Something I really really value about climbing is that for all the noise about FA ethics or consultation, or local ethics etc, ultimately there is no formal framework for decision making nor any powerful body to enforce those decisions. Shit gets done (bolted, chopped, cleaned, climbed, chipped, climbers slandered) by people who decide it's worth the effort to do shit, and they bring their values to the turds of their own making. I think society would be basically fuched if it operated this way, but I'm very glad climbing does. |