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Mt Rigaud Quebec is Database is Full of Mistakes.

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rocknice2 · · Montreal, QC · Joined Nov 2006 · Points: 3,847

I need some advice or help from the community.
The database for Mt. Rigaud Qc. is full of mistakes. The author of the database saw fit to make up his own names to the routes he couldn't find online. Many of the routes are out of order and the protection ratings are inaccurate.
Between my two friends and I, we put up 90% of the route at Rigaud. We know the place and the names of the routes.
I tried contacting Ian Dibbs and the administrators: Peter Spindloe & Tom Erickson. Not one single response from either person.

About the only option I can think of is to start a new database called "Mt. Rigaud: The Official Guide"
I managed to fix the data on RC and TheCrag.

Does anyone know or can get in touch with Ian Dibbs, Peter Spindloe or Tom Erickson.

pico · · Burnaby, BC · Joined Mar 2012 · Points: 75

Out of plain curiosity, who did the bolting?? It's really sketch. My partner broke some ribs over there and we never went back since.

Morgan Patterson · · NH · Joined Oct 2009 · Points: 8,945
rocknice2 wrote:Between my two friends and I, we put up 90% of the route at Rigaud.
I'd say it's a 90% chance it was this guy or his two friends! Did ur partner groundfall? Maybe it's a mixed area requiring bolts and gear?
rocknice2 · · Montreal, QC · Joined Nov 2006 · Points: 3,847

Most of the routes are well bolt with a few exception. Some of the older routes are 'old school'.
Which route was it?

pico · · Burnaby, BC · Joined Mar 2012 · Points: 75
CaptainMo wrote: I'd say it's a 90% chance it was this guy or his two friends! Did ur partner groundfall? Maybe it's a mixed area requiring bolts and gear?
I wouldn't call it mixed. From what we seen and from what she suffered, alot of the 1st and second bolts equate to ground-falls and some routes have bolts plastered in weird places.

Not our cup of tea but to each his and her crags.
Ian Dibbs · · Lake Placid · Joined Jun 2010 · Points: 2,369

Good work rocknice2 giving the proper names (and for bolting Stigmata), I knew none of the route names and took them from other websites. I do agree that some of the bolt spacing could result in a painfull fall on some of the routes. Top roping is an easy option if you fear for your safety.
Rigaud is a nice little area, however weekends now can be crowded,some climbing "schools" are now bringing newbies and hogging many of the routes on weekends.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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