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Advertising or Information? 13-Jul-2005 At 2:57:47 PM jiminy cricket

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In science we are allowed to publish research funded or part funded by pharmaceutical companies, but it is mandatory that the funding source is disclosed in the publication. If such research was not allowed in peer reviewed journals the pool of publically available knowledge would be noticeably smaller. I can't see what the difference is in this case. Why not just require a sponsored climber to mention who sponsors them if they want to comment on a product? I'd personally like to hear the opinion of sponsored climbers on gear as they are obviously more experienced than many of us.

Jim