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renlad
Oct 10, 2007, 5:03 AM
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How come bolting on the east coast specifically Maryland is so taboo. It seems really ignorant. Everyone wants to leave no trace but climbing has an impact so just get over and bolt some rappel anchors. Anyone else run into this?
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bent_gate
Oct 10, 2007, 5:17 AM
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No, there's freakin bolts everywhere here, so I'm not sure what you are refering to. Unless your talking about bolting in a Trad area.
But that's a whole other troll...
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renlad
Oct 10, 2007, 5:30 AM
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Sorry I was to general. I'm in Maryland. Around here it's taboo to bolt anything. I've been down to Seneca and out west. Every time I come back here it seems silly there are no bolts anywhere.
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renlad
Oct 10, 2007, 5:59 AM
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WOW! Cool I've never seen them before. Do you have photoshop? Cause mine look different.
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flint
Oct 10, 2007, 6:03 AM
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I am calling troll but I will play...
renlad wrote: WOW! Cool I've never seen them before. Do you have photoshop? Cause mine look different.
What?
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renlad
Oct 10, 2007, 6:08 AM
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troll? do you read harrypotter too?
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blueeyedclimber
Oct 10, 2007, 1:24 PM
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There's climbing in Maryland?
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notapplicable
Oct 10, 2007, 1:39 PM
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blueeyedclimber wrote: There's climbing in Maryland?
No, not really.
Maybe he wants rap bolts at the top of the boulder problems.
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j_ung
Oct 10, 2007, 1:44 PM
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blueeyedclimber wrote: There's climbing in Maryland?
 Such as it is, yeah.
OP, MD has a long traditional and toprope ethic, which is why you don't see much sport climbing there. People call NC the trad bastion of the east, but lil' ol' MD with its almost complete lack of sport routes has quietly held that title for pretty much ever. Of course on the other hand, MD also has a fraction of the rock NC has.
As for anchor bolts, I agree with you. For various reasons, I'd also like to see this practice picked up in a few MD spots. Not Carderock and Great Falls, though. Top anchors at either of those would be a disaster, IMO. The body count would skyrocket.
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wanderlustmd
Oct 10, 2007, 2:05 PM
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blueeyedclimber wrote: There's climbing in Maryland?
Christ, don't get me started.
I'd rather be in Kansas. At least there you can't spit without hitting a grain silo.
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desertwanderer81
Oct 10, 2007, 2:46 PM
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There's very little sport climbing on the east coast other than Rumney because people like to pretend they're hardcore with their little cliffs.
With that said though, it's also nice that every little pebble isn't bolted the way it is in some places out west. I'd rather over regulation than under regulation in the bolting realm.
Oh, and MD has a few small craigs.....but you're best off heading to the Gunks or VA for anything decent.
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microbarn
Oct 10, 2007, 2:52 PM
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desertwanderer81 wrote: Oh, and MD has a few small craigs.....but you're best off heading to the Gunks or VA for anything decent.
There are some pretty decent trad multipitch climbs in MD.
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zuegma
Oct 10, 2007, 2:53 PM
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i'm glad that there aren't litle bolts all over the place in maryland. there is no need for them. there is still pleanty of good climbs without having to bolt everything. just learn o trad climb.
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wanderlustmd
Oct 10, 2007, 3:11 PM
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microbarn wrote: desertwanderer81 wrote: Oh, and MD has a few small craigs.....but you're best off heading to the Gunks or VA for anything decent. There are some pretty decent trad multipitch climbs in MD.
I have not been to all the areas yet, but "multipitch," "decent" and "Maryland" don't belong with each other.
"Chossy," "graffiti-laden," "overcrowded" and "surrounded by screaming families and children"...now we're gettin' somewhere.
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microbarn
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wanderlustmd wrote: microbarn wrote: desertwanderer81 wrote: Oh, and MD has a few small craigs.....but you're best off heading to the Gunks or VA for anything decent. There are some pretty decent trad multipitch climbs in MD. I have not been to all the areas yet, but "multipitch," "decent" and "Maryland" don't belong with each other. "Chossy," "graffiti-laden," "overcrowded" and "surrounded by screaming families and children"...now we're gettin' somewhere.
the narrows
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gqsmooth
Oct 10, 2007, 3:18 PM
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wait to go to the New. Franklin has some stuff...If you are in MD shouldn't be too far. If you are north of B-more, head up north....
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wanderlustmd
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microbarn wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: microbarn wrote: desertwanderer81 wrote: Oh, and MD has a few small craigs.....but you're best off heading to the Gunks or VA for anything decent. There are some pretty decent trad multipitch climbs in MD. I have not been to all the areas yet, but "multipitch," "decent" and "Maryland" don't belong with each other. "Chossy," "graffiti-laden," "overcrowded" and "surrounded by screaming families and children"...now we're gettin' somewhere. the narrows
Yeah, haven't been there yet.
Want to go climbing?
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desertwanderer81
Oct 10, 2007, 3:23 PM
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wanderlustmd wrote: microbarn wrote: desertwanderer81 wrote: Oh, and MD has a few small craigs.....but you're best off heading to the Gunks or VA for anything decent. There are some pretty decent trad multipitch climbs in MD. I have not been to all the areas yet, but "multipitch," "decent" and "Maryland" don't belong with each other. "Chossy," "graffiti-laden," "overcrowded" and "surrounded by screaming families and children"...now we're gettin' somewhere.
heh, that's my experience in MD.
But I hear that the narrows are nice.
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microbarn
Oct 10, 2007, 3:26 PM
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wanderlustmd wrote: microbarn wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: microbarn wrote: desertwanderer81 wrote: Oh, and MD has a few small craigs.....but you're best off heading to the Gunks or VA for anything decent. There are some pretty decent trad multipitch climbs in MD. I have not been to all the areas yet, but "multipitch," "decent" and "Maryland" don't belong with each other. "Chossy," "graffiti-laden," "overcrowded" and "surrounded by screaming families and children"...now we're gettin' somewhere. the narrows Yeah, haven't been there yet. Want to go climbing?
I think I fixed your quoting appropriately.
I don't typically head there. The narrows have some decent lines, but I generally go to WV if I am going to drive that far from pittsburgh. (You can take this to mean that the narrows are still far from a world class destination.)
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microbarn
Oct 10, 2007, 3:29 PM
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actually, my favorite area in Maryland has been the local choss piles that I know of close to my parent's place.
Annapolis Rocks was really stellar rock, but it was a long hike for single pitch climbing.
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desertwanderer81
Oct 10, 2007, 3:30 PM
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I thought that was in VA?
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microbarn
Oct 10, 2007, 3:31 PM
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desertwanderer81 wrote: I thought that was in VA?
well then stop thinking
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microbarn
Oct 10, 2007, 3:33 PM
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oh, actually you could be thinking of Harper's Ferry. I hear that place is hard to get to and chossy. I also understand there is climbing in VA and MD at Harper's Ferry.
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