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Bouldering Ethics?? 2-Jun-2006 At 9:56:46 AM Peacey

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I agree that the use of a wire brush is not too much of an issue on granite, but what of the flakes that a lot of people enjoy climbing on? I have been to spots, just a few hundred meters from Suicide rock that have been destroyed by wire brushing. People have even used tools to chip pieces of rock off problems, they supposedly do this to stop less experienced climbers from completing "their problems". I don’t understand this mentality, have any other people heard of this happening or witnessed people damaging rock to spite others?

As for the problem with chalk, I very rarely use calk while bouldering on natural problems. I mainly use chalk for training on synthetic holds. A lot of the climbs around Mt hope are just near the second car park, on the old Leitchville road. There are about 6-9 decent sized boulders in paddocks. They are the best place to train by far.

Tristan