Since the administration of this forum obviously don't think it's important to stop deadly or hazardous advice by blocking a users IP, someone must be there to let everyone know that what he sometimes write is complete and utterly BS.
Hey watch it buddy! Go rinse your mouth with bio-degradable soap
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Have you ever seen that big
"report to moderator" sign in the right hand bottom of posts? If you feel that any post could be dangerous or inappropriate, click that and report it and I will check it out as objectively as possible and take actions if needed.
Nothing dangerous should be on this forum, if I miss something that you think should not be on here, or should be modified, let me know, do not start ranting. You can also use the private message system a lot more.
Those public attacks are mostly not for the content of posts (that can be PM'd or reported), but to show the rest of the forum how many flaws one has found in someone else's post
I feel very strong about freedom of speech, in fact, yesterday a famous dutch director who stood for that and was threatened for it was shot to death at the end of my street, only a few hundred yards away which (and it's totally irrelevant if I agreed with his opinions or not, that is exactly the point) makes me
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That's why I will rather not censor people unless they are behaving as a raving lunatic, spamming with commercial messages and taking the quality down. But simply some ignorance about climbing can be helpful as it gives a chance for me or anybody else who has some experience to clarify the matter so that it can be helpful to others.
Why do I have this site? It's for a large part just because I want to spread
safe information about one of my passions, make sure that not only very rich people climb Kilimanjaro, Everest etc. and that local people in Tanzanie, Russia, Aconcagua make some money and not just rich Americans who are rich enough.
It's not a money maker, the income from advertising and trips is needed to keep this site/forum up, pay for 25+ urls/year that point to it, server costs etc.
I can not even live of all the trips I organize & sell (and they're quite many actually) and will start another fulltime other job next week to recover financially from my own climbing expeditions.
I have been an advocate for the internet since it started getting off th ground over here (only in 1995), and it still makes me happy to see how we can share information with the world.
See this as place where you can get the best trips and information for the lowest possible price, or a modern growing and never ending work of art, a hobby with serious impact or whatever or just a place to hang out and talk with similar minded people, but keep it clean and respectful.
Now go climbing y'all!
