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journos abusing online forums 20-Jan-2009 At 2:24:26 PM gremlin

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I got an email and later a phone call from Paul Bibby earlier this morning (regarding the ACA site), and he does seem genuinely concerned about offended the climbing community and the uproar he has caused within it.

Personally i agree with HotGemini, it does seem like backpedaling to me.

However, people do make mistakes (deliberately or unintentionally) and i am sure he has learned a rather valuable lesson. My greatest fear is that he would loose his job or something like that, which is something i wouldn't want to happen to the guy.

One thing Paul mentioned was doing something in the media to show that we are not all a bunch of reckless adrenaline junkies. I liked the idea and told him to get in touch with Neil, as i couldn't think of anyone else so involved with the climbing community on such a wide scale. (i prefer to just hang around the edges and do my own thing in an attempt to avoid the politics and bullshit that goes on at times).