lowell@fluke.UUCP (Lowell Skoog) (09/18/85)
> > Anybody interested in starting net.rec.climb? > > I'd be interested. But are there enough climbers out there? I would enjoy seeing a net.rec.climb newsgroup. I think there are plenty of climbers out there, but they tend to keep to themselves. "After climbing for three days we reached a piton. It was good to see some signs of civilisation." M. Harris Lowell Skoog John Fluke Mfg. Co. Inc. Everwet (Everett), Washington
eugene@ames.UUCP (Eugene Miya) (09/24/85)
> > > Anybody interested in starting net.rec.climb? > > I'd be interested. But are there enough climbers out there? > > I would enjoy seeing a net.rec.climb newsgroup. I think there are > plenty of climbers out there, but they tend to keep to themselves. 1) I think there are too many news groups. We have not yet flooded net.rec [but I admit we might], 2) I am not interested in reading "What I did ..." I do not attend local Sierra Club meeting for the same reason. I just returned from climbing in CO, UT, and NV [sorry Alan, you weather postings did not reach me in time]. Anyway, what I did in CO ...... Boring, boring, boring! 3) What shall we discuss? Ethics? help? [I think the Cerro Ac* was a good example of this posting, but net.travel might be better.] We can still use net.rec. We can certainly discuss why we think we go climbing. I wrote a 124 page paper on climbing in High School [excluding figures] and I know of a book on the subject published at OSU. I suggest everybody get the ball rolling and have a discussion before doing this, like the image processing discussion on net.graphics. Other than that, I think, climbing is in many ways too personal a 'sport' to easily discuss. I am frankly surprised there is no backpacking group on the net yet there are supposed to be 10 million backpackers [I was offered a job with a new East Coast mag out of HS with the name "Backpacker." I think they've reach a point of stagnation because of a similar 'personal nature.'] The info for much of what we might discuss better appears in climbing and hiking magazines and journals or in local shops in the form of guidebooks (sic). A proposal was made in another group to talk about weather [for the reason of retirement]. In a sense, the same info can be obtained by going to a library. I get a bit of a sense of laziness on the part of some netters [not this group, don't get me wrong] to use other than electronic media for communication: like writing physical letters to one's Congressmen. In short, if you want net.rec.cl* show the need exists. --eugene miya [you know where] and Alpine Consultants Palo Alto, CA
ekp@mcnc.UUCP (Edward Pavelchek) (09/27/85)
In article <1156@ames.UUCP> eugene@ames.UUCP (Eugene Miya) writes: >> > > Anybody interested in starting net.rec.climb? >> > I'd be interested. But are there enough climbers out there? >> >> I would enjoy seeing a net.rec.climb newsgroup. I think there are >> plenty of climbers out there, but they tend to keep to themselves. > >1) I think there are too many news groups. We have not yet flooded >net.rec [but I admit we might], I don't believe they're enough of us to use a newsgroup either, but it sure feels nice seeing all these people come out of the siliconwork. I get to do a moderate amount of traveling on business, and the net seems like a decent opportunity to find partners in advance, to fill in the weekend with some new rock, or tired legs. Other topics might be new equipment or techniques, I know those who climb in Yosemite/Gunks feel up to date, but many are more isolated. So if you happen to be stopping down at the Triangle, I'll try to help. Ed Pavelchek (perpetually oscillating around 5.9)