Hi fellow climbers,
I am a avid climber who loves rock/wall climbing. I am also a researcher at University of British Columbia.

Quite a few time ago , after rock climbing , i developed a red bite kind of things on my hands. I thought it is a spider bite , but doctor told me that it is an bacterial infection i get from cuts on my fingers.


Luckily, I got to know that some other person is also doing a similar study, so we partnered and developed an antiseptic,antibacterial chalk for rock-climbing.

In order to get funds to actually bring this in market , I need to prove that is there any market for this product.

Do you (climbers) care for infection safety while rock climbing? How concerned are you?

If you climbers have an option to buy this antibacterial chalk versus traditional chalk ?

Even after trying a lot we couldn't able bring the cost to same as that of traditional chalk. Will you be willing to pay 10% extra cost for this new Chalk?

Please give you genuine answers for above questions. And support me develop something to enhance the safety of fellow climbers .

P.S. This chalk will work very similar to traditional chalk .it will come in the form of chalk ball in chalk bag.

Completely unconcerned. Additionally, whatever it is that kills things better than the drying action of chalk is probably not something I want on my skin and in my lungs.

Folks ...The question here is ...will you buy antibacterial chalk over old traditional chalk?

No. A stupid idea.

Thanks folk for your genuine feedback....

1 thing worth mentioning is that this chalk is also made up of magnesium carbonate, therefore drying action will be exactly same , plus it gives safety..

Thanks folk for your genuine feedback....

1 thing worth mentioning is that this chalk is also made up of magnesium carbonate, therefore drying action will be exactly same , plus it gives safety..

I've always been worried about infections and stuff. That's why I down a shit load of scotch after every climb, my blood stream won't support any type of life except my own.

Thats true, some people react immediately to foreign antibodies.


Just sharing an observation of indoor wall climbing with you.

When one climber climbs a wall , on tough rocks, he is very likely to have a micro cut/abrasion on his/her fingers. During this micro cut, there is a possibility of micro blood to remain on that rock.

Then next climber will use this same rocks to climb up and is likely to get a micro cut on his fingers from same rocks pieces..

I guess you can see where I am going....


P.S. there is ZERO possibility of potentially dangerous blood transfusion diseases such as HIV because no contact is happening at same time as it happen in sex.

My biggest concern (other than breathing it in) would be having it on your hands for hours on end. Antibacterial soap does its thing and you wash it off. I don't wash chalk off of my hands after each use. It stays there until I'm done climbing and possibly longer depending on where the nearest water supply is.

When one climber climbs a wall , on tough rocks, he is very likely to have a micro cut/abrasion on his/her fingers. During this micro cut, there is a possibility of micro blood to remain on that rock.