Colored chalk
Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 11:52 am
Hey, I was doing a little searching and came across this product called Rock Chalk (tm) http://www.rockchalk.net/product.htm and was wondering if anyone has any experience with it. I did a search in the archives for "colored chalk" and "chalk" and saw no posting even remotely related to this stuff, though, I didn't read every single post to try and find it, but they didn't date back very far at all. If this has been discussed before, I'd appreciate being directed to the location. I don't actually USE chalk, because I get MORE than enough just by touching the wall 
on most climbs, because people are too damn lazy, or inconsiderate or oblivious to the fact that the rock is not THEIR toy to clean a route after they've climbed it. This isn't an "Anit-chalk" post. Quite the contrary, it's a curiosity post, because my biggest beef is the ugly, white blotches scattered all over the rocks, ruining the scene, marking out the holds and generally detracting from the experience of climbing something w/o beta. IF the day should come when I decide to use chalk (of my own and not picked up from the wall), like, say in the dead of Summer, I don't want to become part of the problem (actually, I just won't use white chalk, period, or I'll climb with a water bottle and scrub brush for the trip down 
). I'd appreciate any and all input on this colored chalk (but only if you've used it, or had direct contact with someone who's used it).
Thanks.
on most climbs, because people are too damn lazy, or inconsiderate or oblivious to the fact that the rock is not THEIR toy to clean a route after they've climbed it. This isn't an "Anit-chalk" post. Quite the contrary, it's a curiosity post, because my biggest beef is the ugly, white blotches scattered all over the rocks, ruining the scene, marking out the holds and generally detracting from the experience of climbing something w/o beta. IF the day should come when I decide to use chalk (of my own and not picked up from the wall), like, say in the dead of Summer, I don't want to become part of the problem (actually, I just won't use white chalk, period, or I'll climb with a water bottle and scrub brush for the trip down ). I'd appreciate any and all input on this colored chalk (but only if you've used it, or had direct contact with someone who's used it).Thanks.
. The aesthetic benefit comes from not looking at a wall 200' away and seeing white blobs all over it. The point is not "if you don't like it leave", the point is not being PART of the problem when the time comes that I'm sweating like an Alter Boy called to the preist's office at 2:00 a.m 
. I am about to start carrying a brush with me, even though I don't have a chalkbag to carry it conveniently, so I can clean some of this stuff ignored by the previous climbers to lazy or self-absorbed to clean up after themselves. Like I said, THIS IS NOT AN "I HATE ALL CHALK AND PEOPLE WHO USE CHALK" thread, this is a question to people who have used or know someone who has used colored chalk and how well it works, whether it "cakes" when wet, is very fine, or too course, etc. I have seen this chalk on boulders before and didn't hardly know it was there until I was close to the rock. It's good stuff from a "clean rock" point of view.