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sp00ki
Apr 30, 2012, 9:58 PM
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caughtinside wrote: As unfortunate as this is, it isn't limited to climbing. Lots of the CA surf breaks have signs littered with stickers. Here in berkeley, the no blood for oil crowd has painted 'driving' below the stop. It sucks and has no place in the outdoors though.
As opposed to the stop signs people keep indoors?
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weschrist
Aug 14, 2012, 6:40 PM
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Fact is, the crags are getting WAY more thrashed than the limited graffiti on road signs suggest. I always chuckle to myself when people (climbers) talk about how environmentally conscious climbers are. BULLSHIT!
The areas we use generally support pretty unique ecosystems: caves, cliffs, talus fields, etc. Most climbers/boulderers don't give a flying fuk if they destroy a 4x10 patch of soil crust and fragile vegetation... hell, most will even make an effort to walk directly on it because it is nice, soft, relatively flat ground.
The base of most climbing areas lose vegetation at a rate of ~ 50-100 square feet a year as climbers continue to put their coats, packs, whatever ON the bushes or simply trample through them (King Tut boulder, Minimum Wall in Maple, Ferguson Canyon UT, to name a few). But don't worry, the vegetation 100' away gets ample fertilization... as long as it doesn't burn down because someone from CO thinks it is "gross" to pack out their shit wipes.
But yeah... letting everyone else know what a bunch of self-righteous douche bags we are by vandalizing street signs is what we should really be concerned about.
Did the Buttermilks get a shitter yet? I was pretty impressed at how little graffiti there was in the shitters at Maple. Maybe sports climbers AREN'T the worst of the bunch anymore...
(This post was edited by weschrist on Aug 14, 2012, 6:43 PM)
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DonH
Aug 21, 2012, 6:37 PM
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I have noticed ALOT of climbs where individuals are leaving actual signatures somewhere on the boulder and date of when they sent it. why i have no clue. Ive noticed a few up in tramway. Another pet peeve of mine is the amount of trash some climbers leave at certain boulders they project all day. Being a boyscout when i was younger i cant imagine as to why one would trash the landscape. I escape the trashy areas of southern California to try and escape for a bit and low and behold, there is more.
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weschrist
Aug 21, 2012, 9:29 PM
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I bet you can track them down on 8a.nu
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