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Title: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: dave on March 21, 2010, 09:31:48 pm
See title etc.

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d175/beardownproductions/Dave/curbar_graf.jpg)

 :shrug: :thumbsdown:
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: GCW on March 21, 2010, 09:39:23 pm
You got an admirer Dave?
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: dave on March 21, 2010, 09:43:30 pm
I'm flattered but spoken for.

Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: Duma on March 21, 2010, 09:46:22 pm
That's low. Is it chipped in or written on the stone?
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: Paul B on March 21, 2010, 09:47:45 pm
A mate showed me this a while ago so I guessed everyone else would have seen it. Absolute disgrace

was haben sie gemacht?

Germans need putting in their place  :spank:
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: Bubba on March 21, 2010, 09:54:54 pm

I'm surprised there's not more of this shit that goes down given the sheer amount of visitors The Peak has to put up with. But yeah, it's horrible.
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: Percy B on March 21, 2010, 09:58:33 pm
Exactly.... no-ones going to go there to hire a car. Disgraceful
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: Stubbs on March 21, 2010, 09:59:10 pm
Get Jim over there to flip the millstone over using the power of his hams?
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: dave on March 21, 2010, 10:14:29 pm
That's low. Is it chipped in or written on the stone?

Its carved in. Shit if i wanted my local crags looking like almscliff I'd move to leeds.
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: Adam Lincoln on March 21, 2010, 10:22:53 pm
Check out the massive sun carving at the top of End of the affair.
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: lagerstarfish on March 22, 2010, 07:31:21 am
Disgraceful. They could have at least included the grade if they are going to go to the trouble of labelling their new problem.
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: dobbin on March 22, 2010, 10:18:49 am
I think its something to do with Goths : LINK (http://www.last.fm/music/Ben/_/Du+bist+mein+Herz)
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: lagerstarfish on March 22, 2010, 10:39:03 am
Shirley goths would be lurking about in the miserable dark hole where Gorilla Warfarin etc are
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: shrimp_boy on March 23, 2010, 05:52:32 pm
Maybe the same ones who left a note there explaining that they had badly glued, and circled with chalk an unnecessary foothold which they had broken. Bloody Goths...
 :thumbsdown:
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: Serpico on March 24, 2010, 11:01:05 am
the miserable dark hole where Gorilla Warfarin etc are

Is it good for thinning monkey blood as well?
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: galpinos on March 24, 2010, 11:28:18 am
Maybe the same ones who left a note there explaining that they had badly glued, and circled with chalk an unnecessary foothold which they had broken. Bloody Goths...
 :thumbsdown:

Unnecessary for you, but the only foothold a couple of mate's and quite a few other people use. It's not the most asthetic pieces of rock, the glued on hold doesn't look that bad.

(For the record, I neither used, broke or glued the hold but did see it on Sunday.)
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: Fiend on March 24, 2010, 12:10:36 pm
"Curbar: WTF?" is generally my reaction whenever I try to climb routes there ;)
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: shrimp_boy on March 24, 2010, 06:05:01 pm
Unnecessary for you, but the only foothold a couple of mate's and quite a few other people use. It's not the most asthetic pieces of rock, the glued on hold doesn't look that bad.
Boulder problems, like everything, have a finite lifespan (but I'll leave that discussion for another time).

If it's been there since the weekend, the least they could have done is come back when the glue had dried, removed the excess glue around the hold, scrubbed the chalk and removed the note. If you're going to mess about with nature in a national park at least keep it low key.

I'm guessing the two broken holds which have been placed in the crack to the left of GW for safe keeping are next.
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: Stubbs on March 24, 2010, 06:35:40 pm
If you're going to mess about with nature in a national park at least keep it low key.


You might want to have a look around next time you're in the peak national park and see how many natural vs non natural things you see. If a non climber finds thenselves by GW it will most likely be to have a poo!
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: The Sausage on March 24, 2010, 06:52:43 pm
If you're going to mess about with nature in a national park at least keep it low key.


You might want to have a look around next time you're in the peak national park and see how many natural vs non natural things you see. If a non climber finds thenselves by GCW it will most likely be to have a poo!
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: GCW on March 24, 2010, 07:00:50 pm
WTF?
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: cofe on March 24, 2010, 07:18:00 pm
what hold has broken and been glued?
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: Jim on March 24, 2010, 09:14:37 pm
what hold(s) has broken and been glued?
Question?
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: Slide on March 24, 2010, 10:02:59 pm
One of the low right foot nubbins some people use to pop for slopey rail on GW.  Not me tho.
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: Jim on March 24, 2010, 10:35:02 pm
someone bothered glue one of those back on?
they must be really be short of things to do in life
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: cofe on October 21, 2010, 09:58:32 am
It would appear Curbar continues to attract muppets:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d175/beardownproductions/John/general%20shit/JC-5433_lo.jpg?t=1287651457)

Directly above End of the Affair.
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: dave on October 21, 2010, 09:59:51 am
Saw that a few weeks ago - Mr & Mrs fatboyslimfast reconed it'd been there some time. It fucking beggars belief really.
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: cofe on October 21, 2010, 10:09:23 am
I've contacted the press office at the Peak Park in case they want to try to run something in the local press highlighting how fucked up this shit is in a National Park.
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: dave on October 21, 2010, 10:13:35 am
nice one.
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: SA Chris on October 21, 2010, 10:25:15 am
Start a Facebook campaign called "Julia Lennart is a chipping whore". The message will eventually get through to her.
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: cofe on October 21, 2010, 10:27:35 am
I think it's Julia and Lennart, they'd just forgotten their ampersand chisel that day. I'd say they're traceable mind...
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: dave on October 21, 2010, 10:38:00 am
Lennart's a german name right? So it could actually be the same cunts who did this:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d175/beardownproductions/Dave/curbar_graf.jpg)

curbar seems to be ground zero for lovestuck teutonic vandals.
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: slackline on October 21, 2010, 10:43:25 am
Lennart's a german name right? So it could actually be the same cunts who did this:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d175/beardownproductions/Dave/curbar_graf.jpg)

curbar seems to be ground zero for lovestuck teutonic vandals.
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: dave on February 13, 2011, 09:41:04 pm
Update on this one - was passing last weekend. hard to say if that's an improvement or not:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d175/beardownproductions/Dave/curbarWTF2.jpg?t=1297633227)

Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: robertostallioni on February 13, 2011, 09:44:43 pm
Update on this one - was passing last weekend. hard to say if that's an improvement or not
I  reckon you should have used grey, not orange, Dave.
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: dave on February 13, 2011, 09:58:13 pm
If only I'd packed tinned tuna not salmon that day.
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: Serpico on February 13, 2011, 10:53:35 pm
Update on this one - was passing last weekend. hard to say if that's an improvement or not:

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5094/5443296198_05733fd1e9.jpg)
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: saltbeef on February 13, 2011, 11:39:36 pm
jesus. who the fuck does this?
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: lagerstarfish on February 14, 2011, 07:44:00 am
[stereotype]

 What you have observed is the crag equivalent of the towel-on-the-deckchair

Quote from: Herr Lennart
You must leaf immediately und proclaim your lof fur your vife somevere else. Ve vere clearly here first

[/stereotype]
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: clm on February 15, 2011, 11:55:15 am
Julia and Lennart

Russian bride?  http://www.dream-marriage.com/russian-women-testimonials.html?start=9&ini=0 (http://www.dream-marriage.com/russian-women-testimonials.html?start=9&ini=0)

Sociologists?  http://www.sociology.gu.se/english/?languageId=100001&contentId=936164&disableRedirect=true&returnUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sociology.gu.se%2Faktuellt%2Fnyheter%2FNyheter%2BDetalj%2F%2Fnypublicerad-bok--sociology-of-professions-.cid936164 (http://www.sociology.gu.se/english/?languageId=100001&contentId=936164&disableRedirect=true&returnUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sociology.gu.se%2Faktuellt%2Fnyheter%2FNyheter%2BDetalj%2F%2Fnypublicerad-bok--sociology-of-professions-.cid936164)

Im banking on the sociologists because she turns out to be linked to/working at Nottingham university.

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sociology/stafflookup/emeritus/julia-evetts.aspx (http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sociology/stafflookup/emeritus/julia-evetts.aspx)

So how do we grass? Peak park authority? Coppers?

Wheresthe Poirot emoticon?

Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: Paul B on February 15, 2011, 04:25:20 pm
It would appear Curbar continues to attract muppets:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d175/beardownproductions/John/general%20shit/JC-5433_lo.jpg?t=1287651457)

Directly above End of the Affair.

some kind of content aware filler might work?
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: chris20 on February 15, 2011, 05:18:31 pm
Julia and Lennart

Im banking on the sociologists because she turns out to be linked to/working at Nottingham university.

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sociology/stafflookup/emeritus/julia-evetts.aspx (http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sociology/stafflookup/emeritus/julia-evetts.aspx)

and they have written a book together...
"2003 Conceptual and Comparative Studies of Continental and Anglo-American Professions (eds) with Lennart G. Svensson.. Goteborg Studies in Sociology No 129, Goteborg University. pp. 177."
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: clm on February 15, 2011, 06:08:11 pm
Time to call in chief inspector twat from the ethics police?

Seriously though.  Its rather more than circumstantial evidence innit?  If the whole ofgoogle can only throw up two Julia and Linnarts, one pair in the Ukraine and the other 40 minutes or so away.

Someone needs to go round and  :rtfm:  John Craven?
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: lagerstarfish on February 15, 2011, 06:17:35 pm
emailing them should be easy enough

this thread is number four on the list for Googling "julia and lennart"  :shrug:
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: clm on February 15, 2011, 06:28:17 pm
Do wewant to do that before they are approached by someone official?If it is them they should pay to sort it.
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: lagerstarfish on February 15, 2011, 06:31:38 pm
good point
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: cheque on February 15, 2011, 06:53:06 pm
I noticed a big piece of chipped graffiti in the same style (different names though) right below the Angel's Share slab at Black Rocks on Sunday: dead fresh. I know Black Rocks is covered in it, but I was pissed off to say the least to find it so close to a route.

Also saw the spraycan stuff at Rowtor on Saturday.  :(
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: sidewinder on February 15, 2011, 10:42:23 pm
Seems unlikely to me that a professor emeritus (normally given to famous, retired/semi-retired academics) would be associated with vandalism, a quick google throws up a site with a picture  http://www.hegesco.org/content/blogcategory/42/103/ (http://www.hegesco.org/content/blogcategory/42/103/) make up your own mind but I am not convinced she is the culprit.
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: slackline on February 15, 2011, 11:42:55 pm
Seriously though.  Its rather more than circumstantial evidence innit?  If the whole ofgoogle can only throw up two Julia and Linnarts, one pair in the Ukraine and the other 40 minutes or so away.

People go on holiday?

There are other couples of "Julia & Linnart" who don't use the internet?
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: JamieG on February 15, 2011, 11:50:16 pm
She's a witch! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrzMhU_4m-g#ws)
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: clm on February 16, 2011, 08:09:29 am
Seems unlikely to me that a professor emeritus (normally given to famous, retired/semi-retired academics) would be associated with vandalism, a quick google throws up a site with a picture  http://www.hegesco.org/content/blogcategory/42/103/ (http://www.hegesco.org/content/blogcategory/42/103/) make up your own mind but I am not convinced she is the culprit.
Could have been the he not the she?
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: lagerstarfish on February 16, 2011, 08:15:09 am
That Lennart Svensson looks like a right troublemaker - probably from a long line of Viking rune carvers
Title: Re: Curbar: WTF?
Post by: clm on February 16, 2011, 10:41:08 am
Seems unlikely to me that a professor emeritus (normally given to famous, retired/semi-retired academics) would be associated with vandalism, a quick google throws up a site with a picture  http://www.hegesco.org/content/blogcategory/42/103/ (http://www.hegesco.org/content/blogcategory/42/103/) make up your own mind but I am not convinced she is the culprit.
Could have been the he not the she?
..,and anyway, i only said 'if'.
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