levitygravity

Dear Jens and Dechristo, I sympathize with your sentiments that not every ice climber can approach the sport with the same je ne sais quoi, savvy, or style that comes naturally to the mid-to-upper-middle class white folks that normally participate in the sport. Bolted cracks and large climbing parties aside,however, I have to wonder out loud: did you miss the class(es)in school where you were taught not to lump entire ethnicities into a category of clueless gumbies with poor judgment? Too busy sending? It seems as if theconclusions you can draw from your experiences are that a) large climbing parties suck and b) anyone who waits an excessively long time to call in an accident is not a good leader. I somehow doubt that either of those two factors are necessarily related to being Korean (or Australian, or Irish…). At either rate, as a city-born, Korean, ice climber (gasp! the deadly trifecta), I hope the next time I am out there swinging my picks, cluelessly and dangerously, that no one tries to dissuade me from climbing a route or questions my judgment based on how I look… oops, that's already happened! Well anyhow just had to pick up the phone and call you out; leave the stereotyping to Dave Chappelle, he is a lot funnier! And konichiwa, bitches!