In reply to Steve Woollard:
> A sad day for climbing
The next step in the evolution of climbing? It's important to make the distinction between indoor/competition climbing and outdoor/lifestyle climbing. I'm not sure what your reasons behind being sad for this change are (?) but I don't think lifestyle climbers, craggers or traditionalists need to feel threatened by this. Has the growth of indoor climbing and competition climbing increased the traffic on outdoor crags, or has it buffered the damage to crags despite the huge growth of participation in climbing?
It also provides more potential careers in climbing, so die-hard climbers can earn a living in the industry they're passionate about whilst maintaining the climbing lifestyle that they want.
Just ideas to consider...