Post unpopular opinions here

Tradiban wrote:

Best unpopular opinion so far.

I knew you couldn't resist, now what do I win? I mean, other than proving your troll skills inferior on your own thread. 

 I’m so sick of seeing new routes on Mountain Project. There’s never anyone climbing there until some dumbass, show off, know it all posts up a description, a topo, the approach, what gear to bring and like a hundred photos. Then there’s a line of gumbies at the base every weekend and two parties on the route. One party’s trying to pass via a variation. That party shouldn’t even be passing in the first place!

Aleks, go away.

Everyone knows the best climber is the one having the most fun.

I'm going to Cerro Torre with an air compressor 

SUPERTOPO IS BETTER. Summitpost is king.

someone should chip the nose and make it a classic 5.12 bigwall free climb. 

Duh gunx, duh gunx, duh gunx!

Cheap climbing shoes are effective enough for the vast majority of climbers. Solutions/TC pros are a waste of money.

The Red River Gorge is better than the New River Gorge

1. What grade you climb has little-to-no relation to your ability and knowledge around climbing safety techniques. Some of the most risky climbers are experienced people who decided they know enough and stopped learning.
2. Whether or not to bolt a crack is a matter of local aesthetic. If you wouldn't bolt an X-rated route in Indian Creek, that's an admission that bolting has nothing to do with safety, so you should have no problem with bolting a route at Rumney that's G-rated on gear.
3. The GriGri might have been the best device for belaying the leader at one time, but there are a bunch of easier-to-use, safer devices on the market now. The correct way to feed out slack as stated by the manual isn't as foolproof as people think it is.
4. Most of the opinions on this thread are popular opinions, or opinions that aren't unpopular because nobody actually takes them seriously.

Jack Quarless wrote:

I knew you couldn't resist, now what do I win? I mean, other than proving your troll skills inferior on your own thread. 

Your mental Kung Fu is excellent and that's all I will say to avoid the trap.

Your project would be 5.2 at the Gunks.

Permadraws are booty

Bill Kirby wrote:

 I’m so sick of seeing new routes on Mountain Project. There’s never anyone climbing there until some dumbass, show off, know it all posts up a description, a topo, the approach, what gear to bring and like a hundred photos. Then there’s a line of gumbies at the base every weekend and two parties on the route. One party’s trying to pass via a variation. That party shouldn’t even be passing in the first place!

Can I ask why?

Mike Womack wrote:

Can I ask why?

Mike,

The posts in this thread are not to be taken seriously. Those are the rules!

Mike Womack wrote:

Can I ask why?

Fail, Mike is out. You've been trolled.

GoPro's rule!

To add to what Bill said:

All these asshole first ascentionists need to just stop. They are selfish and recklessly endangering other climbers, and anyway there are already enough routes in the world .

If you hurt yourself climbing it's your own fault 100% of the time