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The ben thing is not dead (aka. failing ethics) 22-Sep-2004 At 2:07:00 PM Bernardo

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Why do you feel that sports climbers need to be mentored?
i totaly agree on teh environmental ethics aspect, i hate pulling onto a belay ledge somewhere half way up tiger wall or anyother spot at arapiles to find cigarrets butts adn similar, this is somehtign that needs to be stopped.
but why should we mentor soports climbers about trad? sport is just as legitimate as trad.
or owuld you say that that all trad climbers should be thought the ways of big wall adn aid, or even mounteneering?
its all climbing, each one different adn each group has their own gear adn culture but its still climbing adn more often than not we are all doign it for the same reasons. love of the rock, the environemnt adn the feelign we get from climbign adn challenging ourselfs.
:)