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climber mag 22-Aug-2006 At 2:01:42 PM crazyjohn

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On 20/08/2006 PreferKnitting wrote:
>has anyone flicked through the latest Climber (UK) mag? it has a section
>on what's hot and what's not. For example, For the writer of Climbing magazine,
>what's hot: climbing with jeans with the cuffs upturned. What's not: Dean
>Potter climbing THAT arch. What's hot: girls bouldering hard with nail
>polish, waif thin and with perfect make up (ok, I made that one up), but
>for a moment I thought I was reading cosmo.
>
>What's going on? Is this a climbing magz's idea of capturing female readers
>or do they think that climbers really need to be cool? I'm confused...
>
>when's that locally made community run climbing magazine coming out?
>

Funny you mention this fashion advice in the Uk mag. Its in the US Climbing magazine as well. Its a little picture of "whats hot and whats not" in the bottom corner of a one page story on the consumate climbing bum Chongo Chuck who was just found guilty of illegally living in Yosemite. This one page illustrates a big split in climbers, at least in the states where there is more of a divide between the haves and the dirt poor... Its basically a look at the dichotomy in climbing between the yuppy/professional/rich/trendy/lifestyler climbers vs. the too busy climbing to work/eat/worry about freakin fashion/dirtbag/climbing bums. Most bums probably wouldnt be reading the magazine anyway... I was reading it at the library while printing online topos and checking out the local climbing guides. Guess I tipped my hand as to what side I fall in.