[Big Frank]

Tick mark vote inspired from the other side!

[Bubba]

Most of the time I never use them, sometimes I do, but more usually use a little spot of chalk or something rather than a huge line. I usually clean them off but admit to having left them in place in the past.

That said, I usually find myself cleaning off somebody elses crap rather than my own.

[dave]

although there have been some notable exceptions, when i use tickmarks i generally use a dab of a chalkball to gave a soft non-ground-in mark that can be easier to brush off. If i use a solid chalk mark, i just use a small dot, not a 24inch donkey line like they do in font.

What really pisses me off is when nobheads have done tickmarks with coloured blackboard chalk.

[Bubba]

If people really need a big fat line, they could always use a bit of finger tape or something and take it off afterwards. Dunno whether that'd work, and I suppose we might just end up with tape crap everywhere instead.

[dave]

best solution is to get someone to point at the hold.

I once spent about an hour walking round Bas Cuvier trying to remove german tickmarks. Needless to say due to their ruthless efficiency most of them wouldn't come off.

[Big Frank]

Did they drape towels over the problems during the night?

[Big Frank]

What I find slightly strange is that some people object violently to tick
marks, but will quite happily cover  holds in chalk.  Hypocrits!  

[Bubba]

I suppose it is double standards. Tick marks do seem to stand out a lot more though.

I actually like looking at chalked up climbs/problems more than if they're totally clean.

[dontfollowme]

I tend to use a bit of chalk from my bag, never blackboard chalk though. I did get someone to point at the hold on a dyno I was trying at the RAC boulders because I couldn't see the hold I was going for and I was scared I was going to fall on a boulder. But since doing the problem once I don't need anyone pointing at the hold anymore. Sometimes I mark a foothold if I have trouble seeing it when I'm struggling with a problem.