School Groups
- cliftongifford
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climbed at looking glass a year ago or so and by the time we finished the rap to the final set of anchors, Fox Mtn Guides had a TR on every route below us. We had to pendulum 40ft or so just to get to a set of rings to reach the ground. I bet they had 12+ routes set up on TR with 20 or 30 kids running around the base. pain in the ass. it's everywhere. the sport has exploded due to gyms... this is why when I head to the Red during busy days (i.e. weekends) I tend to gravitate towards the more obscure trad walls. went to long wall on friday and didn't run into a single climber all day long.... it was hard to believe that a route as beautful as rock wars went all day on a beautiful warm spring friday without getting sent.
- cliftongifford
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- Clevis Hitch
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I can climb any day of the week in the S.R. and never see any one climbing. I'll see their cars. I'll hear them off in the distance but I'll never have to climb with them unless I want to.
If you give a man a match, he'll be warm for a minute. If you set him on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life!
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You know what chaps me is the climbing camps that gyms bring down. For profit groups that bring a huge cadre of adolescents and park them at the base. It is difficult for the group organizers to disperse because MV doesn't allow this (rightly so) and a FS requires a hefty fee to guide. The PMRP and Lode are the only option and of course that is were they go.
Do I begrudge these organizers the opportunity to make a buck on the backs of the altruism of others- yea. Especially when it burdens everyone else at the who might be interested in using the cliff on the day they influx.
What would dampen my ire would be knowing these groups are tithing a healthy percentage of their income of said trips to the RRGCC. That would only be right.
Do I begrudge these organizers the opportunity to make a buck on the backs of the altruism of others- yea. Especially when it burdens everyone else at the who might be interested in using the cliff on the day they influx.
What would dampen my ire would be knowing these groups are tithing a healthy percentage of their income of said trips to the RRGCC. That would only be right.
"It really is all good ! My thinking only occasionally calls it differently..."
Normie
Normie
i cant agree more......or even a labor exchange to help the areas they are using. a large % of guide services/large groups/schools coming to the area often do not give back at all..the lurkist wrote:
What would dampen my ire would be knowing these groups are tithing a healthy percentage of their income of said trips to the RRGCC. That would only be right.
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