rhunt wrote:I use to say stuff but now people are so far gone an usually so offened that I don't bother. If there is certain impending doom then I will say something. 60% of the beginners (notice I didn't say gumbies) I see at the cliff have no business being there.
well fuck, i wouldn't be so offended if you weren't on my back all the time!!! maybe i like belaying with my gri-gri backwards like that
again, i digress....
Courtesy of Andrew: "I don't think you will damage your escort unless she trips because she is so strung out on blow. Most people just take them to the rest area."
I was rapping off a ridge years ago and started down and noticed my 8 ring in my hand but not clipped to my belay loop, and this accident reminds me of Jeff Hughes tragic fall years ago- be careful things happen so quickly
TankAzz, You must to part of the "gumby army" I see marching all around the gumby walls of the RRG. Tell all your 'band of brothers and sisters' to learn how to use a belay device and i will get off your back...
Honestly, I could care less if someone is pissed at me or thinks I am a busy-body old woman. If I see unsafe stuff I will generally say something. I try to be as pleasant and nonthreatening as I can be but a person's safety is more important to me than whether they like me.
Jesus only knows that she tries too hard. She's only trying to keep the sky from falling.
Crankmas wrote:I was rapping off a ridge years ago and started down and noticed my 8 ring in my hand but not clipped to my belay loop, and this accident reminds me of Jeff Hughes tragic fall years ago- be careful things happen so quickly
Yeah, don't do acid, smoke dope and try to drill a route with a complicated jumar rig.
"It really is all good ! My thinking only occasionally calls it differently..."
Normie
Hopefully, everybody can learn from this that accidents can happen to anyone. Pay attention and keep it safe.
"Be responsible for your actions and sensitive to the concerns of other visitors and land managers. ... Your reward is the opportunity to climb in one of the most beautiful areas in this part of the country." John H. Bronaugh
Spragwa wrote:Honestly, I could care less if someone is pissed at me or thinks I am a busy-body old woman.
People are often plagued with fear of what others may think of them. We taught a guy how to give a soft catch once at Military. He wasn't that receptive in that moment, but a year later, he thanked me.
