I guess Anonymous has nothing better to do than act petty. He's so angry, that he's now criticising BH for spelling and gramar mistakes in a casual blog on the internet. Does he and some of the critics of this book have anything better to do with their time than troll the blogosphere and find fault in everything and everyone who isn't part of their climbing clique? Please. Do something constructive with your time for a change.

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I think anybody who works in publishing will find this anonymous post below particularly amusing. To equate a person's spelling ability with their expertise in a given field is flat-out ridiculous. Some of the best and most well known writers I've worked with send in manuscripts littered with spelling and grammatical errors. That's why publishers employ editors. In any case, I think the maturity level of somebody who makes an anonymous post like this is clearly evident and requires no further comment.

*Regarding BH's post below. 

 It is really atrocious that published authors, such as yourself, don't know the difference between "there" and "their" (see "When editing the manuscript which was much larger at the time their were a few discrepencies"). On the spelling front, I think the word you were looking for was discrepancies, by the way. Modus Operendi - I think you meant Modus Operandi, don't become a latin scholar. I guess using spellcheck was too much effort, much like doing the proper research for this guide was too much effort. 

What a classy professional you are Sir. I am glad to know that Falcon Guides supports and proliferates this. 

Thanks so much for divulging the information that you and your crew have kept somewhat seclusive for so long. I find it interesting, how on your website, B3, you describe your finding these pristine gems of rock and your modus operendi for setting your course upon them. Sounds like a real" leave no trace" agenda.  Your record of state of the art ascents has been obvious to me as I watched the boulders change over the years.  Ten years ago, when you were just starting out on your bouldering quest, I was finishing the manuscript for my 5th bouldering guide better know as "Best of Boulder Bouldering".  When I complied the info for Mount Evans and Rocky Mountain, I chose to keep the descriptions brief, and expose very little in comparison to what I could tell had been done, or that you claim to have developed.  When editing the manuscript which was much larger at the time their were a few discrepencies and it is obvious to those of us you know the areas.  I find them quite minor and will not affect you state of the arters, and certainly not affect those new learners who could careless about the elitist boulderer. 

BH 

I'm the editor who worked with Bob Horan on Bouldering Colorado. The express purpose of the book, as stated in the introduction, is to provide information about bouldering on public lands in Colorado, places where bouldering and climbing are legal activities. If in the course of using the book you find that we inadvertently erred in that regard or any other, you would be doing a service by sending corrections to us at the e-mail address provided in the front of the book.

For more of my comments on this matter, please see the blogs. 

Best regards and thanks,

John Burbidge