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Memorials / Plaques 9-Nov-2006 At 8:00:17 AM estherrenita_

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I don't think that flowers and crosses exist next to the road as a "sign" for drivers to be careful at this particular section of road.
I think it is about memorial /ritual /and mourning.
I’m living in Europe at the moment, and it strikes me that the tradition of having hand made gravestones and also a public holiday for visiting these grave sites is quite a different reality from Australia.
I think the “on site” memorial is more of a result of living in a less religious society (as tmarsh wrote).
I also think that the idea that the family/ friends are thinking of the climbing community is unlikely.
I’m not one to put an emphasis on the importance of objects in commemoration but I can imagine that a bench or some “useful” thing doesn’t really have the “Honor” of a plaque.

Having said this I am actually anti plaques and memorials in “native” areas. I’m not sure that I can justify this though.