In reply to beardy mike:
> Maybe the climbers who are ignorant of access issues?
You've just contradicted yourself, If this imaginary climber we are discussing are ignorant of access issues, its pretty unlikely they are going to open the guidebook they don't sodding have, them being ignorant of access issues after all.
Not everyone has a guide, and it may come as a massive shock to you, but before climbing walls there was people that simply didn't give a f*ck, and guess what, using the OPs example as exhibit A, there obviously still is.
So, as a knock on of that, seeing as climbing walls ARE getting some people into climbing, its simple common sodding sense to educate about ethics at a grassroot level. OR we could just not bother and just f*cking bolt everything, f*ck up all the rock going and then just bitch about it afterwards online instead of taking 5 mins to remind newbies not to be dicks.
Yeah ok, its not going to help twats stop being twats if they already have a shit attitude, but hey, it might help some others have some respect.
Amazes me that people seem so resistant to doing the simplest thing to promote good ethics in outdoor sports. Its not just climbing either, seems everyones happy to be seen as the vanguard of the countryside as long as they don't have to do any bloody thing.
Post edited at 11:24