response to DPM

"The climbers of today have no emotion or are afraid to show it. The crowds are getting cheated when it comes to having a great show." Carrion, page 28, "The Lost Color of Climbing", Dead Point Magazine's newest issue

"I get a sense of formality at some comps and that's not something I ever see at crags." Pete Ward

"Reflecting upon the PCA's success, it's obvious that an exciting, comprehensible, competitive circuit is necessary for the evolution of the sport." Abbey Smith, contributing writer


This page, which holds Smith's entreaty to climbers to forgo the colder professional formalities manifesting today's competitions, wasn't printed in the DPM with the rest of the article, and the rest is a collection of PCA background and highlights. To give the writers and editor credit, the PCA series was definitely more fun, and more wild, but the printed magazine is missing the conclusion cut from the print.

AS entreats rock climbing competitors to take the wildness up a notch. Go crazy, the last generation says. How often does the next generation get the chance to hear that? I wish the message hadn't been sliced out for marketing purposes to lure readers online, because the competitors it's aimed at don't have time to dig through flash animation and sites to find what they think is just more reminiscing of an old climbing.