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Static rope taken, Reservoir Dogs, Medlow Bath 12-Feb-2009 At 10:27:36 AM peterc

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On 11/02/2009 garbie wrote:
>I don't want to get all gooey, but I remember the days when the climbing
>community was really a community, and fish boy and his ilk just weren't
>around. Nostalgia just aint what it used to be, but its sad when the days
>when you could trust your fellow climber are over. I can't believe people
>would say Niall deserved it - go find something else to do if you think
>so...

Is this a generational thing? – As was being hinted at earlier. Or is it a societal thing? – Maybe the world is going to sh!t. Or is it just a case of a proportional increase in crime? – There are more climbers now (and maybe the percentage of thieving scumbag climbers is the same now as it used to be).

I guess when the climbing community was smaller, there was a greater sense of accountability. After all, if you behaved like a scumbag, word would get around pretty quickly. And you could find yourself running out of climbing partners. That’s not so much the case anymore.

Although I guess forums like Chockstone, can act a bit like the stocks in a town square of old. Just line up the rotten tomatoes.

We trust our lives to our belayers. It’s a shame that we can’t seem to trust our gear to fellow climbers anymore.

BTW, has anyone else noticed that fish face’s first name is a synonym for “steal” and his surname means “the cam”?

“Steal the cam” – in a thread about the theft of climbing gear. It’s just too good. No wonder Mikl thought it was fake.

And Niall, if for some bizarre reason you took him up on his offer to climb with him, how would you feel leaving your gear unattended at the base of the cliff???

On a different note...Hey Garbie, got an old rope from the gym that you can donate to Niall for his bolting efforts?