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Rebolting Nowra 15-Aug-2012 At 7:00:20 PM Ben_E

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On 15/08/2012 Jdawtrey wrote:
>Supertopo is totally fuked. It's just a bunch of old guys posting about
>how much they love their wives and daughters or looking for support through
>'tough times' or being downright redneck Americans. I love (hate) all the
>gun threads and conspiracy bullshit. You never read about climbing much
>at all. I just don't understand fucing seppuku climbers.

They're American. Some of them love their wives. They climb (or, in the case of many of the Supertopo personalities, used to climb). Which bit are you having trouble understanding?

I'd argue for all the gun and ark on the moon threads, supertopo has at least 10 times the quantity of decent climbing related threads/posts than chockstone. Not that I'm necessarily arguing it's better on average, given it probably has 100 times the volume of posts at least.

It's not like anyone forces you to look at the threads titled "Why are Republicans Wrong about Everything?", "The Gun debate sandbox" or "Poll: how many bodily fluids have you ingested?" (just to pick a few) - you could chose to check out the trip reports or climbing related threads instead.

http://www.supertopo.com/tr/The-Lama-Wrangler-the-Cook-the-Guidebook-Author-Boston-the-Luxumberger-and-his-son-Harvard-the-Counselor-and-the-Lizard/t11120n.html

http://www.supertopo.com/tr/Iron-Hawk-Solo/t11586n.html

Hell, there's even an inquiry about climbing in Apollo bay on front page at the moment (no - I am not the author). Go respond to it.