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Cleaned this up this morning.

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Cleaned this up this morning.

AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Hows this for a little rock painting  :slap:


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Cleaned this up this morning.

.....and then you slap your left hand up the arête
What? That litte diagonal seam?
No, where all the chalk is
I'm not sure I can see what you mean
Where the rock stops being rock and starts being air
Can you tick mark it please
OK, there you go
I can't see those as they are disguised by all the other chalk
OK I'll put them 6" to the right
OK, so I go for the tick marks?
No, go 6" left where all the other chalk is and the rock runs out
OK, thanks, I think I've got that now

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Sterling tickwork north of the border by Dave Mac

https://twitter.com/davemacleod09/status/814493094087364608

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To be fair to Dave they may not be his. That boulder has been in a right state for ages - very stubborn ticks that need a pessure wash. There are some locals that should know better...
There's a pic on my blog from a couple of weeks ago here: http://www.gaz-softrock.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/ticked-off.html?m=1

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No ones posted up the cock jizzing on tits chalk ticks up at Thorn that's been gracing Facebook?

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That's the one! Twit twoozers!

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Fucking hell this is ridiculous
https://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.html?id=289766
(sorry UKC don't allow you embed their pics)

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Fucking hell this is ridiculous
https://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.html?id=289766
(sorry UKC don't allow you embed their pics)
I took this photo and have pulled it as I feel I am being held responsible for the absolute fucking state this bloc is. Those who know Deux Faux Plus Reels know how popular it is and the state it gets into- just Google and you'll see.  In hindsight I should made more of an effort to remove the ticks and chalk prior to the photo and to be honest shouldn't have posted it up on UKC for punters to point fingers. Sam and I spent quite a time cleaning it up before we left with,ironically, a brush we found under the boulder. Those who know me personally know how much I detest tick marks.

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I was one of the punters that criticised the photo (not you by the way), and tbh what do you expect? It was a fucking disgrace and yes I know the problem, and no I've never seen it as bad as that.

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FFS

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That is a fucking disgrace  :wank:

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There were tickmarks up Elder Statesman at Curbar on Sunday, presumably from the day before. Even the jug on Elder Crack was ticked! Good effort to anyone trying it, but still...

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Worst thing about that London wall thing is that it implies someone was likely toproping or at the very least heavily ab inspecting a very safe E5.

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Another one from the other channel:

https://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.html?id=290790

 :o :o What Dave said.  Take up tiddlywinks or something.

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There were tickmarks up Elder Statesman at Curbar on Sunday, presumably from the day before. Even the jug on Elder Crack was ticked! Good effort to anyone trying it, but still...
On a side issue
https://www.facebook.com/edalemountainrescue/?hc_ref=SEARCH&fref=nf
I though at the time 3 ropes was overkill, maybe not


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Worst thing about that London wall thing is that it implies someone was likely toproping or at the very least heavily ab inspecting a very safe E5.

 :agree: good call Dave, the "climb however you want" brigade might get their Y-fronts in a twist over that but it's definitely worth saying. Correlation between shoddy ethics not respecting the climbing and, errr,  shoddy ethics not respecting the climb, who knows??

The Elder Statesman fall, quite surprising that it's MC as I thought he had a lot of good experience and mentoring from previous trips over here??

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We were in Millstone end of feb, and i'm pretty sure the culprits were there camping. There was a couple climbing it and the gear was being practised on top rope, and the route was complete with the tick marks shown in the photo (a fucking mess). I hadn't seen tactics like this before, it was being treated like a sport route. I tried to speak to them but there english wasnt brilliant, they were european couldn't say exactly where. I guess they have different ethics....

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The Elder Statesman fall, quite surprising that it's MC as I thought he had a lot of good experience and mentoring from previous trips over here??

Didn't he deck out on the New Statesman too? Possibly due to gear ripping?

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The Elder Statesman fall, quite surprising that it's MC as I thought he had a lot of good experience and mentoring from previous trips over here??

Didn't he deck out on the New Statesman too? Possibly due to gear ripping?

This says the rope got cut in the fall and a broken arm! Not good!
http://www.edalemrt.co.uk/cgi-bin/createIncidentMap.cgi?mapMode=Specific&mapIncident=17&mapYear=2017

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Two different routes there. Edale MRT not quite on the ball with hard grit aretes ;)

 

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