Comments on: What Climbing Area Are You Writing About?

By: Top Posts on All Climbing from Dec 2008 - All Climbing

Top Posts on All Climbing from Dec 2008 - All Climbing — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:00:22 +0000

[...] What Climbing Area Are You Writing About? Posted on Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 in Blogs In the past I’ve occasionally made pleas to climbing bloggers for various pet-peeves, so long time readers should find my new one none too surprising.As more climbing blogs proliferate, one thing driving me nuts is how so many posts are written on trip reports, climbing areas, and photos with no mention of the actual climbing location!Please, fellow climbing bloggers consider to mention the area’s location in your post. [...]

By: Tom Markiewicz

Tom Markiewicz — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:27:03 +0000

Yes, directions to secret crags would be awesome, but I’m not going to go that far (yet!) in calling for it.

By: choss master

choss master — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:59:45 +0000

directions to all those secret crags would be appreciated too. this is the age of google earth, it ain’t gonna stay secret for very long!

By: Rachel Strate (aka WasatchGirl)

Rachel Strate (aka WasatchGirl) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:15:33 +0000

Funny that you post this as I was just thinking about this the other day. I noticed that I am always scrambling to find WHERE exactly an area is located. But then I somehow forget to include it on my trip reports as well. Going to edit my trip betas today…
Rachel

By: Climbing Narcissist

Climbing Narcissist — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:44:58 +0000

That’s a good way of putting it. As you pointed out I think the main problem is that most bloggers don’t realize how wide an audience is reading their blog.

By: Tom Markiewicz

Tom Markiewicz — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:40:58 +0000

Brian, no I definitely wasn’t calling out anyone in particular!

I think the best analogy is when you’re looking at a picture of a sweet climb in a mag and you immediately look to the byline to see where it’s located. Same thing for bloggers I guess.

By: Climbing Narcissist

Climbing Narcissist — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:13:05 +0000

If I have been unwittingly guilty of this I apologize. The more information the better is my motto!

By: Tom Markiewicz

Tom Markiewicz — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:20:58 +0000

That would be great, but I was simply hoping for just a basic text description. For example, many bloggers will write about a specific problem or route, but without providing any context for where it’s located. Many climbers outside that local area may not have any idea where this is, but are interested in what they’re writing nonetheless.

So instead of saying “here are pics of us working problem X”, just add in “here are pics of us working problem X in wherever, somestate, etc.”

Just a bit more info so we can all get jazzed up on the climbing more.

But yes, links to Mountain Project would be sweet! But not necessarily needed for what I’m venting about!

By: KateTC

KateTC — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:11:13 +0000

Ha! Nice one!

So, does linking to the area on MP.com count? Or adding a little tack in a map on another page?

I’ve seen this a lot with photos, in general. For a long time, RC.com didn’t link pics to locations particularly well, so you’d see a stunning shot from… somewhere in Montana. Flickr too, sometimes the shots are geotagged, sometimes not.