FA Ego at its Finest

Loved this!

It's sad that Socal still has issues getting people to stay the fuck home at this point in the story...

Jtree is like 2 to 3 hours from LA.

What is the operational definition of "Local"?

Back in VA we were "local" climbers even though the New was 2.5 hours away.

Great idea honestly.. hated the socal climbers facebook group.. 

Gumby King wrote: Jtree is like 2 to 3 hours from LA.

What is the operational definition of "Local"?

Back in VA we were "local" climbers even though the New was 2.5 hours away.

If by traveling to get there you would use a different hospital or grocery store than you would at home, you've gone too far. Local right now doesn't mean "wake up early for a day trip" it means, "roll out of bed and walk there". 

Gumby King wrote: Jtree is like 2 to 3 hours from LA.

What is the operational definition of "Local"?

Back in VA we were "local" climbers even though the New was 2.5 hours away.

If you need to ask yourself the question, you're not local.

How did this guy know they were from LA? Did they have LA license plates?!

Tradiban wrote: How did this guy know they were from LA? Did they have LA license plates?!

LA people like to boast they are from LA.  

Or check their IG account

Couldn't Joe be creating a dangerous situation by removing the hangers that people expect to be there?!

Tradiban wrote: Couldn't Joe be creating a dangerous situation by removing the hangers that people expect to be there?!

Only if they expect the outdoors to be like the gym

Tradiban wrote: Couldn't Joe be creating a dangerous situation by removing the hangers that people expect to be there?!

Turnabout is fair play.

As they say...

ed "as ye sow, so shall ye reap..." e

Holy crap, that seems like a drastic thing to do.  This "stay home" thing is becoming a witch hunt.

Gumby King wrote: Jtree is like 2 to 3 hours from LA.

What is the operational definition of "Local"?

Back in VA we were "local" climbers even though the New was 2.5 hours away.

If you live two and a half hours away from something its not local.
Even if you took a bike.

This is the new tribalism.  And it's getting ugly.

Yikes. If there are no good gear options and nobody knows, the FA could really be putting people at risk. Very different types of danger but seems a little counter productive if it's being done for people's well being... 

I thought we always argued that the FA had the final decision of what happened with the route?

sounds like an empty threat

translation: "you shouldn't climb because getting hurt/stranded takes much needed resources away from COVID-19/coronavirus efforts, so I'm going to create a situation where you HAVE to involve said resources just to descend".

One of my favorites...

​https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/114480036/should-i-keep-it-secret​​​

Ben V wrote: Yikes. If there are no good gear options and nobody knows, the FA could really be putting people at risk. Very different types of danger but seems a little counter productive if it's being done for people's well being... 

Only really putting people at risk who are not willing to sacrifice their gear... a climber could alway lower off his/her draws, head home, and commence licking of wounds.