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    Index Photo Brewbooks

    in Rock Climbing Forum

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    What do you folks think about harvesting photo's from the web and recycling them for use in other applications -- such as a fund-raising effort or (for that matter) some other purpose?

     

    This sure is an odd post.

     

    Does our collective answer to this question affect the way you'll treat any particular photo?

     

    What do you want to hear, here?

    Swinging Leads w/Autoblocking Belay Device?

    in Climber's Board

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    I almost always autoblock off the anchor for all the reasons mentioned above, plus the added likelihood of shooting a few pictures as the second follows the pitch.

     

    I have used the technique described by Blake, and the simple switchover advocated for by Alpinfox, and think they're both pretty efficient. Whatever my partner is most comfortable with works for me. The key is to agree to the whole thing before you start, so switchover time doesn't involve too much analysis paralysis :)

    vantage rock fall

    in Climber's Board

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    My advice... if you are going to Vantage for your dose of sun, clip bolts and leave everything except the quickdraws at home.

     

    I remember once seeing a picture of someone holding a chunk of rock WITH A BOLT IN IT that fell out of one of the climbs at the Feathers.

     

     

    I saw a rock on the trail at Vantage with a bolt attached to it, my first trip to Vantage, walking to the Sunshine Wall.

    vantage rock fall

    in Climber's Board

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    Hey Plaisir, you sound really "non snobby."

     

    As a West Sider, I was wondering what you call the climbing areas that I refer to as Index and Mazama?

     

    You must have a really informed name for those places.

     

    :wave:

    Climbing with minors - legal implications?

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    You are more likely to be sued successfully if you have in some way accepted money to climb with a minor.

     

    How about playing baseball with a kid who gets hurt? You COULD be sued for that....but would it be a successful case? Only if you were negligent and did things that are outside of the norms -- it is normal for kids to wear batting helmets for example. If you skipped that and a kid got beaned and brain damaged.... you would be more likely to be found negligent by a jury than if you had followed all the standards of the industry.

     

    Extrapolate that to climbing -- follow industry standards -- have a good relationship with the parents and educate them about the inherent risks of climbing -- and I believe that will go a lot further than a liability waiver, which doesn't absolve you from negligence if you fail to do the preceding things.

     

    That's about three cents worth of advice I reckon.

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