Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Mt Humphreys Update

Snaking Bear:

I am simply telling the young man that he needs to get structured training and mentoring if he wants to stay out of trouble in the mountains. My comment was prompted by multiple OP's recent posts. It was blunt (not rude) because bluntness tends to work better in such circumstances than sugar coating.

I also took issue with your reply and here is why. You clearly do not have much experience with climbing gear (sorry, the resume doesn't sound very impressive) but you choose to provide advice on scenarios where descending on gear could be necessary. This loops back to my original point, which was also emphasized by BFR - train in a controlled environment first. I understand that you want to moderate the discussions, but this is an issue of safety. Try sharing your fireman's belay thoughts on a real alpine climbing forum and see what kind of nice feedback you will get there. Do you want the local folks to always be mindful of not hurting someones feelings or do you want them to step up and say what they think is necessary and right ? I come from the environment whether the latter is the norm.

Peace