Comments for Carlo Traversi

Comment on Return to Wild Basin (With A Discourse On Grades) by eth

eth — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 09:22:11 +0000

I guess the climbers that put up these problems and casually grade them just have other things on their mind like putting up new boulders rather than dwelling too long on the opinions of others.

Comment on Heritage by Carlo Traversi

Carlo Traversi — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 21:43:38 +0000

Yes, it will be possible in the near future. We are in the process of producing both DVD's and Blu-Ray Discs. We will be announcing the availability on the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Heritage/557031570996341 Thanks for your interest!

Comment on Heritage by K Cady

K Cady — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 17:39:30 +0000

Hey Carlo,

Will it be possible to order a DVD copy of Heritage? Stoked to check it out!

Comment on Heritage by Carlo Traversi

Carlo Traversi — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 22:31:41 +0000

Thanks Kevin. I really appreciate it. And I’m glad you enjoyed the film.

Comment on Heritage by kevin

kevin — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 01:35:16 +0000

Hey Carlo, I know you have taken a lot of heat for speaking so honestly about climbing but I’d like to say thanks for your contributions to climbing with your ascents as well as your media. The film was top notch,and had some great music to go along with it. I think your honesty will prevail in the big picture, and keep it up with your cutting edge ascents.

Comment on Val Bavona by Bart van Raaij

Bart van Raaij — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:21:07 +0000

Hi Carlo,

For the Dutch climbing magazine BLOK I am interested in the first photo of this post. Can I get in contact with you about this?

Bart

Comment on Return to Wild Basin (With A Discourse On Grades) by Kris L

Kris L — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 22:20:39 +0000

Carlo, I completely agree with you. It is often the case that a line was given a grade by a single person and that impression has propagated through time perhaps swaying the minds of succeeding ascensionists. That grade was hopefully an honest and well-thought-out assessment of the difficulty of the line by the giver. To that point, it seems proper to continue to assess the problem in one’s own perspective – to offer your honest opinion to the consensus. Obviously this is the exact concept behind consensus grading, but it doesn’t make any sense if everyone feels pressured to give it the same grade. There may be outliers and their presence is a reflection of the behavior of many others processes in nature. I believe grading is more of an art than a science and it is certainly honed with experience. The subjective nature of the process maintains an element of uncertainty and allows climbing to stay fresh and evolve unlike so many other sports. Unlike you, I am not in the professional arena in which there is likely more potential to arise from so-called ‘gain.’ I applaud you for taking this stance and voicing your thoughts. Being honest with myself helps me ‘sleep better at night’ as well.

Comment on Fontainebleau Photo Update by Carlo Traversi

Carlo Traversi — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:34:24 +0000

Claus,

Thank you for the well worded comment. I completely understand where you are coming from. It was my brother who was momentarily climbing on the chateaux and he was told to get down very soon after the photos were taken. I was just snapping shots from a distance and certainly don’t condone the action. While I don’t think the photos will necessarily encourage others to builder on historical monuments, I will happily take the photos off for the reasons you listed above. I treat the areas that we are allowed to climb in with complete respect and encourage others to do so.

Thanks,

Carlo

Comment on Fontainebleau Photo Update by Claus

Claus — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:43:42 +0000

Carlo, I don’t really like to point out other peoples bad choises and ethics. I actually hate doing that like most people do.

However, this is Fontainebleau afterall… Enchanted and magical as you put it.

In my opinion, climbing on the old historic châteaux and posting pictures of it is definitely not a wise move from your part as a pro Carlo. Especially if you consider some of the acces issues we’ve seen in Fontainebleau lately.
When we go to Fontainebleau we are guests. We have to remember that and behave as suchs (this also goes for non-climbers of course). The acces is not granted and we all share the responsibility to keep it intact.

This is in no way an attack on you Carlo.

Comment on An Ethical Question(s) by Pancho

Pancho — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:58:47 +0000

I think it’s interesting that most of the answers to this post have focused on the ethics of torching a hold instead of talking about the REALLY important questions- 2 and 3.

What is the point of climbing if it’s not to better ourselves in some way? We do it to push the limits of what we think is bodily possible, or to share your life with someone through a rope, or simply to get away from the bullshit of the everyday grind and spend meditative time in nature. Bouldering is a humbling practice- one can only take themselves so seriously when faced with so much failure before success.

How is it that someone who is defending the ethics of bouldering can effectively make a case when they use language like “the stunted, buffant retard”. And no, it’s not ok to excuse this kind of behavior by saying things like “haters gonna hate” or “the climbing scene just isn’t what it used to be- there’s a lot more assholes out there now.” At that point, we’ve lost sight of the most important ethical issue in climbing altogether…

I could go on, but I think Brendan Leonard puts this all into perspective more elegantly, so here’s a link.

http://semi-rad.com/2013/02/are-you-making-the-world-awesome-or-angrier/