[Falling Down]

I wonder if Bill the Stanage Warden know anything about this? I will enquire.

Why Si?

I'm not suggesting we brush (no pun intended) under the carpet but what is telling Bill going to add? We ought to be sorting this out ourselves rather than pointing out to the wardens another example of how stupid the climbing community is.

[cofe]

I wonder if Bill the Stanage Warden know anything about this? I will enquire.

Why Si?

I'm not suggesting we brush (no pun intended) under the carpet but what is telling Bill going to add? We ought to be sorting this out ourselves rather than pointing out to the wardens another example of how stupid the climbing community is.

Exactly.

[Somebody's Fool]

I wonder if Bill the Stanage Warden know anything about this? I will enquire.

Why Si?

I'm not suggesting we brush (no pun intended) under the carpet but what is telling Bill going to add? We ought to be sorting this out ourselves rather than pointing out to the wardens another example of how stupid the climbing community is.

Exactly.

Precisely.

[Fiend]

Why Si?

It'll give him something to do other than actually climbing

[SA Chris]

I wonder if Bill the Stanage Warden know anything about this? I will enquire.

Why Si?

I'm not suggesting we brush (no pun intended) under the carpet but what is telling Bill going to add? We ought to be sorting this out ourselves rather than pointing out to the wardens another example of how stupid the climbing community is.

Exactly.

Precisely.

Verily

[butters]

It'll give him something to do other than actually climbing

 

[Jacqusie]

The BMC work very well with Bill & he tends to know more than most about the going on's at Stanage - It was just a thought...

Si

[Jacqusie]

I wonder if Bill the Stanage Warden know anything about this? I will enquire.

 We ought to be sorting this out ourselves rather than pointing out to the wardens another example of how stupid the climbing community is.

I completely agree - how though?

I have a thread to start soon as I caught someone chipping at a grit crag yesterday - I did remain calm...

si

[Sloper]

Spill the beans Jaques.  Now.

[Johnny Brown]

Si, I had a chat with Bill yesterday. I considered mentioning it but didn't, he monitors UKC so will no doubt read about it. We've discussed the subject before and he knows what is normal and what is OTT.  I'd rather let him worry about the more important stuff he has to do at the mo...

Sorting it ourselves means stuff like this thread and the UKC news item - raising awareness of what is excessive and the fact that the community finds it unacceptable.

[Johnny Brown]

Sloper, Si is talking about some non-climbers carving names I think.

[Sloper]

Look I'm half way through organising the lynch mob, you can't just stand these folk down, maybe's well just have to lynch a top roper.

I bloody hope you're right.

[Jacqusie]

It was a family chipping names at a vey small crag near Birchover - calm Sloper... It got sorted...

si

[Falling Down]

I wonder if Bill the Stanage Warden know anything about this? I will enquire.

 We ought to be sorting this out ourselves rather than pointing out to the wardens another example of how stupid the climbing community is.

I completely agree - how though?

By raising it on here and UKC and someone taking a rope, a water spray and a brush down the plantation and going to wash it off?

[Sloper]

It was a family chipping names at a vey small crag near Birchover - calm Sloper... It got sorted...

si

No top, no tick.

I want blood, I want proof.

[slackline]

Tomtom's just clocked this crap on the Pebble....

[cofe]

that's just overuse of chalk cos it was probably damp when it was tried. some of those footholds are fragile enough.

[Jacqusie]

Seeing as you asked so nicely Tom

http://www.flickr.com/photos/simonjacques/4057399679/#

[Tris]

Seeing as you asked so nicely Tom

http://www.flickr.com/photos/simonjacques/4057399679/#

So is that engraving, rather than chipping?

[Jacqusie]

It was using a hammer & chisel & it soon stopped.

[Tris]

It was using a hammer & chisel & it soon stopped.

I'm sorry but what the fuck kind of family walks around with a hammer and chisel? This ain't Texas...

[Jacqusie]

It was using a hammer & chisel & it soon stopped.

I'm sorry but what the fuck kind of family walks around with a hammer and chisel? This ain't Texas...

Ones from Norwich... says it all really...

[SA Chris]

It was using a hammer & chisel & it soon stopped.

I'm sorry but what the fuck kind of family walks around with a hammer and chisel? This ain't Texas...

Texas being known as a place where rock is in profusion (with some exceptions) and name chisseling is commonplace?

[rginns]

very thickly caked on tick mark on sit down arete on the Tanks boulder at Burbage South yesterday.

I've not particularly got much against tick marks per se when used proportionately as they can be useful sometimes but I don't understand why people can't BRUSH THE MARKS OFF afterwards. Or otherwise why not try to remembering where the holds are??????

[tomtom]

Tomtom's just clocked this crap on the Pebble....

Cheers for posting that Slackline. It actually looked far worse than the picture showed, and it took a good 4-5 mins of brushing before the holds were usable as they were so caked and greasy with chalk. Cofe - looks like you were right someones been using chalk to dry the holds. Daft really, why not use a towell or cloth?? and its only 4+ warm up line anyway!