I have removed both of my two posts. If you do not understand my motivation for my posts then you likely have not have read the sarcastic, juvenile attack pbelitz posted against Lowell Skoog in the Mt Blum thread. Pbelitz edited his post in the past several hours so you may not have read it in full. I found pbelitz's sarcastic post to Lowell extremely distasteful which motivated me to use the same theme of pbelitz's post and write a post about him. While I agree this was petty, juvenile and adding nothing of value to this site, I do not think this was any different then what pbelitz did to Lowell and it did have the intended affect of getting pbelitz to edit his post. <br><br>How many of those posting here actually read pbelitz's unedited post mocking Lowell? <br>In my mind Lowell is one the most respected and distinguished mountaineers in the PNW. Criticizing him in the petty and patronizing way pbelietz did I find similar to criticizing a religious figure that you may find sacred.<br><br>For what it's worth, last night was really the first time I had read the mtnphil page about the Observation rock avalanche. A friend sent me the link when I asked if he had any details of this incident. I'm disappointed you feel a link to mtnphil's page does not belong in this thread. I believe it's important to learn from these incidents and not "sweep them under the carpet" like Ava Blanche points out certain Canadian guiding companies like to do. <br><br>I am interested in more feedback on my actions especially taken in the context of pbelitz's initial post against Lowell. Was pbelitz's post to Lowell appropriate? Are you glad my post encouraged pbelitz to edit his post? What would have been a better way to go about what I was trying to do?<br><br>PS: My posts were not "moderated", pb. I deleted them at my own inititive. Sorry to disappoint you. Are you pleased there's not a link to the incident in this thread anymore?
