News of Ethics, Spray, and Slander

So they were handing around articles at work about productivity etc, and one of them was about the lack or breakdown of give-and-take conversations in the workplace. At the end of the article they button-holed several categories of people the article refers to as conversation "saboteurs" and how/why they ruin the dynamics of a conversation.

One of those categories they referred to as "Mountain Climber":

Mountain Climbers are the individuals who have inhaled the idea ...

Wow .. since we're on the subject of commercials ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfJnqbudMzs

Found this on Mountain Proj from OP Brian and thought it was funny as hell:

Different types of climbers/climbing:

Bouldering: You climb without a rope near the ground on boulders or at the base of a cliff. You never climb farther than you are willing to fall. Falls are usually broken by use of a padded “crash” pad. Helps build finger strength and footwork.
Comment: Not really climbing. For people afraid of heights who like ...

Old news on SP, but here it is in a mainstream site:

http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/20 ... erness7694

The, uh, nut of of the issue is

"Clean climbing" techniques should be the norm in wilderness. This involves the use of temporary equipment and anchors that can be placed and removed without altering the environment (e.g. slings, cams, nuts, chocks, and stoppers).

Existing fixed anchors would remain, and it ...

After the Compressor Route bolting debacle last year, David Lama and Red Bull are going to rap-bolt Cerro Torre this year.

From Colin Haley's blog

In 1959, Cesare Maestri attempted to climb Cerro Torre via it's North Face. At some point during the climb, descent, or descent of the glacier below the face, Maestri's climbing partner, Toni Egger, perished. Maestri claimed that they had made the first ascent of Cerro Torre, and the third ...

Not your worst one or the one you had the other day, but your first one...how was it?

I took my first one a couple of weekends ago. I think taking your first lead fall at 41 is probably a little different than taking one at like 18 or 20. Maybe I'm wrong. I'm good though...easy landing=just a sprained ankle.

If you haven't climbed El Cap. :lol:

This horrible bear encounter was caught on video. Why didn't this guy shoot? He could have killed the bear before the situation got out of control. Watch the video below to see what I mean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk8pRJ7jV94

Kill all the bears before they kill us!!! Everybody Panic!