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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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May 17, 2019 - 11:47am PT
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Goodbye cruel world! (or perhaps I should say hello ...)
Glad-handing and back slaps all around. It's been fun.
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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May 17, 2019 - 11:48am PT
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Very enjoyable run. Thanks for providing the forum.
Maybe www.Gunks.com with be brought back from its vegetative state now. Nah.
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Roots
Mountain climber
Somewhere Fun
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May 17, 2019 - 11:49am PT
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Thanks for the belay! I met a ton of great people and chatted with many more via this site.
See you all outside!!!!
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ClimbingOn
Trad climber
NY
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May 17, 2019 - 11:49am PT
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This is really a loss that many people will feel. There's so much historical content on here that cannot be found anywhere else on the web. I learned almost all of my early Yosemite (and elsewhere) climbing history here on ST. Some of the trip reports psyched me up to go places that would not have otherwise been on my radar. I'll miss it.
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Lambone
Big Wall climber
Ashland, Or
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May 17, 2019 - 12:14pm PT
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Sad to hear this news. It's been real. Thanks Chris.
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sketchypro
Trad climber
Melbourne, florida
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May 17, 2019 - 12:18pm PT
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total bummer! thanks for all these years! I was mostly a lurker but enjoyed it. Such a great resource.
Ed
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Mad69Dog
Ice climber
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May 17, 2019 - 12:21pm PT
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Bring back rec.climbing!
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L
climber
Just livin' the dream
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May 17, 2019 - 12:32pm PT
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Thank you Chris and RJ for creating and maintaining this remarkable site for the last 18 years.
And thank you, Supertopians, for all the humor, the great stories, the even greater photos, and for generally getting in there and mixing it up with life.
It has truly been a wonderful adventure.
Wishing you all the best on whatever path you're following now and in the future.
Off belay.
Laura
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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May 17, 2019 - 12:35pm PT
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kingtut, a reason why pharaoh's no longer exist....:)
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Scott McNamara
climber
Tucson, Arizona
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May 17, 2019 - 12:37pm PT
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Thanks, Chris and RJ!
Thanks for all the years of good stuff.
I am sorry you had to suffer so much bad stuff.
Best,
Scott McNamara
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Dropline
Mountain climber
Somewhere Up There
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May 17, 2019 - 12:41pm PT
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Many thanks, Chris.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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May 17, 2019 - 12:42pm PT
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Kingtut...... well said.
The wide fetish is up and Running. The Fish isn’t looking to make bank, just some laughs.
See you all - around.
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TwistedCrank
climber
Released into general population, Idaho
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May 17, 2019 - 12:44pm PT
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Best damn forum on the Internet.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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May 17, 2019 - 12:51pm PT
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Thanks, Chris and RJ - it's been a good ride (17 years for me, since 9/2002).
Does this mean you will shut down the guidebooks, too?
I can't imagine they make very much money.
I would guess that both the guidebooks and forum were done because you enjoyed climbing so much at the time.
Although I suppose nobody has tried to sue you over the guidebooks.
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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May 17, 2019 - 12:53pm PT
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Something important is being thrown away because they didn't figure out how to make money at it. He actually did, through gear reviews, something that started here in this forum and has since moved to other sites RJ manages currently - and according to CMac's enormocast interview - they're making money.
Fact is y'all are useless, got left behind, and now are being cut. A few, apparently, are litigation bait. Ultimately, what monetary value are you to CMac and RJ? Zero. I accept it. I already have every Supertopo guide ever made - bought like 10-20 years ago. I run an ad blocker. I just come here for an escape - on someone else's dime.
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johntp
Trad climber
Punter, Little Rock
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May 17, 2019 - 12:56pm PT
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It appears the ship has left the dock, but is there no way this forum can't be saved?
Member funding?
Member moderation?
Chris, I have to ask: you state profitability/loss and time as the reasons for shutting down. There have been numerous offers of support to keep the magic alive. Why are you not reaching out for these resources?
The members of the forum could go a long ways towards mitigation of cost and time. Just sayin'
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10b4me
Social climber
Lida Junction
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May 17, 2019 - 12:57pm PT
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Thanks for the last seventeen years.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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May 17, 2019 - 12:59pm PT
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Sad day. Thanks for hosting. Thanks to all who participated in the forum. I met lots of good people online and in person through this site. And of course there’s been tons of great history, news, advice, etc posted here.
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edkeller
Boulder climber
NY
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May 17, 2019 - 01:04pm PT
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What about approaching the American Alpine Club, and/or Alpinist Magazine, and/or similar, to get support to keep the entire archive- WITH photos- available? And/or continuing the forum?
I myself am only a sporadic climber these days, having spent my 1982-87 summers in the Valley among other places. But I still check the Forum and follow news here pretty regularly.
Thanks for everything you have done.
Very warmly
Ed Keller
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Caddy
Trad climber
Folsom, CA
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May 17, 2019 - 01:07pm PT
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Chris,
Thank you for hosting SUPERTOPO Forum for 18 Years. When it started it was a tool better than email for rock climbers to connect on good subjects. However all the digital platforms have been taken over by trolls obsessed with their own hateful views. Like a party, that gets too noisy late at night, its time to shut it down.
Climb On,
Caddy
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