Tick marks in Squamish and at chek.
Tick marks in Squamish and at chek.
Just wondering if it is just me but does it seem that people ticking holds are going overboard?. Was at Neat and Cool tonight and every hold on the traverse and through the overlap was massively ticked. Is this necessary especially on moderate routes? The crags outdoors are not the gym and / or boulders. Noticed similar trend on all sub 11 routes at Chek too. I even saw tick marks on borderline the other day. Ticking the holds and not scrubbing them off after really diminishes the on-sight experience for many people. It is proper etiquette to remove your tick marks after your redpoint. Please preserve the on-sight experience for those climbers who enjoy the problem solving aspect of climbing.
Re: Tick marks in Squamish and at chek.
It's not just you! I don't think routes should be ticked at any grade, one person's "moderate" is another person's summer project.smallman wrote:Just wondering if it is just me but does it seem that people ticking holds are going overboard?. Was at Neat and Cool tonight and every hold on the traverse and through the overlap was massively ticked. Is this necessary especially on moderate routes?
It makes onsight climbing impossible, and doesn't really help redpoint climbing, either, so what's the point? Surely, someone projecting a climb can remember the location of a half-dozen crux holds without putting chalk on them?
Time to attach a brush to our harnesses, I guess, just like picking up a bit of trash on the walk back to the car.
I tick certain projects when dealing with hidden holds (mostly feet) when trying for the redpoint and will continue to do so. Normally this is on newly developed areas or routes with little or no traffic.
As i stated earlier i hate it when people tick the hell out of a route and don't clean up after as it does spoil the look and feel for other climbers.
That being said any of the areas on main walls in Chek are so heavily marked from the 1000's of climbers hands (with chalk) that a few ticks are hardly going to wreck the "onsite" attempt....
As i stated earlier i hate it when people tick the hell out of a route and don't clean up after as it does spoil the look and feel for other climbers.
That being said any of the areas on main walls in Chek are so heavily marked from the 1000's of climbers hands (with chalk) that a few ticks are hardly going to wreck the "onsite" attempt....
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re: Tick marks
I've noticed a lot lately as well. The lack of rain to wash them all away is probably making it seem worse then most years.
There were even more tick marks on the Forgotten Wall last year. I remember Rug Munchers being ticked to the point that arrows were being used to point out holds.
As more people populate the crags, there will be more and more of this and other annoying things going on. It is just a fact of life - climbing is getting too popular!
C'est la vie...
As more people populate the crags, there will be more and more of this and other annoying things going on. It is just a fact of life - climbing is getting too popular!
C'est la vie...
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