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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 29, 2012 - 12:36pm PT
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Donini, be honest, you are stirring sh#t.
I mean, look at how evenly divided we are. I tell ya, I gotta TR on the Climber's Festival, but it's disguised as just a regular post on a regular thread. (Oh, the things they told on Jim.)
One needs to be inventive if one wishes to keep his Schlepping up the Turd Pillar or the East Buttress of MCR to the top of the page. It gets wearisome. We eventually tire of reading of our own brilliance, but only after the initial riot of "Dude, oh"s is quelled by exposure to fresh air.
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Prod
Trad climber
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Oct 29, 2012 - 12:38pm PT
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Locker is as bad as a whiny 13 year old school girl....
Prod.
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Oct 29, 2012 - 12:46pm PT
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well. yeah.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Oct 29, 2012 - 12:47pm PT
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TR are the best part of this forum
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Oct 29, 2012 - 12:49pm PT
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Yes, I post on Trip Reports. Really appreciate those who take the time to share their pictures and adventures.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Oct 29, 2012 - 01:05pm PT
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Jon's TR about a trip to Pakistan is fantastic!
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Oct 29, 2012 - 01:09pm PT
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Yes, TRs are the best. I try to post to as many as I can.
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
-A race of corn eaters
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Oct 29, 2012 - 01:27pm PT
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SLR wrote,
TR are the best part of this forum
Damn straight.
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EDIT
No, to the other guy.
Cheers.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Oct 29, 2012 - 01:30pm PT
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Post to others, but quit writing them as it is not too productive towards seeing more climbing related matetial on this site. Starting threads seems to do a better job. If people wrote their trs on a related thread it might do more good toward this end, but not much.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Oct 29, 2012 - 01:31pm PT
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Sure. But there is truth to the idea that sometimes there just isn't much to say beyond "nice job".
But I also see it from the other side, because I write TRs on a semi regular basis, a couple a year at least. And it's nice to get some feedback and acknowledgement beyond the simple number page views.
I'll also admit that I only read about half the TRs that are posted. Sometimes seeing that they keep getting bumped by people commenting to them will spur me to read it and see what all the hubub is about. These are usually for wall trade routes or moderate classic free climbs...typically routes that I've both climbed and read numerous trip reports of, so don't have a natural curiosity about.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose, ca
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Oct 29, 2012 - 01:35pm PT
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Hell yeah I love TRs. Some people put a lot of time into them too; how hard is it to write a two second comment on something someone put a lot of time into?
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Oct 29, 2012 - 01:36pm PT
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Absolutely!
Putting together a TR is a lot of work. People aren't doing it to spray - they do it to contribute to a sense of community.
It's ridiculous to see a TR with 400 reads and 8 responses.
Peoples main concern seems to be about repetition. Chris tried to address this with the Facebook "like" button, but just because I like a TR doesn't mean I want to share it on my Facebook page.
I try to say something unique but if my imagination fails me, the fall-back position is just to be genuine. Sometimes "Thanks" is enough. It's pretty fast to scroll past as a reader but to the OP the repetition has meaning.
Phyl
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Oct 29, 2012 - 01:36pm PT
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I post on lots of TR's -- partly as a sort of penance for my prolific posting on political threads, but also because I genuinely appreciate the trip reports. The real problem in keeping a trip report on the front page is that they seldom engender discussion, only assent (so to speak).
John
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Oct 29, 2012 - 01:45pm PT
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**Yes, but not very often, although i do read many of them.
They do get read... The replies to the trip reports can be low, but the view numbers are usually high. Nita**
Yes, the replies are low and the view numbers are high because "we're not worthy"
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 29, 2012 - 01:46pm PT
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Be honest. Be sincere. Like these.
(Phylyp, I'm sorry, I couldn't resist a titch of humor. Sometimes even the biggest and best TRs get hung out there and don't get the attention they merit. They need to be handled with proper enthusiasm, but sometimes you just aren't in the mood.)
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Oct 29, 2012 - 01:52pm PT
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More of us should use our god-given right to bump. We don't have to mouth real or acronymic platitudes if we have nothing much to say, just bump the thing and say, "bump for a worthy TR." That includes bumping old stuff we enjoyed too---the only one who does this now is Steve Grossman and it would be nice if the rest of us joined in. How many cool things did you miss the first time around that Steve later bumped into your consciousness?
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DanaB
climber
CT
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Oct 29, 2012 - 01:55pm PT
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an exercise in trite politeness
Perhaps. But despite seeming quaint and, at times, a bit pretentious, manners are all we have left
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Oct 29, 2012 - 02:03pm PT
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Those are some weird looking manatees....
Edit; no sh#t, DR F. Sarcasm is lost in text.
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