Bring All Your Friends

trailridge wrote: Cool post.  Did posting this make you feel better about yourself. Feed that that entitled attitude that you climb harder than those who have friends but are less experienced. So their inexperience makes them inferior to you. So much that you need create a post online to display how great you are. Climbing is popular, it sucks,  but deal with it like an adult.  Don't be dumb

RE: deal with it like an adult. Nail on the head.

Yes. We all started somewhere. Sometimes, it can feel less intimidating in a group. Yes, certain crags can get busy. But behave like an adult, don't ruin someone else's experience (see the thread about "is this the new way to climb" or something like that), and most of all, put up or shut up.

The Access Fund and your local climbing organization are doing everything they can to preserve access, open more access, keep things safe, and make sure climbing is viewed in a positive light. No longer is this the free-wheeling time when you could fly under the radar and live on the fringe and climb for free. Climbing needs protecting. Step up and donate to one of these organizations as your penance for eroding trails, chalking up holds, and disturbing wildlife. The more climbing areas that get developed, the fewer people per crag. 

Chris Johnson wrote: No longer is this the free-wheeling time when you could fly under the radar and live on the fringe and climb for free.

bro, do you even boulder at Roy?

According to MP, Joshua Tree has more routes than the entire state of Washington. It's not too tough to just go find a different climb. 

Carolina wrote:

Sick dyno!

trailridge wrote: Cool post.  Did posting this make you feel better about yourself. Feed that that entitled attitude that you climb harder than those who have friends but are less experienced. So their inexperience makes them inferior to you. So much that you need create a post online to display how great you are. Climbing is popular, it sucks,  but deal with it like an adult.  Don't be dumb

Speaking only for myself, it's not about superiority or who's stronger or weaker. It's about behavior. I don't really care if a mob gathers and occupies an easy route at a popular crag all day; I do care if they have yard sales, hammocks across the access trail, music blaring, dogs running all over, etc.

Increasingly, people treat the crags like outdoor gyms, and it creates a lot of tension.