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Middle ones mine.. *blushes*
Point taken :)

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Without knowing the crag, I hesitate to say, but these don't look too bad. However why not brush them off tt? Esp somewhere like x

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Brushing stuff off at places like X that don't receive any direct rainfall is especially important.

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#1078 Re: Donkey line / tick mark hall of shame.
September 28, 2015, 11:07:47 am
Bit of a mess left behind on Zarzaparrilla, the black lines seemed particularly creative






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#1079 Re: Donkey line / tick mark hall of shame.
September 28, 2015, 11:43:15 am
Do people still climb at Embaracin?

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#1080 Re: Donkey line / tick mark hall of shame.
September 28, 2015, 12:30:38 pm
Do people still climb at Embaracin?
Apparently just people with pof rags and sticks of chalk

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#1081 Re: Donkey line / tick mark hall of shame.
September 30, 2015, 02:25:26 pm
Objectionable as they are, I'm not convinced that objectively some of these look any worse than the massive splodges on the holds. Are we bothered about these or is it just the avoidable nature of tick-marks that singles them out?

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#1082 Re: Donkey line / tick mark hall of shame.
September 30, 2015, 02:57:44 pm


What we need is some of that fading squirty stuff that referees use these days

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With apologies for smugness and shaky hands. On the left, knee height - one of the bigger footholds on the crag (Harmer's Wood). Nice and dry, pretty easy to spot from above. Stuff at hip height mostly ornament in the wrong place...



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Call me a blasphemer, but that really doesn't seem so bad to me.

Getting just the right jam in a finger crack can be really tricky, especially if you're puffing out of your ass. And from the looks of it there's only a handful of ticks through the crux section of the route. Perhaps a little on the large side but again not exactly crime of the century.

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Bit of a mess left behind on Zarzaparrilla, the black lines seemed particularly creative








The black lines are actually the recomended for of ticks. You use the bark of the trees to tick the rock. Although tour still ment to brish the tick off of course.

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The black lines are actually the recomended for of ticks. You use the bark of the trees to tick the rock. Although tour still ment to brish the tick off of course.

Is English your first language?

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The black lines are actually the recomended for of ticks. You use the bark of the trees to tick the rock. Although tour still ment to brish the tick off of course.

Is English your first language?

Nes.

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ofcoarse inglish is my furst language

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Negative tick marks are all the rage

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Wouldn't they be cross marks?

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The black lines are actually the recomended for of ticks. You use the bark of the trees to tick the rock. Although tour still ment to brish the tick off of course.

Fair enough! Not a fan, but can see the reasoning especially around Albarracin.

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Went to Longridge today,  almost every single handhold and foothold on the traverse was tick marked - 100m+ of ticks. An epic display of fuck-wittery.

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You need something to see after dark.

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You need something to see after dark.

Carrots?


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Must have been lots to see whilst passing on your motorbike... ;)

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It was my dog that noticed them, I was too busy chucking litter.

 

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