Western Mass Rendezvous
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Support the Western Massachusetts Climbers Coalition and have a great time at the 5th annual Western Mass Rendezvous. More info here: |
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Awesome... Great event I highly recommend attending! |
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Awesome...Looking forward to it! |
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Support WMCC anyway you can, especially if you climb areas like Farley. I always make it a habit to drop money in the box at the Farley parking lot because they've done great things to secure or preserve access to great crags in western mass. |
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WMCC has definitely done great things in Western Mass! |
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WMCC is da BOMB yo... |
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I have definitely thought they should change their name to the New England Climbers Coalition and consolidate all the access groups in the NE.... |
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Joe M. wrote:I have definitely thought they should change their name to the New England Climbers Coalition and consolidate all the access groups in the NE....This is a great idea. . . there was some discussion about involving them in CT access issues because they are functional group with 501c3 and work to promote all climbers/climbing. I would bet that if they hosted an event and there was a chopping at the same location that week they would have come out and said something. |
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I think it's important for ALL NEW ENGLAND climbers to support this group... not only with your pen but with your wallets... |
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That's too bad the bolts were cut/smashed just before the RMF. I don't get it. |
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I would gladly donate (and have donated) to WMCC on the great work they have done for Farley alone, tho Farley is by no means the only place they are doing fine work at. |
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You are probably right, though, in some cases, past successes can be used to build new ones in new geographic areas... |
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I agree with Neoh. I think other local groups might want to use WMCC as a model of how to secure or open access for climbing. They have been very successful. |
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Once their "leader" moves on (he is pretty old), that group will hopefully fall apart... |
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javd wrote:I agree with Neoh. I think other local groups might want to use WMCC as a model of how to secure or open access for climbing. They have been very successful. On another note, no matter what organization worked to promote climbing in CT, you're still going to have that group (bolt cutters etc) working against them. For that reason, Ct will always be in the stone ages.I guess I don't see the bolt cutters working against those in the RMF. Rather the opposite. I think they are friendly/friends with the choppers and likely call them their either their members or friends of members. It was once stated to me by board members that they have absolutely zero issue with Ken Nichols, despite years of well documented issues between the RMF and Ken. So much so that Ken has actually trespassed onto their property at one point and smashed holds on the cliff. An act no other climber has been accused of... yet they don't have any issues with him. Strange stuff you can't make up... EVEN MORE OF A REASON TO.... SUPPORT THE WMCC and Attend the rendezvous because it's an awesome event by awesome people. |
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I didn't mean RMF... I meant any other climbers coalition... Such as the suggestions that wmcc should advocate for other areas, other than wmass. I don't agree that they should but in an ideal world, other groups, such as rmf,would use their progress as a model to work towards the greatness that wmcc has obtained. |
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javd wrote:I didn't mean RMF... I meant any other climbers coalition...lol |
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It's hard to believe that the RMF wouldn't condemn bolt chopping under any circumstances. As far as land manager's see it, bolt chopping is vandalism, nothing more, nothing less, and only serves to threaten access... |
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Joe M. wrote:It's hard to believe that the RMF wouldn't condemn bolt chopping under any circumstances. As far as land manager's see it, bolt chopping is vandalism, nothing more, nothing less, and only serves to threaten access...If you take a strict reading of CT statues, altering the rock is vandalism, thus the placement of the gear is considered the 'real' vandalism, the smashing maybe is righting a wrong to them? IDK they haven't said anything. . . hopefully they will soon. I'm sure if they do their statement will be very lawyerly and will go out of its way in condemning all parties, but especially those placing the fixed gear. |