I scraped out some sandstone from a pocket on a well traveled route and brought it back to the lab and looked at it under the microscope. Sure enough, there were hand herpes all over the slide. I think it must be a new strain, but I'll have to check it's DNA and search the hand herpes database.
I think your more likely to get some type of disease from climbing on plastic all winter than from the rock in the red...ya know...nature has a way of cleansing things.
"The Mountains are my church and climbing is how I worship" - Tommy Caldwell
Thats what I thought too but I think it's just in the air down there. I went down for a weekend to hang out once, no climbing. Sure enough, when I got home monday I had it all over my hands and anus. It might be that I was around anti all weekend as well.
If you even look at anticlmber you get hand herpes so bad that you can't wear your Rappel gloves cause it hurts so much. And that can cause even worse unforseen results. Trust me I know!!!
