http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/t ... ing06.html
I think this is a good article discussing the drawbacks of bringing the masses to the Red. Maybe we can learn from this?
Bad Climbing Press
Bad Climbing Press
Jesus only knows that she tries too hard. She's only trying to keep the sky from falling.
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-Everlast
We need to really educate/preach to people to take responsibility for their trash.
BTW, someone crapped in the Roadside Parking lot and left behind a dirty feminine hygiene product. People really disappoint me.
It's simple: carry a trash bag with you and clean up your mess or stay at the gym where there are toilets/trash cans for your waste.
BTW, someone crapped in the Roadside Parking lot and left behind a dirty feminine hygiene product. People really disappoint me.
It's simple: carry a trash bag with you and clean up your mess or stay at the gym where there are toilets/trash cans for your waste.
Last edited by Meadows on Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:21 am, edited 1 time in total.
That is absolutely disgusting.From st.com, http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/threa ... &tn=0&mr=0
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From:
The following letter has been sent to each and every newspaper which published the original article.
Dear Editor,
This week an AP article titled “Rock Climbing’s Soaring Popularity Comes at a Costâ€
Access Funder
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From:
The following letter has been sent to each and every newspaper which published the original article.
Dear Editor,
This week an AP article titled “Rock Climbing’s Soaring Popularity Comes at a Costâ€
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Po, the kung fu panda
Po, the kung fu panda
I'm glad someone is willing to step up and carry extra thongs.
But that article has it all right. People need to learn how to take care of these places or they will be gone. The problem is that loosing these climbing areas is not a big deal to someone who gets into the sport because it is a fad. They'll just quickly move on and ruin something else for a whole other group of people.
So if you are going to be a prick and fuck shit up for the rest of us stay home and boulder at your gym.
But that article has it all right. People need to learn how to take care of these places or they will be gone. The problem is that loosing these climbing areas is not a big deal to someone who gets into the sport because it is a fad. They'll just quickly move on and ruin something else for a whole other group of people.
So if you are going to be a prick and fuck shit up for the rest of us stay home and boulder at your gym.
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it's not the fad followers. some of them are actually really great. guess leave no trace was the fad before. alot of regulars leave trash that they don't feel is trash. cough...sticks taped together...cough, cough....the tape. dog/people shit is trash, peels are trash, chalk spilled on the ground and left in a pile is trash, unattended kids is definatly trash, and a host of other stuff that inadvertantly falls out of packs is trash. don't even get me started on dead skin cells and hair.
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I think the best thing we can all do for the environment is to quit rock climbing. Since, I do not care about the environment I will continue to climb (and since it is the only thing in my pathetic wasted life that gives me joy sometimes). But you all with a conscience should really consider it. Think of all the green house gases that won't be emitted from your car, the trails you won't be eroding, etc. Especially, if you come from another state (in your SUV) to climb every weekend then you are really wasteful and are perpetrating serious damage to the environment.
Seriously consider it.
Save the environment, Quit Rock Climbing.
Seriously consider it.
Save the environment, Quit Rock Climbing.