Maybe the farmer saw this, attributed it to climbers and decided to get his own back.
Dropped in for a quick look today. Was with little one so couldn't do much stabilising but I did manage to tidy up some of them and seal a couple (crimp on Razor Roof and sloper/crimp on RHS hard slab).It looks like all the probs on Razor Roof will be made harder by this chipping. Gaining the holds over the lip on the left arete prob and RR itself will be harder, RZA roof might have to use a different sequence and might now be a bit contrived. I'd guess at everything going up a grade.The chipping near Kaluza is on The Kid. A mess but don't think it will change the prob much. Though the undercut looks a bit less stable than it was and might fall off one day.Didn't spot any chips other than the ones already found by others, but didn't check everything.It may well be totally unrelated but I noticed that some of the wall next to the stile near Razor Roof has fallen down (looks pretty recent). Maybe the farmer saw this, attributed it to climbers and decided to get his own back.
Got to say I'm really gutted about all this, been climbing at the stride and cratcliffe for years, it's such a shame, the pics of that arete are heartbreaking!!!
Mullahing the shit out of that lovely clean arete - right out in the open - leaves a horrible scar that surely no one with any sort of love for the countryside would want to see (that includes farmers, walkers, landowners etc..).
Quote from: Bonjoy on January 31, 2013, 04:05:25 pmDropped in for a quick look today. Was with little one so couldn't do much stabilising but I did manage to tidy up some of them and seal a couple (crimp on Razor Roof and sloper/crimp on RHS hard slab).It looks like all the probs on Razor Roof will be made harder by this chipping. Gaining the holds over the lip on the left arete prob and RR itself will be harder, RZA roof might have to use a different sequence and might now be a bit contrived. I'd guess at everything going up a grade.The chipping near Kaluza is on The Kid. A mess but don't think it will change the prob much. Though the undercut looks a bit less stable than it was and might fall off one day.Didn't spot any chips other than the ones already found by others, but didn't check everything.It may well be totally unrelated but I noticed that some of the wall next to the stile near Razor Roof has fallen down (looks pretty recent). Maybe the farmer saw this, attributed it to climbers and decided to get his own back. hang on then, whats actually been damaged on the RR block - I thought it was that hold under the roof (near RR and the left arete) that only umpalumpas use, and one of the crimps over on the right side?
What's worse is the feeling whoever did it could turn up and do the same tomorrow...