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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 12, 2007 - 05:03pm PT
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What is your take on him?
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Wild Bill
climber
Ca
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Jul 12, 2007 - 05:04pm PT
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THIS SPACE STILL FOR SALE.
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seamus mcshane
climber
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Jul 12, 2007 - 05:08pm PT
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A-HOLE... without a doubt.(But I never met him in person.)
For the record, I've never met Karl Rove, DICK Cheney or MAN Coulter either...
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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Jul 12, 2007 - 05:09pm PT
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actually I like wes's comments. Sure, I may not agree with all of them, but it is a breath of fresh air to read a different opinion, once in a while.
I really enjoyed some of his stuff on the retrobolting thread. He wasn't even advocating retrobolting everything, or even much, but it was still too much to handle for some fragile egos.
Oh yeah, and he actually posts climbing related comments. ST needs more provacateurs like him.
Cheers!
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Jul 12, 2007 - 05:12pm PT
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wes spices things up and does not really seem the bad troll he's been made out as lately. This one cracked me up:
"I feel so honored to be sitting on the other end of this network of tubes connecting us.
Please share your political views with us all. I mean, if you were able to do 11c X in EB's, surely you know everything there is to know about the way the world works."
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Bart Fay
Social climber
Redlands, CA
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Jul 12, 2007 - 05:13pm PT
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Either way, he's 'arrived' now that he has his very own thread.
Hmmm, maybe I need to power up my wanker-volume & post-frequency to make a name for myself.
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Hawkeye
climber
State of Mine
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Jul 12, 2007 - 05:18pm PT
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caughtinzipper it aint about fragile egos. yeah, there may be some routes out there that need some fixing up. what 1 in 1,000. pretty low numbers.
damn, i am trying to get out of this stuff....
i think he enjoys showing his superior youthful intelligence. everyone knows old guys dont know sh#t...so wes is here to serve it up!
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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Jul 12, 2007 - 05:20pm PT
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Yeah, maybe you're right? But isn't it amazing how you more 'mature' gentlemen go so quickly to the clever curses and cute pictures of poop scooped from the net?
What does it say about you that some young punk can rattle you so easily? It's the internet man, chill.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Jul 12, 2007 - 05:21pm PT
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I like his variety even though I almost totally disagree with him. However, what he did to the Supertopo Legends thread was out of line. He almost ruined a good thread.
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Hawkeye
climber
State of Mine
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Jul 12, 2007 - 05:22pm PT
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thanks caughtinside. i am glad that i can be called immature. :)
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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Jul 12, 2007 - 05:22pm PT
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welcome to the club ;)
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L
climber
Atlantis...before the flood
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Jul 12, 2007 - 05:33pm PT
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Well, now that you mention it...he does have a caustic wit that makes hydrochloric acid look like weak cherry Kool-Aid. However, once you get to know Westy, you'll find out he's really kind of a softy.
He's way too smart for his own good, and undoubtedly way too sensitive about the state of our world...the combination makes him a tough person to understand at times.
But if you can get to know him before you burn him at the stake, mangle him with a meat clever, or cut his rope on a wall, he's got a wonderfully wicked sense of humor and a true commitment to our earth. All the other stuff is just a HAZMAT suit and not worth getting knotted up over.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Jul 12, 2007 - 05:33pm PT
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Wes-who?
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TwistedCrank
climber
a luxury Malibu rehabilitation treatment facility
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Jul 12, 2007 - 05:39pm PT
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Jul 12, 2007 - 05:40pm PT
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Well, it's up to him, as to what we will see. He did some good work on the tahoe fire thread, odd that he doesn't appear to have enough self esteem to confront the forum directly, without the assheele/troll drag, very often. But, if he's as young as he needs to keep reminding us, he may grow out of that.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jul 12, 2007 - 05:45pm PT
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Caught,
Well, you've attempted the same almost since you started to climb, but your lack of experience in the beginning was really slowing you down so I have no doubt you'd look up to the likes of Weschrist. But the bottom line is his variety of slag and shag trolling is about as loud as you can get when it comes to infantile displays of strenuous virtual handwaving for attention. And while he and his friends can attempt to color it as clever bouts boredom the result is the same - inane banality made all the more pathetic by him thinking just how clever he really is.
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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Jul 12, 2007 - 05:48pm PT
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Well Joe, that's just terrific. Too bad it is just so hard to ignore something you don't agree with eh? Especially on the internet, where everything is so deadly serious-like.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jul 12, 2007 - 06:13pm PT
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If he actually believed in something to disagree with, or if one could differentiate between his bullshit and beliefs there might be something to work with or ignore - as it is one pretty much has to assume most of it bullsh#t. That's ok until he starts spewing it at folks who have clearly earned the respect of the climbing community at large. His inability to recognize respect already earned and his assumption those same folks somehow need to earn his respect just highlights how low his self-esteem really is.
Oh, when the topic is the carte blanche trashing of rock - on the internet or elsewhere - yeah, I take that as serious business everytime...
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seamus mcshane
climber
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Jul 12, 2007 - 06:20pm PT
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Weschrist, maybe you should just stick to the REAL campfire so you can do all the mealy mouthed SH!T-TALKING you like, as it seems to suit you best. STROKE THAT!!!
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Hawkeye
climber
State of Mine
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Jul 12, 2007 - 06:25pm PT
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you are right wes, go play circle jerk with kids your own age...
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