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NOT ABOUT THE WRITING post about Dump (aka the new place)

Postby Ian_the_Barbarian » Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:31 pm

Ok, So its pretty clear to me that we solve this crap about Dump with a site guide.

I'll put a draft together if people can send me the names of the routes and who first ascended them, estimate of difficulty and all that good stuff that goes into a guide. Just send in what you know and I'll ask around for the rest. I'll try to make a rough map of the crag this weekend so that we can indicate where the routes go. Not talking about anything official, just a work in progress thing posted on beta-source or something so that we know what routes are out there and what's safe.

Is this a good idea or are we a bit premature in making a draft guide.

lemme know.
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Postby martha » Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:35 pm

I'm not sure..but I don't think that FA's are kept track of for boulder problem guides like you see for roped climbs. I've never seen it anyways. But no reason why you can't keep track if you want to. :)
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Postby dave » Tue Nov 15, 2005 5:11 pm

Squamish bouldering guide notes first ascentionists.
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Postby Fred » Tue Nov 15, 2005 5:42 pm

photos of the problems with routes photoshoped with doted lines is probably your best bet

put a pdf together and I'll post it online. Might I sugest fitting everything on one 11x17 landscape page using Adobe Illustrator then send to pdf. If you don't have Illustrator and Adobe Acrobat I can hook you up.

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Postby martha » Tue Nov 15, 2005 6:08 pm

That is the first guide I've heard of that has them listed. cool.

Bouldering in the Canadian Rockies, Halifax Bouldering and New England bouldering guides do not have FA's.
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Postby Fred » Tue Nov 15, 2005 6:56 pm

I've seen bouldering guides with FA's but usualy only the big accomplishments are mentioned
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Postby granite_grrl » Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:30 am

I like the Dr. Topo style of bouldering guides http://www.drtopo.com. Check out some of the bouldering guides (like for hueco tanks or something) from their web page.

I always have mixed feelings about bouldering guides. I feel that I climb better and enjoy myself more when I just hop on random lines. But at the same time I want to know what I'm climbing (esp grade wise) to satisfy my ego.

Guides can help you find problems you didn't know where there, but I was finding this summer that if you just open your eyes and watch for lines you can find some pretty dang cool problems. Its amazing, especially at a place like the Niagara Glen, what boulders and problems have been completly ignored (probably because they don't have a slathering of chalk on them).

Good luck on the guide.

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Postby dcentral » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:56 am

I wouldn't recommend 11x17. how many people keep that size of paper at home?

That would be annoying trying to print that off.

Look into Indesign as well if you want to make a multipage document.
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Postby Fred » Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:48 pm

yeah I guss you are right. I have 11x17 at the office and it could fit nicely on one page then fold it like a map.

I have InDesign as well if you need a copy. they all have keygens
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Postby thicks » Wed Nov 16, 2005 1:51 pm

you could even do it with a littel less style in MS Word at unb. take less time this way too i bet.
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Postby Fred » Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:02 pm

slaker :P
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Postby Ian_the_Barbarian » Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:45 pm

granite_grrl

yo. the topos on drtopo look pretty good. Very basic, very representative. I was thinking something along those lines anyway. Cool.

Fred,

Whatever man, word is TOTALLY AWESOME

completely joking there...

I'll try to make the topo this weekend and post it so that everybody can tell me what the names of the routes are. I only know like 5 of them.

5$ pussy
gonnorhea of the throat
clap
2$ suckie suckie
jimmy's arrete

Anybody reading this can send me some estimated V's for them too.
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Postby dcentral » Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:57 pm

thicks wrote:you could even do it with a littel less style in MS Word at unb. take less time this way too i bet.
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Postby martha » Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:11 pm

Ian_the_Barbarian wrote:2$ suckie suckie


this sounds like a hummer name... it is what the ladies tell him when he is on the road for work....
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Postby paris_hilton » Thu Nov 17, 2005 7:08 pm

ces noms sont horribles!!!
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Postby PaulB » Fri Nov 18, 2005 12:20 am

dave wrote:Squamish bouldering guide notes first ascentionists.

martha wrote:That is the first guide I've heard of that has them listed. cool.

Fred wrote:I've seen bouldering guides with FA's but usualy only the big accomplishments are mentioned

There's a lot of egos in Squamish that need to be stroked! :roll:
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Postby Fred » Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:00 am

I hate going to the Gripped.com forum because of it.
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