I'd say it depends on the effort put into getting the boulder into a climbable state and also location. When I was bouldering in La Pedriza, there were 100's or 1000's of FAs to be done, so you didn't feel too bad ticking a few of them even though you hadn't cleaned them but if it was a rare find then that's a different story in my opinion. The locals would clean the boulders in the summer when it was too hot to climb them.
You can ask people to leave it for you
This question is pertinent for me at the moment.
Then again, its about 25 foot so maybe its a route and I can declare it closed
Quote from: andy popp on June 10, 2015, 12:20:53 pmThen again, its about 25 foot so maybe its a route and I can declare it closed Bolt in, red ribbon on the bolt, job done.