In reply to willackers:
> Isn't it obvious what blowtorching does to holds?
Well I could take a guess but I'm not certain. At Västervik maybe it is normal? - I don't know, but do you either? I would have thought yearly frost damage would be a lot more significant than a few seconds of flame.
> Revelations at Raven Tor is a good example of what damage it can cause.
Never been to that crag, so what happened? As so often with British climbing culture we not getting very far away from the Peak District...
> I don't care what rock type it is in that video, it's setting a bad example to people who don't know any better.
But surely that like saying showing sport climbing videos sets a bad example to people who don't know that not all routes are bolted, or continental mixed climbing videos set a bad example for people who think that would be acceptable Scottish conditions. You can't base everything on what the most stupid person watching might think.
> Thousands of people watch videos that are posted on UKC.
And I would imagine 999 out of thousand know that Västervik and Raven Tor are not the same place. I think really the far more important question is whether the Swedish locals are pissed off with him using a blow torch.
Right now, the boulders around Västervik are covered by a couple of feet of snow, but in September this year things looked very different. The city of Västervik had invited a bunch of strong international boulderers for the second annual Västervik Boulder Meet.
