plexus Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 http://www.mountainproject.com/v/washington/105708966 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 ya...just like rc.com, supertopo and summitpost are competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 This place has no competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 they're just helping to make the pie higher, so you can afford to put food on your family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashw_justin Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Says it's run by an MBA. They'll feel compelled to moderate in order to placate their advertizers. CC.com will remain the only outlet for the truly disturbed musings of real climbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony_Bentley Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 Notice the Google ads are right in the middle of the page? Â Some are for the community and most are for the money. At least here we know they really need the money to support the bandwidth of the 10,000 members and the other people who browse this site. Â I'd bet PMS and FF get most of their web traffic from the ads posted here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griz Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 Notice the Google ads are right in the middle of the page? Some are for the community and most are for the money.  dude, these guys are all volunteers and saved a valuable resource from oblivion. I even put up a thread about doing a paypal donation link for users like this site does and they shot me down. it's a great colorado(and beyond) resource done by climbers for climbers.  As the link shows,they are adding in stuff for the PNW. It's resource that is only as good as it's contributors. Look through the Colorado section to see what's possible...rock, ice,alpine beta and pics in a pretty organized format.  Dog them for paying the bills if you want, ya know? Would you feel better if these guys just paid for it all out of there own personal pockets?  Also, it's never going to replace CC.com because rule#1 is clearly stated when posting: "Don't be a Jerk". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjizzy Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 CC.com will remain the only outlet for the truly disturbed musings of real climbers. Â Not true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony_Bentley Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 Would I feel better about them paying out of their own pockets? Â It wouldn't matter to me at all. The cost to run a forum is about $20 a month until the word gets out and extra bandwidth is necessary. Correct me if I'm wrong Admins but you guys needed funding for bandwidth, correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griz Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 TB, The mp.com site is not really new. climbingboulder.com, climbingmoab.com and many other very popular sister sites like these have all been pulled under this one roof now. I'm sure they are running on their own server which is allot more than $20 a month. Also, these guys have donated allot of their time, energy and technical skills to a good cause. Let them have a beer and pizza on me, ya know? Plus, even if they did make money on the advertising and contributions ...who cares? Why is that bad? Do you piss on the authors of paper guidebooks too for all of their hard work and slight them for profits of their labor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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