Mar 2, 2017 - 07:18pm PT
Love you guys!!!
rbord

Boulder climber
atlanta
Mar 2, 2017 - 07:24pm PT
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!
drljefe

climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
Mar 2, 2017 - 07:34pm PT
WBraun

climber
Mar 2, 2017 - 09:06pm PT
Here's a real climber and he knows the art of falling and staying alive.

He's a charged up dude.

[Click to View YouTube Video]
drF

Trad climber
usa
Mar 2, 2017 - 09:20pm PT
^^^^^^
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!!
drljefe

climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
Mar 2, 2017 - 09:39pm PT
You just wait!
I'm learning trad and am going to take my skills to the great snowy mountains of the world!
Vitaliy M.

Mountain climber
San Francisco
Mar 2, 2017 - 09:53pm PT
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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