Y tho

Pro tip. Make your todo list your tick list.

Mostly because I never complete any of my to-do lists, so if I include super radical, dope routes on it I will feel better about myself because other people on the internet will think I’m super radically dope. 

Michael Abendwrote:

Where is this!?!

Edit: I looked through your to-dos and found it.
https://www.mountainproject.com/route/107783999/hexentric 

Isn't that just bonkers??? 

I'm not surprised a fellow columnar basalt victim (it's what we got) asked with a !?! at the end of the sentence!

And, I think I first saw this tipped basalt in a geology context, not climbing. Maybe not unique, but definitely rare. Sorta makes me think of Maple Canyon, which just looks totally improbable to even stay upright, let alone be kinda sorta not total choss.

:-)

Oh. 

Also on my to do list? That I know I likely will never see?

Be Kind. FA Steve Price. If you don't know who s.price was, well, too late. He was scrubbed from MP entirely after his death.

I did get to OLH though. 

For myself, climbing is even more about the people, and everything I do on here reflects that.

Best, H

Bored, not enough climbing time. Too much time on mp. Personally I like to list  climbs  with  names that I find amusing.

Old lady Hwrote:

Isn't that just bonkers??? 

I'm not surprised a fellow columnar basalt victim (it's what we got) asked with a !?! at the end of the sentence!

And, I think I first saw this tipped basalt in a geology context, not climbing. Maybe not unique, but definitely rare. Sorta makes me think of Maple Canyon, which just looks totally improbable to even stay upright, let alone be kinda sorta not total choss.

:-)

We've got our own here in WA - have yet to visit though. 

https://www.mountainproject.com/area/112213066/hexagonal-satellites

https://www.mountainproject.com/area/107292508/the-honeycomb-buttress

I don't have that many but I do have ones I won't climb anytime soon, and my reasoning is this. I put ones recommended to me that sound good or ones that intrigue me in different areas incase I find myself in that area. Some are areas I might get a chance to climb at, because they're near family or friends that I visit from time to time. The routes aren't ones I'm actively going after, but if I find myself in the area, those are the ones I want to check out and get on if I can. I like the MP list because I can check the crag if I plan on traveling, and look back at what I added to-do there.

I do what I want. But yeah like everyone says. It saves research. I deleted all my actual to dos for Joshua Tree this season then added the 60 found in the best beginner trad climb books so I could easily map them when a buddy and I try to do them all in one super long push. Literally pointless. So yeah full circle, because people do what they want. 

Old lady Hwrote:

jcm or jt can correct me but basalt very very commonly forms in hexagons as it is the fastest way to cool. I might be the only person who climbs best on basalt or best on shitty basalt. The boise crags are very similar to vantage, so if you want taller columns come this way. I think the most interesting basalt is either fractured lava tubes near twin falls or whatever Oahu or maybe the drilled crag in Idaho (haven’t been there). 

jed wardswrote:

Whats the point?

So if I'm in an area, I can filter by that area and find climbs I've researched and decided are worthy.

How do you keep track of the 1000+ routes you want to do?

By keeping them on my TODO list? I mean, what more "keeping track" do you want me to do?

Why make a list so big you have so little chance at completing it?

Because my goal is to have a list of climbs I've researched ready to go when I want to find something to do, not to have some list of demands I've placed upon myself.

Wouldn’t it be more satisfying to make a reasonable list and actually tick them off/make progress?

No?

I'm satisfied if I climb something inspiring that challenges me. Ticking off something on the internet has absolutely no effect on my satisfaction.

My most satisfying climbs to look back on, I don't need a list for, because they're burned into my memory. And the climbs I'm really, really inspired by that I haven't done, I don't need a list for either, because I'm not going to forget to do them. The climbs that inspire me that I've yet to do, don't always become the ones I remember most fondly once I've done them.

If you climb 5.10, why do you put a hundred 5.13 routes on your to-do list that you probably won’t do for years if ever?

I don't do this... I'm maybe a 5.11 climber and I've got a handful of 5.12+ climbs on my list, but...

Why are you looking at other people's TODO lists? You've decided, for some reason, that what other people are doing is pointless, but isn't worrying yourself about what we're doing even more pointless?

genuinely curious. 

It sounds like you're mad.

Genuinely.

Princess Puppy Lovrwrote:

Pro tip. Make your todo list your tick list.

Then what? It will never be tomorrow either.

I have a lot of climbs on my todo list so that if I happen to be somewhere I can quickly look for something interesting to climb.

David Kwrote: It sounds like you're mad.

This post was entirely un-serious. Idgaf about peoples to-do lists. I do enjoy posting harmless yet controversial things on public forums, and do believe that feathers were successfully ruffled, myself included. Though I will say that I don’t think that anybody who responded here, offended or not, actually has close to 1000 routes on their list.

It seems like a bigger waste of time to lurk someone's "to do" list....

jed wardswrote:

This post was entirely un-serious. Idgaf about peoples to-do lists. I do enjoy posting harmless yet controversial things on public forums, and do believe that feathers were successfully ruffled, myself included. Though I will say that I don’t think that anybody who responded here, offended or not, actually has close to 1000 routes on their list.

One does! 

But yeah, strikingly similar numbers of to do's. 

Hope your recovery goes well! I'm in a similar situation, surgery. Not supposed to do anything. After 4 weeks, get back to "normal activities". 

They don't factor rock climbing into "normal".

Sigh 

Best, H.

x15x15wrote:

Then what? It will never be tomorrow either.

I realize what I said could be read different ways. What I was trying to say that instead of marking routes as to dos, tick them. You can still search the list for what you want to do and everyone will think your a better climber because you will have 2000 routes as ticks rather than to dos. You dont actually have to send them!

Princess Puppy Lovrwrote:

I realize what I said could be read different ways. What I was trying to say that instead of marking routes as to dos, tick them. You can still search the list for what you want to do and everyone will think your a better climber because you will have 2000 routes as ticks rather than to dos. You dont actually have to send them!

I get it now! Good thinking. I like it...

Adam W wrote:

What is the purpose of people putting Silence on their to do list with no intention of ever climbing it…or those who have suggested a grade for it without climbing it? 

Because Mountain Project doesn't matter 

Aaron Kwrote:

Because Mountain Project doesn't matter 

The same reason why some people suggest grades for 5.14c routes they haven’t done or added ticks to 5.15ks they definitely haven’t done.