What trip report threads should be:

[Alpinfox]

I'm just trying to gauge the sentiment of the cc.com citizenry:

[ken4ord]

TR's should be about the giant sized women that are on the trip.

[fern]

as a TR forum moderator I aim for something like #3. But I try to take into account things like the humour level of the original TR and whether the solid beta there is still going to be useful in 5 yrs, or it's only of short term use. One one level this is a circus and on another we are collectively building a huge database of climbing info that would ideally be searchable and usable by anyone without having to shovel through a deep layer of junk posts.

other mods may have slightly different ideas about where the fuzzy lines are. we are all pretty much on the same page about spray that degenerates into insults, or TR responses that are discouraging to the continued posting of TRs of any route - hardcore or beginner - by any user, 40 000 posts or 1.

[minx]

as a TR forum moderator I aim for something like #3. But I try to take into account things like the humour level of the original TR and whether the solid beta there is still going to be useful in 5 yrs, or it's only of short term use. One one level this is a circus and on another we are collectively building a huge database of climbing info that would ideally be searchable and usable by anyone without having to shovel through a deep layer of junk posts.

other mods may have slightly different ideas about where the fuzzy lines are. we are all pretty much on the same page about spray that degenerates into insults, or TR responses that are discouraging to the continued posting of TRs of any route - hardcore or beginner - by any user, 40 000 posts or 1.

[Dechristo]

On one level, this is a circus and, on another, we are collectively building a huge database of climbing info that would ideally be searchable and usable by anyone without having to shovel through a deep layer of junk posts.

It appears the posts of congratulation and encouragement are an acceptable form of spray in TR threads. Though, there are few who do not enjoy this positive form of spray, it is this type of post in TR threads that creates the greatest volume of non-"climbing info" that must be waded through to find subsequent posts of related information.

 

Perhaps a stock photo should be posted to inform that further messages of congratulation should be sent as PMs.

 

 

The previous message is intended as appendage-in-cheek and should be received in like manner

[olyclimber]

I hate your post and you are clogging up cc.com

I could have made the post in 1/8th the time. Not only that, but I would have passed you Eurostyle and then made it back in time to take your girlfriend out on a date in Leavenworth and then did karaoke with her and then cuddled.

 

In short, I rule, you drool.

[Dechristo]

Thanks, Oly.

 

It was a tough route and I'm pretty sure it was an FA.

[olyclimber]

I climbed that back in the 70s, but we did it in much better style than you did. We left a Queen of Hearts on the summit in a dime bag (they were much bigger back then).

[cj001f]

Thanks, Oly.

 

It was a tough route and I'm pretty sure it was an FA.

 

I love your posts DeChristo, will you marry me?

[olyclimber]

you sniveling sycophant

[cj001f]

you sniveling sycophant

never been accused of that before

[Dechristo]

We left a Queen of Hearts on the summit in a dime bag...

 

I soloed it and built a cairn on the summit with a can of Dinty Moore topped with a steamin' pile.

 

Did you find it palatable?

[minx]

you can all bit me. i left bright yellow webbing with a dozen neutrinos slung to a dying shrub. i think i dropped my windshirt on the descent which took us 14days in the dark. if you find please pm me.

[Dechristo]

I love your posts DeChristo, will you marry me?

 

CJ, you're a fine girl; what a good wife you would be, but my life, my lover, my lady is the sprea (that's the plural of "spray", FAG!).

[cj001f]

I love your posts DeChristo, will you marry me?

 

CJ, you're a fine girl; what a good wife you would be, but my life, my lover, my lady is the spree (that's the plural of "spray", FAG!).

 

so where's the locket made of the finest silver from the north of spain?

[Dechristo]

you can all bit me.

 

you saying we're bitter?

 

We are byters.

[cj001f]

you can all bit me. i left bright yellow webbing with a dozen neutrinos slung to a dying shrub. i think i dropped my windshirt on the descent which took us 14days in the dark. if you find please pm me.

topless descents? minx are you shamelessly angling for a khadejha sponsorship?

[Dechristo]

so where's the locket made of the finest silver from the north of spain?

 

I must be forthright; I gave it to Oly in appreciation of bivy favors.

[kevbone]

Gotta love spray!

[Dechristo]

***The moderator has determined all further forms of fawning literary fellatio pertinent to this thread shall be performed via PM ***

[hawkeye69]

i dont think you should moderate anything. when others comment about how the guy took too much pro or took to long it helps me to easily identify the feckin weenies...

[JayB]

Crosspost from elsewhere:

 

"I also think that if people were honest about their experiences and emotions, quite a few of the TR's here would read quite a bit differently. There's clearly an editing process that goes on in people's heads in order to ensure that they don't expose too much of themselves and leave themselves vulnerable. That's certainly understandable, but I really think it's a shame, as the experiences that people have are way more interesting, varied, and genuine than the subtle-chestbeat-with-just-a-touch-of-faux-modesty-and-self-referential-irony that's emerged as the default tone for any TR here."

[G-spotter]

my dick is bigger than yours and i onsight free soloed your three year redpoint project.

[hawkeye69]

i think YOU alpinweenie should always comment on the time it took to climb said route, as compared to your personal best and the guidebook so we can evaluate the importance of weeniness...

[Alpinfox]

i think YOU alpinweenie should always comment on the time it took to climb said route, as compared to your personal best and the guidebook so we can evaluate the importance of weeniness...

 

Who was it that was recently bragging about climbing the Salathe in XX hours?

 

You're a dumbshit, but at least you are stirring things up a bit. I hope you stick around.