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guangzhou
Feb 4, 2011, 10:54 AM
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I put together this simple logbook for those of you who want to keep track of your climbing this year.
https://www.createspace.com/3538236
Cheers
Eman
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DouglasHunter
Feb 5, 2011, 11:41 PM
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a preview would be nice.
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DouglasHunter
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got it, thanks.
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majid_sabet
Feb 7, 2011, 4:37 AM
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very handy for crash investigators like me
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l3uddy789
Feb 7, 2011, 5:44 AM
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Does this sell well? I feel it would be much more cost effective to use an excel spreadsheet
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guangzhou
Feb 7, 2011, 6:12 AM
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l3uddy789 wrote: Does this sell well? I feel it would be much more cost effective to use an excel spreadsheet
Not everyone want o take their computer to the cliff. In all honesty, I still prefer paper books to ebooks too.
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guangzhou
Feb 8, 2011, 12:19 AM
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majid_sabet wrote: very handy for crash investigators like me
How so???
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granite_grrl
Feb 8, 2011, 12:26 AM
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Not for everyone, but some people might like the format.
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MidnightR
Feb 8, 2011, 12:30 AM
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Why would I pay for something that would take me less than 5 minutes to make myself :S
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jbro_135
Feb 8, 2011, 3:24 AM
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MidnightR wrote: Why would I pay for something that would take me less than 5 minutes to make myself :S
MidnightR says what everyone is thinking
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guangzhou
Feb 8, 2011, 3:39 AM
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jbro_135 wrote: MidnightR wrote: Why would I pay for something that would take me less than 5 minutes to make myself :S MidnightR says what everyone is thinking
Everyone minus the 1344 people who already bought one in January.
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spikeddem
Feb 8, 2011, 4:50 AM
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guangzhou wrote: jbro_135 wrote: MidnightR wrote: Why would I pay for something that would take me less than 5 minutes to make myself :S MidnightR says what everyone is thinking Everyone minus the 1344 people who already bought one in January.
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guangzhou
Feb 8, 2011, 6:37 AM
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spikeddem wrote: guangzhou wrote: jbro_135 wrote: MidnightR wrote: Why would I pay for something that would take me less than 5 minutes to make myself :S MidnightR says what everyone is thinking Everyone minus the 1344 people who already bought one in January. If that's true, then your forecasted sales are not looking too strong.
Why is that? Seems reasonable to me so far. One month in print.
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DouglasHunter
Feb 8, 2011, 6:56 AM
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for a climbing title, selling over 1,000 in a month is a fantastic sales number. Its hard to imagine that a climbing log would do that well.
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guangzhou
Feb 8, 2011, 7:40 AM
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DouglasHunter wrote: for a climbing title, selling over 1,000 in a month is a fantastic sales number. Its hard to imagine that a climbing log would do that well.
I was bit surprised that such an easy concept would go quickly. I am guessing that some people bough t as part of new years resolution. I doubt I will see 2000 sales by the end of the year.
Of course, a thousand copies a month all year would be great for me.
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MidnightR
Feb 8, 2011, 2:37 PM
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Not bad to have that many sales, I guess it just goes to show there are many foolish people with too much $$
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edge
Feb 8, 2011, 4:16 PM
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This looks very similar to a log book entitled "Climbing Notes" published by The Mountaineers in the late 70's.
I have four of them that I kept diligently beginning with my first outing on rock and continuing into the early 80's. My biggest regret is not continuing to keep the same records up to present day, but alas, they went out of print and I was too lazy (and busy climbing) to develop my own.
Those four log books, along with seperate journal style notebooks that I kept for major road trips, are a treasure to have and look back on. I can't recommend this highly enough.
Cheers, Eman!
Loran
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spikeddem
Feb 8, 2011, 4:22 PM
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guangzhou wrote: spikeddem wrote: guangzhou wrote: jbro_135 wrote: MidnightR wrote: Why would I pay for something that would take me less than 5 minutes to make myself :S MidnightR says what everyone is thinking Everyone minus the 1344 people who already bought one in January. If that's true, then your forecasted sales are not looking too strong. Why is that? Seems reasonable to me so far. One month in print.
That would seem to suggest that every potential sale has already been made. 
Good work putting together something that has been useful for so many people.
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guangzhou
Feb 9, 2011, 12:16 AM
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edge wrote: This looks very similar to a log book entitled "Climbing Notes" published by The Mountaineers in the late 70's. I have four of them that I kept diligently beginning with my first outing on rock and continuing into the early 80's. My biggest regret is not continuing to keep the same records up to present day, but alas, they went out of print and I was too lazy (and busy climbing) to develop my own. Those four log books, along with seperate journal style notebooks that I kept for major road trips, are a treasure to have and look back on. I can't recommend this highly enough. Cheers, Eman! Loran
Hopefully not to similar. On the other hand, maybe you should take up the habit again. It's never to late to re-pick-up a habit you miss.
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edge
Feb 9, 2011, 2:34 PM
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guangzhou wrote: edge wrote: This looks very similar to a log book entitled "Climbing Notes" published by The Mountaineers in the late 70's. I have four of them that I kept diligently beginning with my first outing on rock and continuing into the early 80's. My biggest regret is not continuing to keep the same records up to present day, but alas, they went out of print and I was too lazy (and busy climbing) to develop my own. Those four log books, along with seperate journal style notebooks that I kept for major road trips, are a treasure to have and look back on. I can't recommend this highly enough. Cheers, Eman! Loran Hopefully not to similar. On the other hand, maybe you should take up the habit again. It's never to late to re-pick-up a habit you miss.
Here's a pic of one of the early pages in my first log book. I think by necessity a lot of the fields would have to be similar.
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Feb 9, 2011, 2:48 PM
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edge wrote: guangzhou wrote: edge wrote: This looks very similar to a log book entitled "Climbing Notes" published by The Mountaineers in the late 70's. I have four of them that I kept diligently beginning with my first outing on rock and continuing into the early 80's. My biggest regret is not continuing to keep the same records up to present day, but alas, they went out of print and I was too lazy (and busy climbing) to develop my own. Those four log books, along with seperate journal style notebooks that I kept for major road trips, are a treasure to have and look back on. I can't recommend this highly enough. Cheers, Eman! Loran Hopefully not to similar. On the other hand, maybe you should take up the habit again. It's never to late to re-pick-up a habit you miss. Here's a pic of one of the early pages in my first log book. I think by necessity a lot of the fields would have to be similar.
Drugs are bad... m'kay?!
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edge
Feb 9, 2011, 2:59 PM
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kachoong wrote: edge wrote: guangzhou wrote: edge wrote: This looks very similar to a log book entitled "Climbing Notes" published by The Mountaineers in the late 70's. I have four of them that I kept diligently beginning with my first outing on rock and continuing into the early 80's. My biggest regret is not continuing to keep the same records up to present day, but alas, they went out of print and I was too lazy (and busy climbing) to develop my own. Those four log books, along with seperate journal style notebooks that I kept for major road trips, are a treasure to have and look back on. I can't recommend this highly enough. Cheers, Eman! Loran Hopefully not to similar. On the other hand, maybe you should take up the habit again. It's never to late to re-pick-up a habit you miss. Here's a pic of one of the early pages in my first log book. I think by necessity a lot of the fields would have to be similar. Drugs are bad... m'kay?!
We were training lung capacity at the time.
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guangzhou
Feb 10, 2011, 12:16 AM
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edge wrote: guangzhou wrote: edge wrote: This looks very similar to a log book entitled "Climbing Notes" published by The Mountaineers in the late 70's. I have four of them that I kept diligently beginning with my first outing on rock and continuing into the early 80's. My biggest regret is not continuing to keep the same records up to present day, but alas, they went out of print and I was too lazy (and busy climbing) to develop my own. Those four log books, along with seperate journal style notebooks that I kept for major road trips, are a treasure to have and look back on. I can't recommend this highly enough. Cheers, Eman! Loran Hopefully not to similar. On the other hand, maybe you should take up the habit again. It's never to late to re-pick-up a habit you miss. Here's a pic of one of the early pages in my first log book. I think by necessity a lot of the fields would have to be similar. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/loransmith/Climbing/DSCN3025.jpg[/IMG]
Very detailed. What changed that you stopped keeping track? Curious, nothing more.
I always wonder why people change habit. I knew a guy who ran marathons. A couple a year for over a decade. He was a semi running partner, and one day he just quit running all together. Said he just lost interest.
When I say one day, I mean, we ran together one Saturday morning, a nice 10Km trail in the hills, on Monday when I saw him, he said he wasn't going to run anymore.
Sort of like the scene in Forest Gump. He just stopped running.
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hyongx
Feb 17, 2011, 5:10 AM
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guangzhou wrote: Very detailed. What changed that you stopped keeping track? Curious, nothing more. I always wonder why people change habit. I knew a guy who ran marathons. A couple a year for over a decade. He was a semi running partner, and one day he just quit running all together. Said he just lost interest. When I say one day, I mean, we ran together one Saturday morning, a nice 10Km trail in the hills, on Monday when I saw him, he said he wasn't going to run anymore. Sort of like the scene in Forest Gump. He just stopped running.
I did that with my climbing habit,
replaced it with a guilt complex and OCD weights/cardio.
:/
sport routes today won't help me climb cerro torre when I'm 40, anyway. That's my current reasoning.
looks like a nice logbook. I usually just use a composition book though, and write date, partners, and route highlights. some of those entries, gear, driving directions, etc, are repetitive if its just for cragging.
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