A sign of the times? (please help me understand the world we now live in)

(please help me understand the world we now live in)

climate, societal norms, political stability and capitalist economies are all failing simultaneously

.... oh, you were referring to some bolted choss moderates left of nowhere 

if this is what is keeping you up at night, I envy you

Mike Robinsonwrote:

Here is the sign of our times...YOU...I still dont understand why Anyone would put an opinion on here without attaching their legal name to it...how brave are you really? 

Easy to say when you share the same name as about 30 million others    

Not Not MP Adminwrote:

Easy to say when you share the same name as about 30 million others    

Darn...haha your right...geeze, thought I had something clever to say! :

If you'll pardon my interjection...

Trad Manwrote:

3rd pitch is in a gully and should be avoided, leading or abseiling.

Does anyone care to explain this statement to a noob?

Trad Manwrote:

I see some whining about this picture and I think most of you guys have misunderstood this bolt placement. This bolt was placed for one important purpose: It is not fair that tradsters have all the adventurous routes and questionable gear. Sport climbers should also have the opportunity to question their gear and make intelligent assessments wether to clip or not.

If the bolting is "too safe", y'all whining about grid bolting. And when you see an "adventurous" bolt placement, you whine about this too.

"Adventurous bolt placement" is my new favorite phrase. 

To bolt, or not to bolt, that is the question. The answer is usually no. If a bolt isn't necessary it shouldn't be there. 

djkyotewrote:

(please help me understand the world we now live in)

climate, societal norms, political stability and capitalist economies are all failing simultaneously

.... oh, you were referring to some bolted choss moderates left of nowhere 

if this is what is keeping you up at night, I envy you

Some of the comments I've read on here (a few above your's for instance) are a perfect example of the degradation of societal norms, even further supported by all the lurker "likes". 

As to the idea that one can't be concerned with lesser issues because there's larger issues out there... come on...

F r i t zwrote:

A Crossfitter, a vegan, a resident of Boulder and a first ascentionist walk into a bar -- how do you know which is which?) 

The CrossFit athlete has on the brightest knee high socks and a Snap-back hat on; the vegan is the curmudgeon looking one in the back with their nose in the air; the resident of boulder has their hair tied up with one of their dreads, wearing parachute pajama pants, and a beautiful hand threaded mala bead necklace with numerous festival band bracelets; and the first ascentionist is the one completely fixated on their phone, with mountain project at the ready, and the ringtone on loud so they don’t miss a thread update….

Curmudgeon Donwrote:

The CrossFit athlete has 

nope. They tell you.

F r i t zwrote:

nope. They tell you.

And if it's all the same person the next thing out of their mouth will be unsolicited crypto investment advice

Know how you can tell someone is a nurse/FA'r/vegan/crossfitter/Boulderite? Don't worry... they'll tell you. 

Tradman: "I'm not gonna rant here"

Also Tradman: *has a stroke and rants on incoherently for 14k characters*

TLDR

Cherokee Nuneswrote:

I'm guessing the person who placed that bolt is never going to show up here and defend its work...

Probably not. 

The route developers in this area didn't place the bolt.  In fact they have no idea who did.  One of the developers is going to MM this weekend and while there is going to remove the bolt, fill in the hole, and color match the patch to match the rock.  

What's really weird is I climbed this route a couple weeks ago and I don't recall that bolt being there.  Very weird.  

I guess the only good thing about this thread is that people learned of that one bad bolt.  I doubt we'll ever learn who actually placed it.  

Couldn’t figure out how to quote and post a picture reply to Mr. Goat (old arthritic hands and the such), so here it is.

Paging Mr. Trad Man…

One of the developers is going to MM this weekend and while there is going to remove the bolt, fill in the hole, and color match the patch to match the rock.  

A worthy project!

Cherokee Nuneswrote:

A worthy project!

Is it? Pull the bolt and just trundle it, or just leave it be. No one will ever notice, or care about a hole is a choss block

Go for it, Matthew Jaggers. 

Cherokee Nuneswrote:

Go for it, Matthew Jaggers. 

Not a worthy project, especially considering gas prices for a 30hr drive.

christoph benellswrote:

god damn boomers man, I swear. 

This rant should have been posted as a video confessional behind the wheel of a F250

Love those digital camo pants this guy climbs in

Adam Burch wrote:

Is it weird that I got about halfway through the 1st post and thought "Hmmm.  I wonder what part of CO this is in?"

It's weird. It's weird because it indicates that Uncle Burchey is the only one who instantly understands the world we now live in. And I just haven't got the epistemological rack to send that rig.