yatsek wrote:Yep, I'd just add some first hike, then scramble, then climb, then scramble/hike/spend lots of time enjoying SP… This is the world we live in, which would be much worse without SP.
Amen.
knoback wrote:Precisely. That's what I like about this site. Most of the route pages are honest attempts to give out good beta, not spray or sandbag. Look at some of the route descriptions on Mountain Proj. for comparison. For most of them, when you're done reading you won't have a clear understanding of what you're in for much less be inspired to go climb the route.
Then look at, for example, some of Dow Williams' route pages. World of difference.
Nobody is trying to be elitist when they start talking about numbers, just more precise.
You get alot of negativity from climbers when, as a non-climber, you look like you are telling them that you understand what climbing is all about and furthermore can offer them some advice about their damn attitude.
I get that you are simply objecting to anyone being excluded, but it it smells of judgement to the climbers out there; something of a sore spot since everyone from mom to TV pundits has used it from the start to say that climbing (as opposed to hiking) is a silly, dangerous thing that responsible adults wouldn't do.
Nice, LOL about Mt. Project…… So true.
I do like Dow’s pages’, he captures the essence of the routes, and the places.
My Mom always tells her friends, “My son, the hiker……” so.