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The Future of Climbing 31-Mar-2005 At 2:29:34 PM LittleMac

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On 31/03/2005 steph wrote:
>The next wave is definitely climbing outdoors without the aid of chalk.
>it should already be in action but unfortunately some of us are too stubborn
>to see the beauty of climbing natural rockfaces because they're blinded
>by the chalk cloud they're stuck in.

I don't reckon you're going to get rid of chalk anytime real soon (or ever), but I reckon that you might see different styles of chalk come into use (before you go but we've already tried this) I said better, stuff that's not so obvious but also works. I reckon I might start a new poll on chalk, just for interests sake

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>I also reckon better pro will be invented but also that it'll fade out
>and sport climbing and soloing will eventually rule... maybe us climbers
>will start base jumping and enjoy the art of going down instead of up...
>then again maybe not.

Trad will never die, the history is to strong, and places like araps and yosemite valley will always inspire even sport climbers to try the lost art.