Forums Worth Your Time
In theory, outdoor forums should be great. They should be a place where you can post questions, ask for beta on a location or route or gear, and post a trip report on some place that got you really stoked. Unfortunately, due to the anonymous nature of the forums, they generally degrade to the lowest common denominator and quickly become a hangout for wannabes who are only interested in talking trash and bragging about anything and everything that they’ve ever done.
There is some good information, but it’s hard to find, and you have to wade through a lot of crap to find it. If you stroll into an unfamiliar forum and ask a question, you have about an 80% chance of being called something nasty within the first three replies and seeing your post turn into a 10-page rant about how un-rad you are. And all you wanted was a good place to camp outside Zion National Park. Although there are way too many forums to review, here are a few of the most popular for skiing, biking, and climbing. Good luck.
News coverage that makes climbers throw things
By: Adam Riser | June 9th, 2010No Comments »
Climbers tend to cringe whenever they hear climbing mentioned on television. I’m not talking about Cliffhanger reruns either. It seems that every time a story involves climbing (or something the media decides is climbing), the news gets a hold of it and makes all climbers seem like idiots who are risking their lives for thrills. Yeah, they’re probably right. We should just sit on the couch and complain about the people who are still outside. Maybe news coverage wouldn’t be so bad if every hiker who falls off a trail or high-school kid who stole his mom’s clothesline gets labeled as a “very experienced climber.” That kind of stuff makes me want to break a television. Maybe I should buy a TV so I have one to break. These are just a few of my favorite “climbing” stories. Makes me wonder how bad the news screws up the stuff that I don’t know anything about. Read More …
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