[cheque]

Descent side of the leaning block at Higgar.

A lot of it is on top of that crusty perma-lichen so a stiff enough brush will make inroads. I’ll have a go tomorrow but I only have wooden-bristled brushes that haven’t been great on graffiti in the past.

[Johnny Brown]

FFS. The plan with the cowperstone was to wait for wet weather and then jet wash. I'll let them know about this one too.

[deacon]

That doesn't half look like it says cheque! Covering your tracks Mike? 

[cheque]

Yeah, can’t tell if it’s “CHEKS” or “CHOKS”. Either way they screwed up their planning as the S is on the little ramp feature to the right.

I’ve been up and had a go just now. Amazingly cold and windy up there! As predicted my wooden brush didn’t do much apart from on the small areas I was able to wet where it was really quite effective.

Lots of rain forecast for tonight and tomorrow so I might go back tomorrow and have another go.

[cheque]

This is how I’ve left it today.



That’s with pouring a total of 3 litres of water down it and going at it with a wooden scrubbing brush. It’s pretty water-soluble, probably due to being on such a lichenous wall.

[Johnny Brown]

Legend, well done!

[reeve]

Great stuff Mike! Thanks.

Just a quick mention about the Cowper Stone, the graffiti from winter is now fully gone although the rock is still much lighter from where it was. The Stanage warden (Mark) and I have been cleaning the more recent (May?) graffiti. We've had a couple of sessions on it already, and if our next attempt doesn't finish it off I might request some extra hands to help with it.

[Will Hunt]

Any tips for something that has appeared at Almscliff recently. Some spunk bucket has done a load of tags up on Jess's Roof by the looks of it. Some of the spray paint is on actual holds and the rock is clean and non-lichenous (and will rarely get wet naturally) - so might require a different approach?

If you're quick you can see it in the "story" of @betajunkie on Instagram. I think those things only last 24 hours though so it'll be gone before long.

[spidermonkey09]

If I could work out how to add images here I would do so, any advice?

I don't know where to start with this as its quite sandy rock in that bit of almscliff. Scrubbing away might do more harm than good?

[cheque]

If I could work out how to add images here I would do so, any advice?

You need to upload them to a website then link to them in your post. Plenty of free image hosting websites out there- imgbb is one.

If you quote a post with pictures in you’ll see how the linking’s done- you just paste the address of the image into a post, drag to select it then click the icon that’s like a picture of the Mona Lisa.

[mrjonathanr]

Last week saw graffiti scratched into side wall in Tom’s Roof btw, not sure whether this has been mentioned previously. Didn’t take a photo.

[Will Hunt]

Almscliff stuff below. I'll probably be at the crag on the first Tuesday evening in September so could do something then - if indeed any action is advisable on Almscliff rock.

[tomtom]

Gah - thats shite... at least its one of the most exposed parts of a very exposed crag so may get washed off eventually...

Looking for a silver lining - Thankfully it isnt carved in....

[cheque]

Found some at Froggatt today- Small (60x30cm?) purple tag on a south-facing rock right at the top of Stiff Cheese, almost at the edge itself.

It’s entirely on a very thick and crusty patch of that whiteish lichen that lots of Curbar is coated with so should be brushable off with a stiff brush- ideally in the dry (which it is now) I’d say.

I don’t have a stiff enough brush myself- it’ll need a wire one I think.

[reeve]

Am I becoming sensitized to it, or is it becoming more prevalent?

[SamT]

Its becoming more prevalent.

In 30 years of climbing in the hope valley., there have been more instances in the last couple of years than the last couple of decades. Obv the 90s froggatt atrocity was the stand out occurrence.  Wouldn't surprise me if something like that is around the corner.

Nobody's mentioned it on here yet but there are a bunch of tags around the back of higgar at the moment. Got pics on my phone but cba to go through the rigmarole of uploading and linking (#bringbacktapatalk).  Fortunately they're tucked away and clearly not obv as I was expecting to read about them here at some stage.

Its a worrying trend!

[danm]

Some chummer has spray painted a rock blue on the walk in to Burbage South from Fox House as well.

[mrjonathanr]

It's been there since midsummer at least

[SA Chris]

Maybe it's someone from Chad getting revenge.