Thank you!

[olyclimber]

Thanks to all of you that stick around!   Some people believe that the best days of this site are behind us, and its easy to think so.  This is the site where Colin as a young guy bummed rides to get up into the Cascades to cut his teeth.  This is the place where Cheamclimber was posting TRs climbing in his jeans (IYKYK, and nothing wrong with climbing in your jeans if its all you got).   Adding your TR here means bumping shoulders with some of the best climbers the PNW has ever produced.  Did you know Mark Twight even posted here (I won't dish on his Cc.com handle)? Anyway, you're up next. 

I'm super pumped about the TRs and info sharing going down in these forums these days, and I feel like its validation for the reason I have always worked to keep the lights on since I became involved in this community.   @Michael Telstad , @Eric Gilbertson both have incredible TRs to share in the past week.  @Lucas Ng thats a hell of a contribution for a first TR!   @JasonG , my brother from another mother, I think there was a time when you carried this site with your incredible TRs and photos to go with them.  Thank you for that and for being (sorry other mods) being my favorite moderator.

This isn't an exhaustive list, in fact its a call for you to share your favorite TRs posters in the past year.  There have been some great ones, do tell.

 My other brothers:  @rat and @lunger they probably don't want me calling them brothers as they may prefer to hold me at a distance. Over the recent years but also for a long time, a steady trickle of crazy shit that makes me question if they are human.   But at the same time I wonder if I'm their son (who is their same age, but genetically at least).

And @Jason_Martin and the people he has hired at American Alpine Institute.   Man, every time I interact with any one of his people at AAI I'm so grateful.  Down to earth, friendly, humble, helpful, and hearts in the right place. All of them.  From the accountant, to the gear shop guy, to the kid running the desk.     Jason reached out to me to offer to keep the lights on and I am so glad I said yes.  Support that guy, he recognizes the value of what we have here!  I am so grateful to him and his whole team.

 

So done gushing (not really) but I am super excited by the TRs coming in and the liveliness of the ice climbing thread and the general stoke of the site these days.  The best thing you can do it to tell you friends to post here*.   For the most part, the more the merrier.   While yes there have been good days in our rearview mirror, the thing about a community is that it can grow and thrive, and there always the next young person who can step up.  That could be you.  And even if it isn't, even the most humble TR can inspire someone to get outside and find happiness.  Lets go.

 

Thank you.

/porter

*provided they are not nutjobs 😂

 

 

[Michael Telstad]

So many thanks to you @olyclimber. When the CC landing page turned into a virus riddled porn ad I was fearing the worst. 
 

If the day does come that the site has to die (god forbid), all I ask is that we try our best to get it archived like SuperTopo. The amount of history and beta here is invaluable. 

[olyclimber]

22 minutes ago, Michael Telstad said:

So many thanks to you @olyclimber. When the CC landing page turned into a virus riddled porn ad I was fearing the worst. 
 

If the day does come that the site has to die (god forbid), all I ask is that we try our best to get it archived like SuperTopo. The amount of history and beta here is invaluable. 

As long as I’m alive I will try to keep the lights on. Always open to a younger contingent to take over the site when the time is right, but also has to be people with a similar vision. Community first, non-commercial.  I get offers to buy the site from the usual vampires, but I’d turn it off before that. 
 

BUT! Enough of that kind of talk.  Let’s keep building a better community and sharing what draws us all here in the displace.

[bedellympian]

Was just having the discussion of how the Insta-face-things are crap and we should all still post on here with a climbing partner. Doesn't have to be long or fancy, just put it on a site that is driven by community and substance, not profit and time wasting!

[mountainsloth]

Long time lurker, occasional poster, this site has meant a lot to me too. When I first moved to the PNW in 2006, I was blown away and overwhelmed by the Cascades and Olympics. I didn’t know where to start. This site gave me an appreciation and understanding of these mountains that I couldnt get anywhere else. I’ll start posting again, if I can get my ass out to the mtns for something worth posting. Thanks for keeping it all going. I owe much to this place!

✌️

[olyclimber]

2 hours ago, mountainsloth said:

Long time lurker, occasional poster, this site has meant a lot to me too. When I first moved to the PNW in 2006, I was blown away and overwhelmed by the Cascades and Olympics. I didn’t know where to start. This site gave me an appreciation and understanding of these mountains that I couldnt get anywhere else. I’ll start posting again, if I can get my ass out to the mtns for something worth posting. Thanks for keeping it all going. I owe much to this place!

✌️

Let’s go! I’m doing a lot more cycling and canoeing these days, but always love getting up in the mountains.  You know the “worth posting “ thing?  Just get out and share your adventure if you want.  The FAs and crazy adventures are all great, but I think that anything that inspires the next person to get off the couch and get out are great too. See my TRs.  They probably aren’t for everyone, but I’m just happy to go some places that are new to me.  Sure we probably don’t need 3000 TRs on the Das Toof a year, but if you had an experience to share or a story to tell, let it rip. 

[olyclimber]

And by “let’s go” I mean I’ll go scrambling with any of ya.

[olyclimber]

7 hours ago, bedellympian said:

Was just having the discussion of how the Insta-face-things are crap and we should all still post on here with a climbing partner. Doesn't have to be long or fancy, just put it on a site that is driven by community and substance, not profit and time wasting!

Amen!