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Bouldering Ethics?? 2-Jun-2006 At 10:27:21 AM Stuey

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On 2/06/2006 Peacey wrote:
>People have even used tools to chip pieces of rock off
>problems, they supposedly do this to stop less experienced climbers from
>completing "their problems". I don’t understand this mentality, have any
>other people heard of this happening or witnessed people damaging rock
>to spite others?

Not heard of chipping done to spite others (apart from the famous Fontainbleau loony or maybe the 'Mechanical Animals incident') Most of the time people do it because they are either too crap to do an existing problem and try to improve the holds or they seek to create a new problem where there are no (or no decent) holds.

Either way, it sucks.

If you can't pull on the holds do something easier. If its a new problem and the holds are poor, don't improve them. Just because you can't pull on, doesn't mean that nobody can.