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General Climbing Discussion

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Havachatwithhexy... 2-Mar-2005 At 10:30:27 PM Tel
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I am probably going to cop a spray for this but ,,,,,,,,
On 2/03/2005 simey wrote:
>I'm a bit disturbed by this last posting.

>. But I hate the notion that climbing and climbers should be
>getting more coverage and more sponsorship. Why?
Well why not ?

>Climbing is the sort of activity where you will give up everything else
>to pursue it.The idea that some top climbers are hard done by because
>they might have to pay their way to compete in some overseas event makes
>me want to throw up. That's why I've always admired Czech and Polish climbers
>in the past. They used to put up the most inspiring and difficult routes
>in the Himalayas without big dollar sponsorship. They'd clean some dodgy
>nuclear reactor to scrape some dollars together and then head off on their
>next expedition with a minimum of gear and a minimum of fuss and establish
>cutting-edge routes.
Yes, but if someone came along and said we'll fund your trip would they have said no

>As for the mainstream media... well they will never understand the intricacies
>of climbing to report it well.
Like all things isn't that a matter of education

>I don't think 3AW talking about James Kassay winning some bouldering comp
>contributes anything meaningful to the world of climbing.
If you were given the opportunity to be able to speak about climbing past and present and its goings on would you decline.

I would be interested in your respones on Onsights questions

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