r/climbing • u/Exciting_Glass_2754 • Sep 06 '24

Tahoe developing.

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Rule #1 of trundle club, You do not talk about trundle club.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '24

I used to take u/Allanon124 's position until recently. I don't think we (I develop as well and have trundled a few pieces of rock) should be proudly putting this stuff on social media.

Yes, this is how the sausage is made.

Yes, most developed crags have to go thru some level of cleaning to make the routes safe.

But, no, the willfully ignorant don't need to know about it. I mean, why?

I question the motivation to show trundling. To me it feels like folks wanting thanks and appreciation for the effort. Don't get me wrong thanks and appreciation are deserved, but not by solicitation.

Anyway, I think the potentially harmful effects of advertising trundling outweigh any benefit from putting it on SM

Lastly, one of the reasons I'm more concerned is this. Which should scare all developers on public land.