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Death at Araps 2006 27-Aug-2007 At 8:39:58 PM alpinedan

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In a major climbing location a memorial area would be very appropriate, rather than plaques. To put it on a larger scale, if there was a plaque for every death on Everest, in the location that the death happened, it would honestly be ridiculous.

The same should go for the crags. With the utmost respect to those who have died on the routes, they deserve proper respect, rather than scattered bits here and there. Plaques here and there are more likely to get the 'we need to ban this' crowd out of the woodwork, rather than a tasteful memorial. What I see is that of the armed forces, they have a memorial, but friends and family are free to place flowers or whatever they like at the actual site.

That is my humble opinion.