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jakedatc
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Got caught chopping in W. mass at the end of april, Rapped and ran like a little bitch.. but he left all his gear there and charges were filed.
Inicial hearing was the yesterday.. Arraignment will be July 2nd
http://www.stopken.org/Breaking%20News.html
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bumpkin
Jun 1, 2007, 4:02 PM
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Cripes, what an assh*le.
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Jun 1, 2007, 4:13 PM
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Good on them.
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jakedatc
Jun 1, 2007, 4:41 PM
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bumpkin wrote: Cripes, what an assh*le.
Doesn't even begin to describe it.. This guy goes out in the rain, on Christmas, Easter.. etc to chop while everyone is spending time with family etc
do a search on him here and you'll find a laundry list of places he''s tried to destroy
http://www.stopken.org/index.html is the home page
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piton
Jun 1, 2007, 5:07 PM
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Way to go Ken! teach these fing spurt wussies how to climb.
btw how could Ken be in Mass on April 27 when he was in the gunks?
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freezorburn
Jun 1, 2007, 8:57 PM
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Ok, nOOb question here.
I don't understand Why he dose this??
* Is he a die hard trad climber and hates sport?
* Is he a phyco envronmentelist That wants to stop all climbing?
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wonderwoman
Jun 1, 2007, 9:36 PM
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freezorburn wrote: Ok, nOOb question here. I don't understand Why he dose this?? * Is he a die hard trad climber and hates sport? * Is he a phyco envronmentelist That wants to stop all climbing?
We met him in person in Acadia and he seemed very self-important and a little creepy. He acted like he was going to jump in front of us if we weren't going to lead this climb. Then he told me that he was standing behind me the whole time I was belaying my husband. He seemed really proud of that and said 'You didn't even know that I was right there behind you'. As if he were some stealth ninja or something.
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shear
Jun 2, 2007, 11:27 AM
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piton wrote: Way to go Ken! teach these fing spurt wussies how to climb. btw how could Ken be in Mass on April 27 when he was in the gunks?
beats me, but he was caught red handed. and i hope you are kidding here.
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devkrev
Jun 2, 2007, 2:32 PM
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shear wrote: piton wrote: Way to go Ken! teach these fing spurt wussies how to climb. btw how could Ken be in Mass on April 27 when he was in the gunks? beats me, but he was caught red handed. and i hope you are kidding here.
Trust me, go over this piton guy's old posts, he's not kidding.
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ne_dan
Jun 2, 2007, 11:04 PM
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Ken Nichols is a bastion of traditional climbing in a sport that is being "dumbed" down. Not just by bolts but by people who have little value for the climbing that was done in the past and realizing that some climbs should be left for another day.
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olderic
Jun 3, 2007, 1:48 AM
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There is some validity in drawing attention to and trying to preserve traditional ethics in this era that is indeed moving in a dumb downed direction. Never the less when Ken vandalizes purely sport areas that never had much of a trad ethic - purely with vindictive and punative intent - he is defeating his purpose. Far better to lead by example - put up routes ground up without altering the rock and let the whining focus on whether or not to retro bolt so that we don't have our routes "dictated by a mad man" (that pansy, Fracture's lament) - then he would get some support.
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jakedatc
Jun 3, 2007, 2:04 AM
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hmm maybe rob should amend those trespassing orders to included NE dan who's drinking the kool aid
not all routes take gear ya dumbass "another day" was when it was bolted and able to be climbed.
as discussed on another board.. Farley's ethics are to only have bolts where gear cannot be placed.. there seems to be a ton of mixed routes that have a mixture of both.. among a lot of trad only too. Don't see Ken heading down to the gunks to smash over the bolt on Arrow or something.. he's too chicken shit to pull that off
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piton
Jun 4, 2007, 1:47 PM
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jakedatc wrote: Don't see Ken heading down to the gunks to smash over the bolt on Arrow or something.. he's too chicken shit to pull that off
he has smashed bolts at the Lost City and that bolts is still there smashed
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robbovius
Jun 4, 2007, 2:46 PM
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devkrev wrote: shear wrote: piton wrote: Way to go Ken! teach these fing spurt wussies how to climb. btw how could Ken be in Mass on April 27 when he was in the gunks? beats me, but he was caught red handed. and i hope you are kidding here. Trust me, go over this piton guy's old posts, he's not kidding.
he's also the guy who was banned on the old rc.com for trying to solicit fistfights with somebody who turded his posts (wish we still had that feature), called one of the mods a "fing dyke" in PMs, and has admited to climbing illegally in the restricted areas at the gunks.
Akin to Ken N., a shining example of the ethical climber.
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grrl
Jun 12, 2007, 9:00 AM
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Wow, so he's still around. Nichols is a man on a mission, and he believes he's got it all figured out. I remember several years ago he removed an old piton from a climb on Main Cliff (IIRC) in Ragged Mountain and loosened a big block in the process, thus making the climb even more dangerous.
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campo
Jun 12, 2007, 12:32 PM
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What a douchebag...
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eastvillage
Jun 13, 2007, 2:03 AM
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There is basically no fixed pro in CT. On any cliff besides Ragged Mtn, which is owned by climbers, you could in theory use pins and just remove them if you needed, say a thin lost arrow or knife blade for a face.
Imagine that, Ken's relentless drive against bolts could backfire if people stated placing and removing pins!
I do like his drive against bolts though. With the nature of CT Traprock,
you could punch lines of bolts five feet apart and create hundreds of contrived routes.
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lagarita
Jun 13, 2007, 5:01 AM
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First off I would like to say that I do agree to an extent that bolts aren't good for certain areas. In some cases, like face climbs that would otherwise not be climbable or anchors where there is not avaiable protection. Bolting near obvious cracks or if a route is run out is just plain wrong.
On a different note, bolts do exist in CT. I've seen them and they are solid. No, I will not reveal there location.
Later,
Sean
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curt
Jun 13, 2007, 5:21 AM
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piton wrote: jakedatc wrote: Don't see Ken heading down to the gunks to smash over the bolt on Arrow or something.. he's too chicken shit to pull that off he has smashed bolts at the Lost City and that bolts is still there smashed
No offense or anything, but you sound a bit smashed yourself.
Curt
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