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Page Type: Album Image Type(s): Alpine Climbing | Page By: schmid_th Created/Edited: Mar 1, 2007 / Mar 1, 2007 Object ID: 274589 Hits: 2984 Page Score: 75.91% - 47 Votes Vote: Log in to vote | ||
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| Chewbacca | Hero Shots | |
Voted 1/10 | Hero shots have previously been disputed on SP. I've always disliked them and think it's about 6 years since I last took a pic of myself on a summit. It's difficult to explain but I'm not too keen about the conquering aspect with one foot on the summit and an iceaxe in the air. I summit peaks to be part of nature, not to conquer it and not to tick summits of a list. Pics of climber on their way to/from the summit negotiating the difficulties along the way is a different story. I know 98 % of SPers disagree with me. | |
| Posted Mar 1, 2007 7:55 pm | ||
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| OlympicMtnBoy | Re: Hero Shots | |
Voted 10/10 | Well, I don't know if I disagree with you or not but I think people have a certain joy they want to remember from their experience. I don't think this is a bad album at all. | |
| Posted Mar 1, 2007 8:34 pm | ||
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| schmid_th | Re: Hero Shots | |
Hasn't voted | @ Erik: When I reach a summit I make a photo as a remembrance that I was there. I agree with you to summit peaks to be part of nature. There are unknown summits which can give you more than a famous. But I think it´s unfair to vote this idea of an album with 1 point. You don´t need to vote if you don´t like it. Compare where s.th. at SP is voted with 1 point: Only when it should be deleted because it´s totally bullshit or it´s content has worst aims. But it´s your decision. | |
| Posted Mar 1, 2007 8:41 pm | ||
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| schmid_th | Re: Hero Shots | |
Hasn't voted | @ OlympicMtnBoy: Thanks for your comment. You are right, climbers want to remember where they have been. | |
| Posted Mar 1, 2007 8:43 pm | ||
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| Ski Mountaineer | Re: Hero Shots | |
Hasn't voted | I guess with the new SP voting habit voting 1/10 for stuff that is mediocrate is like voting 10/10 for stuff that is so-so or OK. So after all a few 1/10 too much compensate the 10/10s that are too much and all is good. Personally I find albums like that dispensable since they do not display information, nor have particular scenery (or a dude hidding most of it) and for me a summit is a personal pleasure, perhaps something to top a trip report with, but an album - well, I do not need somebody putting together an album so that I can remember where I have been, only perhaps to let others know where I have been. Well, let everybody have her/his say and vote. Personally, I find 1/10 harsh but as long nobody votes 5-7 it seems a logic consequence. | |
| Posted Mar 1, 2007 8:48 pm | ||
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| Chewbacca | Re: Hero Shots | |
Voted 1/10 | Of course climbers want to remember where they have been. But how interesting is it for others? This album has the potential to get tons of votes and push your other albums, which are much more interesting and with spectacular pics, down the list and out of sight. | |
| Posted Mar 1, 2007 9:29 pm | ||
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| mtnman455 | Re: Hero Shots | |
Hasn't voted | I also climb mountains to be a part of God's creation, and I know no mountain can be conquered by any man as it will be there long after my bones are dust, nor do I have a tick list. However, I will continue to take summit shots as memories of my accomplishments, as I know when I am old and gray I won't remember unless reminded by a picture. I don't think that a summit shot is useless for others either. I think many summit shots can be very inspirational. When I first saw a summit shot of Mount Cook in Climbing Mag it made me want to climb it all the more, and now my profile picture is of my own accomplishment on Cook. Now, please, is this not an inspiring picture?! Why do we have to be so critical of other's COMPLETELY harmless actions? Let alone a photograph? What is so wrong with people being happy they reached the top and want to take a picture and share it with others? Are we also not to take pictures when we graduate from school or get married? Or must we only take pictures of when we are studying or going on a date? How far does this anti-Hero Shots leak into our everyday lives? | |
| Posted Apr 25, 2007 8:05 pm | ||
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| The Defiant One | Re: Hero Shots | |
Voted 10/10 | Plus, the summit is the first place we really take a rest/Have time to get the camera out. ;) | |
| Posted May 21, 2007 10:05 am | ||
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| Kellfe | Re: Hero Shots | |
Voted 10/10 | Great photos!!! It's not a easy thing to be there. Only the people with persistence and willpower can do that. | |
| Posted Jun 9, 2007 8:52 am | ||
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| schmid_th | Re: Hero Shots | |
Hasn't voted | I´m glad you like this album! Thanks for your kind comment! Cheers, Thomas | |
| Posted Jun 13, 2007 4:49 am | ||
| MOCKBA | No prob with a hero shot album | |
Voted 3/10 | except it really deserves a bad score. Other than that, why not? | |
| Posted Mar 1, 2007 10:41 pm | ||
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| ppergande | Re: God forbid! | |
Hasn't voted | Cheers. I have not summited Everest, and probably never well, but you better believe if I did I'd take more than one picture! I'm proud of my accomplishments and cherish the memories of all my adventures. | |
| Posted May 6, 2007 1:07 pm | ||
| Holsti97 | Most of these.... | |
Voted 8/10 | summit shots were taken on mountains above 14000'. Quite impressive. The quality of the photos are quite good. This album is OK as long as it doesn't get a bunch of pictures from the drive-up to Panorama Point, Nebraska. | |
| Posted Mar 2, 2007 4:02 pm | ||
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| schmid_th | Re: Most of these.... | |
Hasn't voted | You´re right. There should only be summit shots of "real" mountains which you only can reach by "fair means". I check it regularly - shots from panoramic points or s.th. like this will be deleted. Cheers Thomas | |
| Posted Mar 5, 2007 10:24 am | ||
| BigLee | Cringe factor 10/10 | |
Voted 4/10 | I will never take another celebratory summit photo after looking at this album! | |
| Posted Mar 3, 2007 7:59 pm | ||
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| ppergande | Re: Cringe factor 10/10 | |
Hasn't voted | Well, I'm going to take more, LOL | |
| Posted May 6, 2007 1:09 pm | ||
| Lolli | Oppose the law of Jante! | |
Voted 10/10 | It's a cool album. It's non-Jantish. The ten rules of Jante are: 1. Don't think that you are special. 2. Don't think that you are of the same standing as us. 3. Don't think that you are smarter than us. 4. Don't fancy yourself as being better than us. 5. Don't think that you know more than us. 6. Don't think that you are more important than us. 7. Don't think that you are good at anything. 8. Don't laugh at us. 9. Don't think that anyone cares about you. 10. Don't think that you can teach us anything. | |
| Posted Mar 3, 2007 8:35 pm | ||
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| schmid_th | Re: Oppose the law of Jante! | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks Lolli for your help and your vote! Cheers Thomas | |
| Posted Mar 6, 2007 3:21 pm | ||
| rkrevald | Vicarious Pleasure | |
Hasn't voted | These shots are wonderful and these are "real mountains". I can see the sense of accomplishment in the smiles of the climbers. You should take pride in what you've done! I'm not a climber (yet - just starting out) but I love this stuff! | |
| Posted Mar 17, 2007 2:16 pm | ||
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| rkrevald | Re: Vicarious Pleasure | |
Hasn't voted | I've only got 1% power to vote so far - so I don't think I can even vote! But........when I can, I will! | |
| Posted Apr 4, 2007 4:56 am | ||
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