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WTF at Point Perpendicular! 10-Oct-2014 At 11:21:16 AM One Day Hero

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On 10/10/2014 jprockbelly wrote:
>10 extra bolts (or 100 for that
>matter) have an environmental footprint measured in square cm. They can
>be an eyesore (nowhere near as bad a chalk) but their actual impact on
>the environment is minimal.

Why bring chalk into it? There's nowhere at the Point where chalk remains after a good rainstorm. All the chalk in the world is only a temporary eyesore at that crag.

And also, you're playing a bit of a stupid "environment trumps everything" card. As well as bolting, you could also add metal rungs to every route, or chip huge jugs, or fill in all the pockets so the climbs are impossible.....none of these things would amount to serious environmental damage, but would fuch the cliff for climbers, so it's in our interests for those things not to happen, right?