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    Cable Car haters

    in Access Issues

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    My guess is they will not catch this person/s, and not due to lack of skill or resources. There is nothing terribly complicated about this, it's just a matter of being meticulous in how you infil and exfil the scene. There are plentiful explosives in Canada due to the mining industry (Dru am I wrong?). The Canadian and US military have trained tens thousands of people to do this exact thing without getting caught. I'm not saying that is the case, this likely is just an ordinary person, simply that I think pulling this off without getting caught is not only possible but has been done many times in different circumstances. 

    Trip Report Tool

    in cc.news

    Posted

    Thanks for bringing this up! The short answer is yes!

    When we migrated the forum it was a lot of work and I didn't have a ton of confidence in getting that tool working quickly so I scaled it back. I wrote a script that converted the thread IDs between the two systems but it didn't work well in all cases so as you have noticed we have some orphaned TRs that will need to be fixed. I'm hoping to get a "report TR" system in place so for any TRs that either have a bad link or missing photos people can report that. Obviously with almost 9k TRs finding all are broken is going to be a chore, so hoping maybe we can organize a "community trash pickup day" or something.

    Thinking a bit more long term I'd like to do the following:

    1. Get the tool back to it's previous state. Hoping I can do that soon.

    2. Develop a more map based system. I've been hacking away at the idea and have various components working. Not sure when I'll have this finished but it's definitely a/the major goal.

    Suggestions on where to live

    in Newbies

    Posted

    Both Whatcom and Skagit counties are getting pretty expensive, unless you are on the outskirts, but I think that is just true for the entire west coast at this point. Bellingham area is a pretty amazing place to live; I wish I had moved here much sooner. There is a lot of construction going on in northern Bellingham which I'm hoping will eventually decrease the cost some.

     

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    Ascent Outdoors and Ascent Cycles closed suddenly

    in Local Gear Shops

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    8 hours ago, DPS said:

    He told me that retail stores were dying because manufacturers did not want to sell through them, but would rather sell online and through their own brick and motor stores. 

    Marmot was a sad deal. I used to go there almost weekly when I was in high school to drool over gear. I think what happened there was complicated. Sometimes owners of businesses or slow to adapt and accept how things are changing. In talking with one employee there the owner apparently didn't want to spend money on advertising. I also think the reality is the location became terrible to get to. The parking was horrible and the traffic was worse. What they really needed to do was move, and I suspect that is part of the problem with SA. 

    Ascent Outdoors and Ascent Cycles closed suddenly

    in Local Gear Shops

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    This is pretty upsetting to read. I had been going to that shop for a long time, remember seeing Backes do a presentation there, they long sponsored a local cycling team, and also advertised on this site for a long time. When I started getting into the outdoors in 1992 there were tons of stores in the Seattle area, especially on the Eastside where I grew up. This is really terrible. I will say I'm surprised to read they had a store in Redmond; I had no idea. I would also say that the changes in Seattle have likely not been kind to having a business in Ballard. Ballard has always been hard to get to, but with increasing traffic, a vast number of good bars and restaurants there taking up even more parking in a situation that already sucked, I suspect didn't help.

    I do think there is a unmistakable reality in that companies like Backcountry and REI are just crushing the competition. These companies are very sophisticated in their operations, they are very data driven, and have extraordinary reach. REIs made a very strategic play in acquiring Mountain Project and their related sites. 

    Free Solo wins Oscar!

    in Climber's Board

    Posted

    If you can see it in the theaters you have to. In a way I wonder if the people who voted for best picture actually saw it. I've never experienced something like that in a cinema, especially knowing exactly what happens. It's really a remarkable achievement. Props to @Wallstein what an amazing thing to have been part of.

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