by Don Otis » Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:57 pm
by mconnell » Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:09 am
by mrchad9 » Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:43 am
by WyomingSummits » Thu Sep 19, 2013 3:08 am
mrchad9 wrote:A buddy of mine in CO did all the 14ers. But he went out of his way to make sure the CMC wasn't involved.
Something about being 'proctored' first to be able to be considered to go on trips? I don't know if it is still that way, but all the rules he described seemed pretty over the top.
by Marmaduke » Thu Sep 19, 2013 5:31 am
mconnell wrote:No. Nobody knows because not everyone has to brag about how many climbs they have done.
by Castlereagh » Thu Sep 19, 2013 6:06 am
WyomingSummits wrote:mrchad9 wrote:A buddy of mine in CO did all the 14ers. But he went out of his way to make sure the CMC wasn't involved.
Something about being 'proctored' first to be able to be considered to go on trips? I don't know if it is still that way, but all the rules he described seemed pretty over the top.
Organizations like the CMC stifle the spirit of mountaineering with these BS rules. Climb and forget the recognition......chances are most people are going to forget who you were.
by RickF » Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:58 am
Don Otis wrote:I know this topic has come up before. Does anyone know how many people have climbed all the ranked 14ers in the lower 48? There are 53 in Colorado, 12 in California and Mt. Rainier in Washington so that means 66 ranked. The Colorado Mountain Club has a list of those who have registered with them but I'm sure the actual number of completers is double those registered.
by Fletch » Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:21 pm
by Dartmouth Hiker » Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:55 pm
by willytinawin » Fri Sep 20, 2013 12:02 am
by mrchad9 » Fri Sep 20, 2013 1:51 am
by Don Otis » Fri Sep 20, 2013 6:45 pm
by Steven Cross » Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:08 pm
by Bob Sihler » Fri Sep 20, 2013 8:00 pm
Castlereagh wrote:WyomingSummits wrote:mrchad9 wrote:A buddy of mine in CO did all the 14ers. But he went out of his way to make sure the CMC wasn't involved.
Something about being 'proctored' first to be able to be considered to go on trips? I don't know if it is still that way, but all the rules he described seemed pretty over the top.
Organizations like the CMC stifle the spirit of mountaineering with these BS rules. Climb and forget the recognition......chances are most people are going to forget who you were.
Sorry to get slightly off topic here but I gotta go on a little rant about the CMC here. I've really had nothing against them (no opinion at all actually) until this summer. Was on top of a fantastic peak in Wyoming (Fitzpatrick in the Salt Rivers). I've heard there was a pretty cool register up on top, an older one with signatures going back a few decades. Now I know some people like summit registers, some people don't. I personally don't care for the ones on top of the really popular peaks where there's a mess of different notepads, blurred ink, and just an all around zoo of a signature. But it is cool to find a register on a remote, seldom climbed peak, and read the signature of the few who have bothered to climb it and their experiences, route, etc.
The old register was no longer there. The register I found however was a big, bulky one placed by apparently the Pinedale WY chapter of the CMC. It had a giant notepad, mostly empty, with gridded lines everywhere on each page, and explicit instructions as if explaining to a four year old that each hiker should sign, date, and limit their log to each line. Goddamn...can't escape red tape even on a remote summit.
I realize that the popularity of the 14ers makes registers like this necessary. But way overkill for Wyoming, so GTFO. There's no need for it. If there's a register on a summit, so be it. If there's none, then so be it. But there's absolutely no f'ing need for some do gooder meddlers from a climbing club in ANOTHER state to start spreading around with their BS and standardizing summit registers.
by mconnell » Fri Sep 20, 2013 9:06 pm
Marmaduke wrote:mconnell wrote:No. Nobody knows because not everyone has to brag about how many climbs they have done.
Are you signing climbing logs? .......Uhm, just asking.
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