[ian h]

if i have to mark anything i find that a dot of chalk pushed on with the thumb works just as well if positioned correctly. and much easier to get rid of when your finished

[Johnny Brown]

I think this is what we'all is railin against.
The mighty nine shows his displeasure at boybage.

[clm]

I saw a guy using tip ex at minus ten.  :shock: he was french.

[dave]

fiddy pennells looks quite rightly a bit pissed there - thats fucking horrendous. don't people turn round when leaving the crag and see what shit they've left?

any idea who did it?

i got some snaps of badass tickmarks in font, i can post up of theres a demand.....

[tommytwotone]

...come on then Dave, get your ticks out for the lads... :roll:

[a dense loner]

yeah, false promises are no good, dave

[dave]

i'll post em up when i get home, wiggaz.

[dave]

just to follow this up, my tickmark phtots didn't come out very well so i didn't post them.

found this on tinternet though:



david blunkett climbs 7c+

[a dense loner]

that problem looks awesome. any ideas dave? like wot hold would u use after the first right hand sloper?

[dave]

its summert in germany. i think theres a hold on the top somewhere.....

[Andy B]

I reckon scrubbing off tick marks is good for your karma.

I was having a lacklustre session at Back Bowden on Wednesday, so spent an hour wandering round cleaning loads of tick marks off the problems (that never get washed off because of the steepness), then miraculously got a burst of enthusiasm and went on to have a crackin night and left the crag after dark (always a good sign).

I think another hour of brushing would have prevented me from tooling my arm again too!

[Bubba]

Not exactly hall of shame material, but it's hardly helpful for Planetfear.com to  recommend putting tick marks on the top out of Strapiombante, is it?

[Kim]

Not exactly hall of shame material, but it's hardly helpful for Planetfear.com to  recommend putting tick marks on the top out of Strapiombante, is it?

good to see they're maintaining that traditional british ground-up ethic ain't it....

[cofe]

oh my god.

[jimbo]

White spray paint works better as it does'nt get washed off in bad weather. word.

[a dense loner]

hmm, i wonder where my knee goes again?  :?  :D

[Bonjoy]

Bastard! Knew i should have photoshopped those pics. To be fair i was washing all the chalk off the prob with water after trying it (primarily 'cos i was paranoid someone would spot the line and steal it before i got the FA)

[dave]

what the fuck shoes are them lovejoy?

[Bonjoy]

Some crazy-ass things called Rock Pillars, had to buy them when in NZ as there was nothing better. They where quite good as it goes. Lowrider trashed the tops and the heels tho.

[a dense loner]

he has to keep gettin the name of the prob in, n the fact that it was a first ascent. look at me!  :soapbox:  :wink:

[Bonjoy]

You never know, if i keep banging on about it for long enough someone might actually take a day out of their busy Plantation/Burbage schedule and give it a go.

[Fiend]

I have a friend who walked along and saw it recently and said it was one of the most inspiring problems he'd seen.

Then again he has quite esoteric tastes and only likes burly grit sloper problems  

[a dense loner]

You never know, if i keep banging on about it for long enough someone might actually take a day out of their busy Plantation/Burbage schedule and give it a go.

doubt it, you know what they're like  :twisted:

[Rhys]

Shocking amount of chalk in this picture:

http://www.8a.nu/cgi-bin/scorecard/pics/presentation/resize/resize1076547011_2214.JPG

 :shock:

[jonP]

People shouldn't be allowed to get away with this kind of desecration.