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[rich k]

hey meingh, i created a new topic based on your post in 'right wing' since people may want to discuss it, and it will take away from the quality of the off-width bolting topic

This is addressed to XXXX and anyone else who posts on the board.

You are free to post as you like and with over 100 posts I am thankful for the contributions XXXX and everyone else has. I think it's great that we can get thoughts and opinions from a wide variety of people.

What I do not like is when people make condescending, attacking or insulting responses anonymously. Specifically I am dealing with this thread where you obviously miss interpreted or didn't bother reading Kevin's post.

This kind of thing is something I receive a lot of emails about from people saying they would love to post on the board but are worried about being attacked etc for their views.

So if you want to contribute and shoot someone down, put your name on your post or don't post at all.

XXXX don't let this detour you from posting just make sure you know what you're posting.

Gary

i agree and i wanted to post something similar (but decided against it since i'm not site admin). i've spoke with a few people who say they read the board but won't post, with reasons paralleling those that you've received in emails.

on the internet, what you write can be interpreted in many different ways and it's important to realize this. things will be fine if we start trying to watch the context of what we post, in hopes of improving the overall quality here.

[XXXX]

I really want to know. The Okanagan Valley seems to be a sporty zone and so does the Nanaimo area and Revelstoke but when you climb in some other areas like the Kootenays, the NW or Chetwynd there is a lot of trad activity - and i don't mean in the alpine! I don't know how many places around BC outside of Squamish and Skaha Kevin climbs at regularly (probably not so many) but it seems a bit unintentionally condescending to some of the guys who are out there putting up bold first ascents in the rest of the province, to spin Squamish as the last holdout of trad climbing and write off the rest of BC as the bolt-the-cracks free for all like the Boulderfields in Kelowna.

I'm not trying to slam Kevin but maybe he was exaggerating slightly to say 90% and if he got out to some of the crags outside of Squamish and Skaha more he might be surprised!

[rich k]

I'm not trying to slam Kevin but maybe he was exaggerating slightly to say 90% and if he got out to some of the crags outside of Squamish and Skaha more he might be surprised!

the point is... who cares if it's 90%, 75%, whatever. you're being a dick by picking that out of probably the most valuable post in that thread, and you're doing it anonymously. there's a discussion going on there and your comments do not help it ... at all