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Havachatwithhexy... 19-Oct-2005 At 2:36:07 PM Bourge

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On 19/10/2005 Onsight wrote:
>>watzabitofspambetweencybermatez;-)
>
>I thought this might come up. OK, Neil, warning noted. But if I do it
>again will you promise to give me a good spanking sometime (if they let
>me out of China)?
>
>But seriously... no pressure… You know, I could go about it as subtly
>as possible or more blatantly (what would people prefer?) but at the end
>of the day I think it's a legit topic for the forum. Anyway, I personally
>don’t consider this calendar to be simply a commercial product and hope
>others will see it similarly. Also, the way I see it, the calendar has
>been a topic of conversation before (for all the wrong reasons), so now
>should be OK too (for the right reasons). Cheers for the understanding.
>

I personally think that this is fine, in principle - Simon's calendar is a commercial venture but is an enourmously positive promotional tool for the sport of climbing. I reckon anyone trying to make a living from activities deriving from the sport of climbing can do with all the help they can get.

Only issue I see is one of fairness - in the context of formal sponsors of Chockstone (RH?) who presumably pay for their advertising. But, the post into a thread in the forum by Simon is a very minor plug and probably doesn't compare to the coverage of the sponsor

I'm goonna buy a copy of the calendar regardless, and was pleased to hear the new edition is available.