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MoapaPk wrote:I've seen at LLEAST five registers that I suspect were chewed by llamas, or signed by famous llama llovers.

I think the only solution is to have electronic registers on the top of all summits. Every climber would have to register with a central database. The climber’s implanted radio frequency transmitter would have to come within a few cm of the summit receiver to record in the log. Implanted transmitters would be necessary to prevent cheating and claimed summits by known terrorists. Suspected terrorists would be on the no summit list.

My eyes hurt.

MoapaPk wrote:My eyes hurt.

Sorry, over on 14ers.com come it was agreed to use pink for sarcasm. I went with that convention.

cp0915 wrote:Pete is SP's jester. I like the guy, as odd as he can come off.

Jester, who has been to war more than most of the court.

ScottyS wrote:

cp0915 wrote:Pete is SP's jester. I like the guy, as odd as he can come off.

Jester, who has been to war more than most of the court.

As many jesters have.

I try to look sideways, but tend to run into things.

14 years ago
http://www.off-road.com/green/struggle.lat

4 years ago
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 1/gree.DTL

Eventually, self-propagation consumes most organized groups.

Ok, what's my expression now?

no, there is nothing in my hand.

bunch of sick pervs

Personally, I think the original record containing the first ascent should be taken to the closest University of California facility, copied, and stored. All other recorded ascents should remain on the mountains. Publishing records for general public use doesn't appeal to me. Knowing some of the quotes contained on soon summits, I doubt the authors would want them to become general public knowledge. Other climbers also find out information about other routes while reading summit records.
I suspect that having all those summit records located at Bancroft Library would make it much easier for Guide Book writers to verify completed routes on specific peaks, but otherwise would be of little use to the public.
Enjoy to summits and leave the records there for all who follow to enjoy!

Dingus Milktoast wrote:Did I detect SARCASM munge ole buddy???????

Bwahahahahahaha!

Cheers bud
DMT

I am a big register fan from the perspective of seeing who has been here before and how often a peak is climbed. It creates a bit of a camraderie with people you've never met. A discovery of an old register is always a great feeling.

With that said, I appreciate the people who keep on replacing registers on popular peaks but it is a losing battle. I seem to comparmentalize infrequently climbed peaks and have an expectation to find a register on those compared to the others.

to quote DMT

See I have come to believe summit registers should be left on the summit - to eventually rot even. They belong to the summits and the folks who climb there and sign them and no one and no where else really.

the hell with a library. It's like reading an academic dissertation to understand rock and roll.

Not this topic again.

MoapaPk wrote:If registers are not preserved, then the terrorists have already won.

If terrorists are outlawed then only outlaws will be terrorists.