[tommytwotone]

I meant to post sooner about this, but last weekend I noticed that Parthian Shot was donkey lined up good style, with lines so big you could see them from the Burbage South boulders...is that really necessary?

[Andy F]

There was some horrendous donkey ticking at Thorn Crag last week. No need for it at all 

[BenF]

Andy, I think you'll find those are sheep up at Thorn Crag, not donkeys.  Either way we shouldn't be defacing dumb animals.

[GCW]

There's not much that needs a mark at Thorn.  What problems were ticked, Andy?  Would have taken 2 minutes to brush off I bet.  At least this rain will clean them.

[Andy F]

Lots of stuff on the crag boulders, those slab problems were particularly badly ticked up.

[GCW]

As in Fire Wall?  Jeez, someone needs new glasses.

[whispering nic]

Aye it was ticktastic last week but most of it should wash off apart from yon steep 7b+ prow thing below the crag which needed some brushing. We coulda but didn't

[chappers]

where and what is this please? looks good (apart from the ticks!)

[Jim]

I think its opium in font.
It is
http://bleau.info/recloses/974-23322.html

[Houdini]

I find Finnish boulderers particularly disrespectful to the rock:



Jamaica Roof E75, Lahti.   The only sandstone in their country and they kill it with chalk, looks reasonably tick-free here.

[Jaspersharpe]

Those lines on the left look particularly ugly and pointless as there are four of them pointing to every part of a big hold that is already very obvious. As it's covered in chalk.

[Houdini]

Dude, you could berth the Enterprise on that hold.


And they do it everywhere, I've not ever seen any attempt to remove chalk, post-climb. 

[Rice Boy]

http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.html?id=78632

These two are just missing a circle in the middle for the full cats arse effect.

[fatdoc]

now that's unbelievably unecessary.... all this stuff that's from abroad is poor, but THAT, THERE is soo out of order.

name and shame the perp I say.

[lagerstarfish]

or use the perp's face to scrub away the mess perhaps? I am sure that the rural artist involved will have cleaned their work off as soon as they had done the problem.

[Fiend]

It is bollox.

The thing is....marking holds can be pretty useful. That's why people do it.

But what I don't fucking get is, why the hell do people think they need these fucking harsh enormous scraped on lines?? What is wrong with a little finger smudge or a single faint line, drawn with your finger rather than smeared on with a whole chalk lump?? It seems so fucking obvious to just put a little dab by the hold instead of an huge graffitied target....doing the latter would take some special effort to actually think of, let alone think it was a good idea...

[SA Chris]

I am sure that the rural artist involved will have cleaned their work off as soon as they had done the problem.

That's just the thing. Like Fiend says they do help. Just many people can't seem to be arsed cleaning them off afterwards. Not sure if they think they are doing everyone else a favour by leaving it there?

[Jim]

If I ever leave any on its purely forgetfullness

[Norton Sharley]

Surely they only help when you can't actually see a hold, or need to hit a specific bit of a hold.  I mean if you can see it why do you need to tick it? 

If you as forgetful as me, and Jim, then you're onsighting every problem every go anyway, so you shouldn't have any ticks because you would blow the onsight every go!

[Jim]

are you ryan?

[webbo]

with my age and general decrepiside.i can't see things so mark them up also i then forget rub them off.sometimes i even forget what i've gone to the crag for and just walk round drawing little lines.

[Jacqusie]

http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.html?id=78630



Spot the pebble

fuck me sideways...

[Jacqusie]

http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.html?id=77456


Christ - it gets worse - and he's not even off the ground!

[Fiend]

At least he's trying to get off the ground eh. I don't think one needs a witch-hunt with other photos.

[Jacqusie]

At least he's trying to get off the ground eh. I don't think one needs a witch-hunt with other photos.

irony never your strongest point Fiend - at least those donkey's are pretty lookin...