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28-Jan-2015 10:48:14 AM
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Has anyone seen / used this stuff before?
The claim is that its better for the environment due to it not leaving a mark while still drying your hands. I do wonder however whether a potent synthetic drying agent (which this stuff seems to be) might be harmful for outdoor environments in other ways?
http://www.metoliusclimbing.com/eco_ball.html
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30-Jan-2015 5:02:50 PM
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There's a review in the latest copy of 'The Climber', the NZAC quarterly magazine (which has reviews that do more than post the ad copy the manufacturers put on their website). Yet another great reason to join the NZAC!
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30-Jan-2015 6:20:19 PM
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I picked up a ball of eco chalk 4 or 5 years ago, it was in the bargin bin at one of the outdoor stores. I was impressed. Basically it seemed as good as any of the other chalk balls I was using. I even bought another couple at full price! Then one thing led to another, I started bouldering and sports climbing, discovered how convenient large white tick marks are, worked out than down here in Tassie any white chalk on crags that people will see will be washed off the next time it rains, and switched to bags of crushed white chalk. If I was climbing in places where the visual impact of white chalk was more of an issue I would go back to eco chalk without concern.
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30-Jan-2015 8:12:20 PM
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Yea I've heard it works quite well, I'm just wondering if the residue that gets left behind, although not visible, might still be harmful to the environments in some way (for example if it comes into contact with birds/wildlife). Its probably not really a question that can be answered but I was just curious if people had any thoughts.
On 30/01/2015 Will_P wrote:
>There's a review in the latest copy of 'The Climber', the NZAC quarterly
>magazine (which has reviews that do more than post the ad copy the manufacturers
>put on their website). Yet another great reason to join the NZAC!
Preaching to the converted, haha! That's where I first heard about it, and I agree, The Climber and the annual journal are excellent reasons to join NZAC!
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