Everybody happy??
From: Grant Don’t be confused- this ain’t climbing; it’s rec.climbing. I’ll wager that you’ll find the vast majority of this n.g.’s readers to be kind, helpful, and excellent partners. What you’re seeing is a bunch of frustrated, hard(ly) working people who would rather be climbing instead of tapping keys on their computers. It’s a game to keep things interesting until the weather clears up, someone wins the lottery, or the weekend comes. Don’t take it personally. Learn to disregard the threads that have boiled down to drivel and relish those that bring joy, insight, and knowledge. From: Al Black Ever read Tami Knight’s Climbing Tales of Terror; Wicked Wicked Lies and Malicious Slander? Somewhere between the ice climber and the sport climber lies the rec.climber. Lets put it another way, if the average rec.climber were a dog, it would be a cross between a beagle and a lab: Generally genial, occasionally territorial, travels in packs, but prone to aimlessness, false alarms, rolling arou