Comment by chabes
5 hours ago
My point is about letting wild places be wild, not about the environmental impact of climbing as a whole.
5 hours ago
My point is about letting wild places be wild, not about the environmental impact of climbing as a whole.
It's about leaving it in the state you would like to have found it. No rubbish, no abandoned equipment, no bouldering-style puzzles already solved because someone has stuck a bolt there.
I do wonder whether the boulderers find it annoying when a boulder is clearly already solved by the worn, chalk marked hand holds. Probably explains why many seek out new untouched sites to solve first.