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Havachatwithhexy... 18-Oct-2004 At 3:21:05 AM Tel

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On 17/10/2004 HEX wrote:
>Another factor now , of course, is the growing plethora of web sites/forums
>witch are satisfying/satiating the ' need ' for text/image/discourse/etc,etc,etc...
Basically Rock is now a redundant information/entertainment source,but......
The Sites&Forums that are working, work for the simple fact that those participating are able to get what they need from there. So possibly, it is not necessarily the medium but moreso the content.

looking further at content......

adamk
21/07/2004
2:28:38 PM
>. . . I'm only assuming this could it be that 'back in the day' a climbing weekend >included
>putting up new routes, having adventures, experiencing danger, near death >experiences, stuff that was interesting to both write and read about. . .

adamk
20/04/2004
>*the grose valley - this place is a must visit for all climbers. Abseiling
>into the valley is both commiting and exciting. I now have little desire
>for anything else in climbing except to tick every climb in this valley.

Maybe not "new routes", but new for all those that have never been there,

>*when the rope is between your legs and your belayer says if you fall
>you will nacker yourself dont always assume you will not fall...

Hmm... experiencing danger

> After the second day of the trip
>burps and farts were almost as extinct as the dinosaurs

Sweat beading on the forehead from clenched bum cheeks over long periods in confined spaces, that qualifies as a near death experience.

> Bluies/ Nowra roadtrip
The avdenture,

Irrespective of the medium entertaining reading is still entertaining reading, and the views and responses proved it to be entertaining reading.

James
21/07/2004
7:40:19 PM
>. . . I'd think more people would contribute if the editorial 'standards' weren't so strict,

A beginning to a possible solution, maybe....?

I feel that maybe it is the general discourse in the forum which is proving hardest for Rock. It is in the forum where the insight into what and how the climbing community seems to be thinking and feeling. As that aspect may not be reflected in the magazine then regardless of how much further it emulates or imitates this site in terms or trip reports and all other content here, readership will decline. If on the other hand it could in someway embody these thoughts/feeling/opinons, then as you suggested HEX there is definately room for all to blend.

thanks HEX for the cerebral haemorrhage