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BC2VT
Jun 29, 2009, 8:05 PM
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On Sunday (June 29), two guys (accompanied by two dogs- brown and creme in colour), walked up to the Funarama crag and stole the laminated topo map and plastic tube that protected it. This tube and topo was left there by the locals who have been developing/maintaining the crag. The topo was an updated version of the crag, outlining names and routes that aren't in the guidebook.
If anyone has any information on these two losers, please let me know and I'll sick my posse on them!
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hafilax
Jun 29, 2009, 8:09 PM
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I think this is the second time it has been taken.
Weird. Why would somebody do that?
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BC2VT
Jun 29, 2009, 8:11 PM
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I don't know why someone would want it. It's there for everyone to check out. Is someone trying to design their own little guidebook by ripping these off?
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BC2VT
Jul 10, 2009, 12:12 AM
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Found out some hotshot 5.13 climber went around and took almost EVERY topo that was at the various smokebluff crags. He had the guts to own up to it to the guys who made the topos, but he seems to just "not like it" that they were there. I think it's unethical that he took them- that's the first ascentionists rights to give that information away to other climbers and they did so in an unobtrusive way (AND FREE!). Instead, this dude wants me to wait a year or two til they're able to come out with a new guidebook so I know what I can put my newbie friends on without crushing their fragile egos/bodies?! Or what I can lead safely without having to leave gear for him to grab later!?
grrrrr
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hafilax
Jul 10, 2009, 12:33 AM
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I think you can probably go to Climb On and look them up in the new routes book. AFAIK most if not all of the easy routes are already in guidebooks. Most new stuff that's going up is on the hard side.
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BC2VT
Jul 13, 2009, 9:31 PM
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No, Harry and Robin have been putting up some pretty easy routes around the bluffs. Although there is one delicious new route on the east side of penny lane that I'm working right now that's super hard! :)
I just don't think it's that guy's right to take away info.
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tradrenn
Jul 15, 2009, 5:36 AM
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It could be beneficial if you could post all the info on http://www.squamishclimbing.com, you know for the locals and visitors, you could do that also on here.
V.
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BC2VT
Jul 15, 2009, 4:51 PM
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I know. I've spoken to Robin about this- I don't know if they have copies of the topos that they've done up. But I said that if we at least scanned them in and uploaded them, we could put them in a "place" where no one could just run off with them.
But it's likely going to require a lot of extra work from Robin and Harry to do up the topos again. I'll talk to them further about it.
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