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appalling and disgusting use of chalk 4-May-2007 At 12:52:44 PM Breezy

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On 4/05/2007 steph wrote:
>On 4/05/2007 One day hero wrote:
>> Good for him. I'm a sweaty bastard, I need chalk and will continue to
>>use it. I do get a few guilt pangs when I add another coat of white shit
>>to the gallery.....but what can you do?
>
>cough *cop-out* cough

ahh before you go accusing people, maybe this will open your eyes.

My girlfriend has a medical condition which results in her hands sweating profusely, with no catalyst, ie anxiety (sp?) etc. She can literally fill up small cups with amount of sweat dripping form herhands.
When she has come out climbing (she only does rarely) she will use a lot of chalk, she has tried to climb without chalk and couldnt hold crap, you could literally see the sweat on the rock.

So before you go making decisions for the masses, maybe you should realise that all people are different and as such have different needs (in all aspects of life).

* btw over 20% of the population have the same condition in varying degrees.