Dirtbagging Family Style (blog post)
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Our latest blog post from The Climbing Zine from Erica Lineberry. enjoy |
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In a word I would describe this story and the majority of what I read in the climbing magazines as clueless. The author seems to be confusing the term dirtbagging with camping. |
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Mike, I fart in your direction to express my opinion of your post. |
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+1 what mike said. |
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Mike Oxlong wrote:In a word I would describe this story and the majority of what I read in the climbing magazines as clueless. The author seems to be confusing the term dirtbagging with camping.I didn't care for this story either. She lost me in the first paragraph when she said "Back in the 1970s, being a climber was synonymous with a wanderlust, living in a van down by the river sort of lifestyle." I climbed back in the 70s. Then, as now, there were climbers from all walks of life, from total thieving bums to Nobel laureates. And hasn't the "gosh we can have a baby and still climb" story been done a million times already? Despite that, I thought it was reasonably well written from a technical standpoint, just not really anything to say. YMMV |
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The term dirtbag sure has shifted lot in meaning lately... |
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I normally don't reply to stuff once forums turn negative, and not that this one has too much, but from my perspective editing this piece it's an honest portrayal of a Mother with a kid who balances getting after it climbing and in the outdoors, and not only that, she's become a better climber in the process. That alone was intriguing to me. |
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So if I read a piece from your zine and don't like it I'm a hater? |
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dirtbagging(?!?!?) hmmmm, they dress pretty nice to be dirtbagging.... |
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Yeah, doesn't look like dirtbagging to me (and nothing wrong with that). Just growing up and being outdoors, which is great in itself. |