What perhaps most didn't understand last night was just how localised any turf repair would be. We're really talking about a small number of spots that have recently lost vegetation and are deteriorating fast.
Brick stabiliser is the stuff used to sort out crumbling holds. Been successfully used in Northumberland - works well.
I agree however that redoing the gress probably won't last if i'm honest.
And for the record i don't buy this crap (as spurted on cocktalk) that bouldering guides make ths situation worse. If bouldering guides dind't exist thed it'd be even worse cos we'd ALL be at the plantation every week cos we wouldn't know of all the other places.
You let boulderers back for 2 weeks and it will look the same as it did 5 years ago!
...useful knowledge......
that's a very pessimistic point of view - it took years for it to get into it's current state.
So Bigphil, you're saying that recolonisation by the more trample-resistant species would take several years, even with minimal disturbance and use of reinforcing geotextiles
If so, it would seem that more intrusive methods might be necessary? Are there alternatives to stone paving/woodchips/gravel etc?
Oh, and climbing bans at most other bouldering areas in the worlds have come about for a variety of reasons, but I can't think of an instance where an area has been closed due to loss of vegetation or erosion.Hueco - banned because of the (perceived) threat posed by climbers to the rock art thereCresciano - Access threatened by the quarry company who wanted to blow it up for roadstoneMeschia - Access severly restricted as the land the boulders are on is used by the locals to grow chestnuts (the major source of income for the locals), and the hundreds of climbers filling the places with shit, toilet paper, litter, etc. was not perceived as a good thing by the localsLittle Rock City (US) - banned 'cos the landowner built a golf course around the blocks