quit top roping through fixed gear!

Post by **DuppyC** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:43 pm

that could work, just call it Red Ethics

Post by **jordan** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:04 pm

Let's just start shooting people who do it the wrong way.

Post by **Wes** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:08 pm

I blame the toperoping gumbies. We should just ban top rope setups altogether. Everyone leads or they don't climb. Would thin out the crowds as well.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:30 pm

I like the shooting people idea.

Post by **Toad** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:59 pm

Stop replacing worn out anchors. Yank 'em all down and there will be no top roping. Climbers that do make it to the top of a route can take a victory whip.

Post by **Ascentionist** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:50 pm

HOw about instead of "Warning: Climbing is inherently dangerous!" stamped on every piece of gear even remotely related to climbing, we could have a warning label that says, "Warning: Top roping through fixed gear will kill you" That should weed out the easily confused and we all know that climbing is inherently dangerous. Right?

Post by **gunslnga** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:18 pm

blame the toperoping gumbies. We should just ban top rope setups altogether. Everyone leads or they don't climb. Would thin out the crowds as well.

Damn Wes, can't I get no love? Untill I become a Redonite or Gorgeian I have to top rope, we dont' have no sport climbing up here that I know of, Indoor some, but not any of real merit. You should have said Top Ropers with no common sense or with out Climber Ethics. I now feel totally shunned from the Utopia that is climbing

Actually I agree with you, except just like real life, we cannot seperate one set of climbers from another and have a double standard. I feel the same way about the laws we have, the same one that can help you, is the same one that can hang you......

Post by **pigsteak** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:12 pm

I'm for banning top ropers and for lowering anyone thru the chains. Rap or jump.

Post by **Paul3eb** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:38 pm

dumb question i'm sure but why put fixed gear like that in there in the first place? if you're not going to have rope running through it, what's the purpose? why not put the big rap bolts so that your only options are either tr through your own gear or cut your rope to the core in three seconds flat?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:10 pm

that's actually not a dumb question, Paul. I'm not sure why the equippers at the NRG have been so enamored by those anchors. I do know there is a mix of hardware there, and hopefully the Climbing Magazine money is going toward putting in some better options. These drop in anchors definitely encourage TRing on fixed gear. Seems like some people are going to do it regardless, though, and those are the people I'd like to shoot if no one minds.