Hmmmm, I don't mean to put words in Chris' mouth cause lord knows.... but....
If you mean he would prefer it not be overrun like Leavenworth or Index, with mountaineer hordes bearing guidebooks explaining which way to point their pinky to get over the crux, and preparing them to put exactly which piece of BD gear 7.2' past what feature, then yeah yer right.
But could ya blame anyone?
I have no dog in this one, 'cause I don't know DavidW and obviously at some point "a guidebook would be written", he may be writing a very cool one!
And I don't know, maybe it's elitist to think that some climbing areas should be less like a connect the dots puzzle book and more like a "hey that looks like a cool line" adventure. "A rumor of a route...." Which is the way that I grew up climbing.
I just hope that when one gets written that it will be done in a way that reflects the history of the development there. Which would probably mean coming to grips with the crowd who did a lot of it....
A guy could always start by buying these; ! Which are currency accepted worldwide!!
[ 11-22-2002, 11:01 PM: Message edited by: Scotch-a-Go-Go ]