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Best way to communicate closed crags 5-May-2017 At 3:20:14 AM pmonks

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On 4/05/2017 martym wrote:
>What do you mean by "no details"? It doesn't sound like you are saying
>"tere is a rock but it's banned"... You could describe the rock and even
>mention there have been climbs without identifying them..

It's mostly location information I'm referring to as "details". My argument being that without precise location information there's always ambiguity and/or plausible deniability.

>I find it weird when people put in super detailed pitch by pitch descriptions
>of climbs you can't (shouldn't) do?

Mostly agree, although there are historical situations (e.g. 3 Sisters) where I could be persuaded that the information has value beyond just being a guide for climbers who want to climb it.

But in this specific case that doesn't apply, so the outcrop (deliberately) doesn't have much more detail than a "climbing here is banned, and it's choss anyway, so please stay away to preserve good relations with the land manager". The question at hand is whether its precise location should be listed or not - does that result in more climbers staying away more of the time or not.