Scopp knocked about
found this on the other channel, haven't seen it myself but doesn't sound good.... fontainebleau madman?"I imagine very few people have been in the Cratcliffe area recently, which presumably masked the activities of some maniac... Walking round today, I saw the following: Left Arete at Cratcliffe Top Boulders hacked all the way up its top two thirds, holds under Razor Roof bashed off, Scopp knocked about and at Robin Hood's, assorted chippings on problems which I can't immediately identify from the BMC guide. All in all a lot of irreparable damage, which is tragic."http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=536650
"us"? Not sure anyone on this forum would do such a thing.
What do u mean? Someone standing upright and easily knocking off holds above their heads in a cave sounds like a climber?
Quote from: Bonjoy on January 30, 2013, 10:22:52 amA climber with a grudge would surely smash crucial holds off classics (like the font loon did) e.g. they target T-Crack, Jerry's Trav or Jerry's arete.Shhhhhh! Don't give them any ideas! It's absolutely mindless behaviour, it must be some climbers who have done it though, it's not exactly a spot where you would find chavs hanging about. Very sad
A climber with a grudge would surely smash crucial holds off classics (like the font loon did) e.g. they target T-Crack, Jerry's Trav or Jerry's arete.
Ultimately though, what difference does it make? Time has shown that for all the weeping and gnashing of teeth we cant stop this and we never find the culprits.
Is it possible as mentioned above that bits of rock covered with chalk on them were targeted?
I took some photos earlier, posted on my blog here.Razor Roof looked like it would climb at the same grade. The damage has left a real mess at both venues and the newly exposed rock is incredibly crumbly.I don't know how you'd go about repairing the aretes that have been damaged, but if there's a good way to stabilise the surface of the rock that would go some way to mitigating the damage.