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Sorry Pete, but your lack of experience in moving hundreds of tonnes of rock is showing. But I'll modify my position. Developing sport climbs usually takes more effort than developing boulders, but there are instances where this isn't true. My reasoning for posting in this thread was to argue...

On the boulder I'm most proud of opening, I managed to get 1 FA, but it wasn't the first line on the block and I advertised it to everyone before anything had been climbed. I just thought it would be more fun climbing on it with other strong climbers? I don't think it's fair to say that either...

No, but if you're using that as a measure of time, work and expense put into developing rock then it's a poor one, so I fail to see the relevance.

Bloody hell. Wads are welcome on the projects that I've opened and have been trying. I'd be psyched to see them done!

A wild card. Not lime, but non-condition-dependent, board-style grit on positive holds... This would be fine in summer IMO. Room To Breathe Stand Start, Hawkcliffe. 7B from the stand, which starts a few moves in (on LH sidepull and RH on the 2nd undercut, 20s into vid). Highball top slab but...

I wouldn't be surprised if Tomoa could piss most boulders out there.

It's still rewarding to develop a project and not get the FA! I've been psyched to let others get FA's on things I've spent time and money developing. It's good to feel that my time and effort produced something that benefitted the local climbing community (more so than the actual FA in my mind).

Of course I was aware it hadn't been tried in years, I spent half a day clearing the top after I found it independently! But yep, happy to help if I can.

Fucker :lol: I did say things that hadn't been abandoned for years! And Jon F built the landing anyway :tease: But if you want a new project, I've cleaned up around 10 probable 8s in Yorkshire that I haven't gotten around to trying and I'm more than happy to share!

Elysium - Smeaton Edge Sheep Shifter - cave dale 22 chambers - Tremeirchion Hook ups and link ups - Church Crag If you're keen for longer drives then Lakes / North Wales mountain rock can be great in summer. Also, the right grit problems can still work when it's warm. I stayed on grit all...

If I was the first ascensionist of a boulder problem by way of closing it to others then the FA would feel very artificial. I enjoy the satisfaction of doing a FA because it signifies being (1) lucky enough to find it, (2) bothered enough to prepare it, and (3) good enough to climb it before...

Damn, as others have said I hope it's not a bad one. I fractured a vertebrae when I was younger (bikes) and luckily it didn't take long to bounce back from. Remember leg day if you're highballing! A 2x bodyweight squat can absorb a lot of impact!

Thanks Pete and Ferret. Very useful. At fear of being labeled as having health anxiety, that's potentially another rabbit hole to go down (regarding the cooking exposure). I will do some testing.

What a cunt :)

All those words and not a single shred of evidence. Arguing for the sake of arguing. You have contributed nothing :slap:

The onsight specialists are climbing on plastic. Hopefully, after the next Olympics, a lot of them will start to do it where it counts ;D Tomoa recently flashed a confirmed 8C+ and took 8B+ for it.

In this context, I'd define dangerous as: 'exposure to chalk dust probably affects respiratory health'. Of course, the dose makes the poison, and that's what we're trying to establish. Tomtom's measurements suggest it may be cause for concern in his home wall. Alcohol is dangerous, that's why...

Progress (at any rate), lack thereof, and regression could all make an interesting read, if only to look out for what to avoid! Contentedness with any of these options would also be nice to read. I think slow progress over a long time frame is perhaps even more impressive. It must require a...

I think mindset and momentum count for a lot, so it sounds like you're in a good place to have your best performances still to come. I share your weight loss issues in that I just feel weaker if I lose it, but I'm now comfortable with being a bigger climber. People have built up to pulling over...

Thanks Tomtom. What do those numbers mean on your PM (particulate matter?) meter? Is it measuring dust in the <1 to 5 micron range (the stuff that's likely to be hazardous)? Based on your comment that 30-60 is not considered good for outside air quality, I assume this would mean it exceeds...