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bcmtngrrrl
Sep 27, 2002, 6:37 AM
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I've been noticing a number of posts from people either new to Vancouver, or just visiting, looking for people to climb with. And none of these people are getting responses. This makes me curious. I too am guilty of not responding, so I'm not trying to point any fingers here. I generally consider myself a friendly person, but being as I've grown up in the city, I've become somewhat jaded in my old age (a ripe 26) and I guess I'm just downright untrusting. Besides most of these posts come from guys, and it doesn't generally come out right if I say to my b/f, "hey I met some guy on the internet and I'm gonna go climb with him."
So what's your excuse?
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peas
Sep 27, 2002, 6:51 AM
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My excuse is that I live in Toronto. But once I move back, I'll try to hook up with people. Yeehaa, can't wait for Squamish.
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bcmtngrrrl
Sep 27, 2002, 6:42 PM
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I have no idea what a "NIMBY" attitude is, but you're right about the massive influx of people. I definately agree though, that I need to have more in common with someone than just climbing to want to spend a day with them out on the rock. So far I've met a lot of really nice people outdoors, but very few that I felt I really 'clicked' with.
Now seeing as the two responses on here have been from back east anyways, maybe it's just that people from Vancouver just don't respond to much of anything.
[ This Message was edited by: bcmtngrrrl on 2002-09-27 11:45 ]
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paulc
Sep 27, 2002, 7:08 PM
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NIMBY is an acronym for "Not In My Back Yard"
Kind of a prevent the crap from flooding the scene and causing all sorts of issues for the long time locals.
I guess that I haven't seen that many RFIs for info in Vancouver, but I don't usually go past the FP into the partners section here that much.
What everyone else says is right on. If you are going to be here for a while then you are way better off to head to a gym and meet a few people than to post on the net.
Now I will say that if I have time and someone from out of town is looking for a partner then I would probably oblige, but you can never tell off the net if you are going to get stuck with a loser or not so people tend not to do that very much.
And if you really want a partner, I would think that PMing or emailing locals shows more interest than a random post under partners. It isn't that hard to see who lives here and is active enough to check their PMs on a regular basis.
Not trying to be an apologist (but then again I am Canadian, eh, comes with the territory). That is kinda the way people see things.
Paul
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