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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Apr 23, 2018 - 09:02pm PT
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Crazy. They should ban living too.
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Apr 23, 2018 - 09:07pm PT
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If one really wanted to be in the outdoors then why would one be at Penn State anyway? I say good move on their part. Gotta keep that funding in CTE enhancement and outta kayaking and such
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 23, 2018 - 09:08pm PT
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It’s not convenient molesting kids outdoors in PA.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Apr 23, 2018 - 09:27pm PT
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Probably because there are no showers...
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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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Apr 23, 2018 - 11:34pm PT
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PSOC always kinda sucked, but it did allow some friends to " acquire" some gear for cheap
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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Apr 24, 2018 - 03:33am PT
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My irony meter just melted down
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Apr 24, 2018 - 05:25am PT
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The football locker room showers are indoors and don't seem too safe at Penn State either.
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jamatt
Social climber
Asheville, NC
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Apr 24, 2018 - 05:51am PT
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Good. If you've ever shared the wilderness with a college outdoor program, you'll be celebrating. Worse than Boy Scouts.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Apr 24, 2018 - 05:59am PT
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best that we look to the future, one populated by great indoorsman
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Apr 24, 2018 - 06:22am PT
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REALLY??? WTF?
My irony meter just melted down
LOL ^^^Nuclear meltdown
Our society is devolving into such f*#king pussies.
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RURP_Belay
Big Wall climber
Bitter end of a bad anchor
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Apr 24, 2018 - 06:33am PT
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The East Coast is scary, I don't blame them.
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thirsty
climber
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Apr 24, 2018 - 06:36am PT
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Institutions abandoning their support of outdoor activities because of liability concerns is good. Institutions acting in concert with their insurers to restrict and control outdoor activities in order to minimize risk is bad. Individuals intelligently accepting risk associated with outdoor activities free from institutional oversight or the limitations of insurance mandated regulation is good.
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Apr 24, 2018 - 07:28am PT
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I used to go outdoors; then I discovered ST.
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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Apr 24, 2018 - 07:31am PT
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But the Boxing Club, where the only goal is to hurt another student, is still going. Okay...
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Apr 24, 2018 - 09:54am PT
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This seems like a CYA for the university to avoid liability, and a very minor technicality from the club's perspective. The club should exist as a social meeting place, a clearing house to find partners and trip leaders, and then trip leaders plan private personal trips. Problem solved.
The other issue is whether or not funds from the university can subsidize gear rentals or group gear purchases, reservation fees, etc.... that seems like a waste and overly entitled to expect.
All that being said, there is still a clear hypocrisy in supporting/subsidizing other sports. Historically speaking, it is justified by the fact that those other sports can draw in revenues and attract alumni/boosters who donate more. Oh well. Where are the rabid outdoor enthusiast fans that bequeath millions of dollars to the university to bolster those programs?
Edit: Roger, bwahahaha!
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Trump
climber
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Apr 24, 2018 - 11:49am PT
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So what? Some silly college somewhere doesn’t want to pay the liability insurance for one of their clubs, and we think that means the sky is falling? Pussies sounds about right. Go out and enjoy the outdoors if that’s what we want to do.
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docsavage
Trad climber
Albuquerque, NM
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Apr 24, 2018 - 05:42pm PT
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Presumably, though, I can still bash my brains out on the gridiron ... ?
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Apr 24, 2018 - 05:43pm PT
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stay inside. let's drink your beer. that's *safe*
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Apr 24, 2018 - 06:14pm PT
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http://sites.psu.edu/outingclub/
Liability is not cheap.
Does your local college have an outing club?Just curious.
98 years?
What Randisi said ,really.
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