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No chalk at Gyms too 6-Apr-2005 At 2:17:56 PM Goodvibes

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On 5/04/2005 nmonteith wrote:
>Gym holds are made from oil, the building is made from trees, the support
>structure is made from steel. All these items once lived in the earth in
>a natural state. By choosing to live in the western world we have to accept
>that everything we do causes the earth some serious harm. The minimal act
>of chalk use seems very insignicant compared to an open cut iron-ore mine.
>That is what I am trying to say!

Exactly what I have been thinking the whole time these stupid rants have been going on. If these anti chalk people put a little more effort into some of the real problems out there then just maybe this world would be a better place. Worrying so much about some trivial aesthetic changes to a relatively small number of cliffs seems rather pointless to me. Sure it can be a bit of a problem at popular crags but look at the bigger picture http://www.oxfam.org.au/ or http://www.greenpeace.org.au/ .