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I was going to number them as well, but I can't count that high and I ran out of chalk.

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Hammer and chisel work well when you're out of chalk. Best after dark so not to disturb the locals.

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I like to sit back on the fence afterwards to see where all the holds are.

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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.

Here's photos the day before of said muppetry... :shrug:



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Blimey - someone needs some glasses. 

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I've been known to put a few ticks on thigs at longridge but for the record, those aren't mine this time.

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I'm going to self-refer. Not photos, thank god, but was climbing without the requisite brush on a rope at Fairhead and used my chalk rag to scrub off lichen and "green" from some footholds. Nasty big white lines... bit embarrasing when some friends later climbed the route and asked WFT I'd been doing using those footholds.

I hadn't. I'd cleaned the wrong ones.  :slap:

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Almscliff was a right mess at the weekend. Saturday morning revealed some horrible 'scrubbing' with chalk balls beneath orchrist.
Worst still were the chalk lines to the sinker foot holds on slopey traverse next to morrell's wall. Whoever did those needs a slap. Luckily been washed away by this week's deluge

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Worst still were the chalk lines to the sinker foot holds on slopey traverse next to morrell's wall. Whoever did those needs a slap.

Can't believe anyone would consider trying this when it isn't about 2 degrees! Always feels desperate unless its baltic!

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Worst still were the chalk lines to the sinker foot holds on slopey traverse next to morrell's wall. Whoever did those needs a slap.

Can't believe anyone would consider trying this when it isn't about 2 degrees! Always feels desperate unless its baltic!

Bizarrely it's not too bad for summer attempts. It never gets the sun (so the rock never gets too warm) and if there's a breeze.....

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I still never did the fucking thing.

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I still never did the fucking thing.

Me neither :D

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Hands in the air, everyone who knows what hold that is  :ohmy:

Taken from an original photo courtesy of BoB - let me know if you want me to remove this, or provide a link to the otherwise excellent photo  :)

 :shrug:

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the storm?

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the storm?

Right in the eye of!  :boxing:

http://blogofbutters.blogspot.com/2011/03/team-slovenia-day-6.html?m=1

Not very difficult that one though, was it  ;)

I hope someone told him you're supposed to hold the top, and not just caress the rock between the lines..

Some nice shots in the blog.

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a route addition to the list - big, lines of red chalk (that is, proper "stick of chalk" stuff) to point to various holds on Supercool at Gordale.  Someone evidently went up there prepared - a frustrated teacher?! (or do they all use white-boards and Powerpoint these days?).

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a route addition to the list - big, lines of red chalk (that is, proper "stick of chalk" stuff) to point to various holds on Supercool at Gordale.  Someone evidently went up there prepared - a frustrated teacher?! (or do they all use white-boards and Powerpoint these days?).

Red chalk? I hope it's just blood

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Hands in the air, everyone who knows what hold that is  :ohmy:


Hopefully the last five years of rain have washed it off.  :P

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#1118 Re: Donkey line / tick mark hall of shame.
September 11, 2016, 05:16:02 pm
Not many ticks, probably cos they ran out by hideously chalking the footholds.


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Oh dear, this is just pathetic :no:

Doesn't look as though it worked, either.

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He even farts at 55 seconds.

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Those look helpful....

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What an absolute load of complete & utter toss-pottery. Disgraceful.

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Branch dab anyway, back around you tick marking toss pot!

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Is that Lagers?

 

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