"Chalk falls into the same category as shoes. It’s important for advanced work, but its pointless for most local cliffs. If your hands are seriously starting to sweat, wipe them on their shirt. If you can’t make it up forty feet of a medium-difficulty cliff without chalk, build muscles instead of buying chalk. It’s cheaper and more effective."
I've spent a fortune on chalk... crap. I had it all wrong AND Im not ripped. Well I feel completely screwed since all I climb now are local cliffs. If I had 50 dollars for every block of chalk Ive ever bought Id be serious a hundredaire.