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Great video about Dani Andrada's life and bolting. 4-Jul-2012 At 2:09:38 PM Olbert

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On 4/07/2012 Karl Bromelow wrote:
>On 4/07/2012 nmonteith wrote:
>>Europe is a culture not a race.
>
>Europe is a continent not a culture nor a race. I'm European and I don't
>leave crap and bog roll lying around for people to step in though I did
>nearly step in such two days ago in the middle of the path going down to
>the beach for a surf. Soiled speedos were also discarded just next to the
>turd and paper but over the fence. I'm guessing that there's a good chance
>the cable was laid by an Australian but I'd hate to jump to the conclusion
>that it was culturally acceptable to crap in a public place and leave it
>exposed in Australia. That would be a sweeping generalisation wouldn't
>it?
>
>Cheers, Karl

I have lived in Australia my whole life and sampled many of the places (non-climbing and climbing) Australia has to offer. I do not recall every finding anything that remotely resembled what I found at numerous crags (less known ones as well!) in France and Spain. That's not to say that it doesn't happen in Australia (I remember reading a Rock article about Centennial Glenn mentioning all the shit they cleaned up) but in my experience it's a lot more prevalent in Europe.

I'm not sure if culture plays a part in this problem but I feel there is some element of general culture common across Europe. Having never spoken to any Europeans about this I wouldn't know but I would find it plausible that it could play a role.