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No chalk at Gyms too 6-Apr-2005 At 7:49:53 PM itchyfingers

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On 6/04/2005 rhinckle wrote:
>>everything we do has an impact.
>

yes, it does. it is about trying to minimise the impact we do have though. i'll be the first to admit that i've done damage to the area around crags by trying to find a track in, but i do try to minimise it as much as poss.

i think that if we climb we will damage the area. i think that we could probably try to work better at preserving the environment from home by recycling, blah blah blah, all the usual greeny talk, but that as climbers we should be aware of the eviron issues at stake. in general, not just chalk

but the other issue is not just environmental, but ethics of climbing. i know that noddy doesn't use chalk not only for environ reasons, but for the fact that he considers it aid. i'll admit that chalk seems to aid in climbing for many people, me included at times, and espec. in gyms. remember when that woman freed "passport to insanity"? noddy had promised $500 to the first person, but she used chalk so they refused to pay...

i think i agree. it is more of an achievment not to use chalk and climb solidly at grade 25-6 on trad the it is to use chalk and sport climb 28-9
(i realise that opens another can of worms, so sorry)

i guess i strayed into the to chalk or not to chalk debate. sorry guys...