justahiker wrote:

mcorbs28 wrote:

mrchad9 wrote:LOL! If anyone left because of your pics they are an even bigger tool than this poor excuse for a contributor. Weak submissions... every one of them.

hahaha, it took me a second to figure this out, then another second to realise it is true anyway .

Maybe because English is not my native language, but I really don't understand the point!

It's an old joke. The link takes you to your profile page, no matter who you are. It's not meant as an insult.

mrchad9 wrote:

lcarreau wrote:I just hope my crazy pictures didn't have anything to do with people leaving, and I apologize if that was the case.

LOL! If anyone left because of your pics they are an even bigger tool than this poor excuse for a contributor. Weak submissions... every one of them.

LMAO

Folks leave, folks return. I left because I was wasting too much time reading the forums and drooling over climbing areas and yet, doing very little to prepare, train and actually climb. For me it became a personal issue. "I live a virtual climbing life but not a real one, fuck that." No malice, hate or bruised feelings involved with other members, just my own personal decision.

"Say what you will about the tenets of national socialism dude but at least it's an ethos.."

Anyway I transferred all of my pages to a friend and only pulled my pictures. I returned around the time Vernon died because I wanted to re connect with a few folks that also knew him.

Everyone has their reasons I suppose, why debate the issue?

Respectfully, fred

FRhoderick wrote:why debate the issue?

for drama.

FRhoderick wrote:Folks leave, folks return................
Everyone has their reasons I suppose, why debate the issue?

Respectfully, fred

Life would be a bit dull without debate. In fact our government would end up just one giant orgy without it.

Marmaduke wrote:

FRhoderick wrote:Folks leave, folks return................
Everyone has their reasons I suppose, why debate the issue?

Respectfully, fred

Life would be a bit dull without debate. In fact our government would end up just one giant orgy without it.

A big Republican church bathroom man-on-man orgy.

OH man , you got me with the joke. Sad part is it is probably true.

mrchad9 wrote:

Marmaduke wrote:

FRhoderick wrote:Folks leave, folks return................
Everyone has their reasons I suppose, why debate the issue?

Respectfully, fred

Life would be a bit dull without debate. In fact our government would end up just one giant orgy without it.

A big Republican church bathroom man-on-man orgy.

This group would have fun together:

On the other hand, at least this guy's heart is in the right place.

mrchad9 wrote:

Marmaduke wrote:

FRhoderick wrote:Folks leave, folks return................
Everyone has their reasons I suppose, why debate the issue?

Respectfully, fred

Life would be a bit dull without debate. In fact our government would end up just one giant orgy without it.

A big Republican church bathroom man-on-man orgy.

Marmaduke, what is your stance on this? Is it narrow or wide? Quit sitting there tapping your foot and tell us.

Luc wrote:I guess my skin isn't as thick as needed, I'm here to help the climbing community and when I read and see some of the crap that happens, I'm discouraged.

Members, especially those that have been here for a long time need to encourage participation, post positive criticism and not post trash about other members.
There needs to be an example to follow, I won't take stuff from Off-Route personally, but in the rest of the forums, those kinds of posts are counter productive to the community.

This thread is a very good example of why people leave. Why not find ways to get more contributing members from the rest of the world instead making sure they leave and don't come back?

And no, I didn't mind most of lcarreau's crazy pics, and I'd enjoy seeing him released from his padded hospital room one day! </joke>

haha!
I looked at that and thought "sheesh, I didn't think my pics were quite *that* bad!

mrchad9 wrote:

Marmaduke wrote:

FRhoderick wrote:Folks leave, folks return................
Everyone has their reasons I suppose, why debate the issue?

Respectfully, fred

Life would be a bit dull without debate. In fact our government would end up just one giant orgy without it.

A big Republican church bathroom man-on-man orgy.

At least they'd be screwing each other and not us.

Bob Sihler wrote:

mrchad9 wrote:

Marmaduke wrote:

FRhoderick wrote:Folks leave, folks return................
Everyone has their reasons I suppose, why debate the issue?

Respectfully, fred

Life would be a bit dull without debate. In fact our government would end up just one giant orgy without it.

A big Republican church bathroom man-on-man orgy.

Marmaduke, what is your stance on this? Is it narrow or wide? Quit sitting there tapping your foot and tell us.

My stance is very narrow, and all the orgies I've been involved in have never had men invloved.

Marmaduke wrote:

Bob Sihler wrote:

mrchad9 wrote:

Marmaduke wrote:

FRhoderick wrote:Folks leave, folks return................
Everyone has their reasons I suppose, why debate the issue?

Respectfully, fred

Life would be a bit dull without debate. In fact our government would end up just one giant orgy without it.

A big Republican church bathroom man-on-man orgy.

Marmaduke, what is your stance on this? Is it narrow or wide? Quit sitting there tapping your foot and tell us.

My stance is very narrow, and all the orgies I've been involved in have never had men invloved.

Boys aren't any better.

On a serious note, I'm on SP a lot less for a few reasons:

1. Serious forum posts asking for beta or technique suggestions seem to devolve into a lot of trash talking, name calling, or off-topic information. I don't have thin skin about this, but it makes the forums less useful for me and I feel less inclined to contribute to threads. Instead I go to other websites where the forum posters are more open & supportive, or more knowledgeable about technical questions.

2. The site has been very slow to adopt some very useful features that are used on other sites for finding partners or organizing one's climbing history & aspirations. See MountainProject and Cascade Climbers to see what I mean. SP has much more thorough coverage of peaks, routes, etc. and could do similar things much better. I don't understand why the site doesn't leverage this strength.

3. I don't know if it is a change in the site membership or just my perspective as this matters to me more, but it seems as though there are fewer users that do technical climbing or they are less active these days. I still find SP great for info on hikes and scrambles, but when I start thinking about trad, aid & ice, I've been going to other sites for info, advice, & partners.