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got to come once a year at least . So CHALK IS FOR THE WEAK you dont need it and its durty ; Trust me you can do it without it. Its the worse excuse ever.
brixton climber

In reply to brixton climber:

A quick spray of antiperspirant on the hands before you go is a lot easier than stopping every move to hang on one handed whilst you dip into your chalk bag.

In reply to EddInaBox:

Chalk is as pure as driven snow.

In reply to brixton climber:

Welcome back! Have missed your controversial posts

Chalk? Yes, I agree with you. Totally unnecessary, and disfigures the rock.

In reply to brixton climber:

Right on, better tell all those gymnasts they're wasting their time.

I'd like to add that rubber soled plimsolls are for the genetically inferior, harnesses and ropes for the poor of aspiration and anyone using aluminium 'gear' ought to be beaten to death.

Ironically, your profile picture shows you drinking from a cup. What a weakling, don't you neck your brew straight from the kettle?!

In reply to Trangia:



Perhaps a grade threshold, if you use chalk you should knock it down a grade?

In reply to summo:

Couldn't we just introduce "Whitepoint" for ascents made onsight but with the aid of chalk?

In reply to Ron Rees Davies:


Seems fair.

Then routes can have their first chalk free ascent too.

In reply to summo:

Does that mean on skeleton ridge you'd have to do an eliminate version? No chalk like.

In reply to brixton climber:

Nice to know chalk is not only Czech sandstone evergreen! (It´ s forbidden here and many people can not cope with it - come see)

In reply to brixton climber:



Your grammar is the worse excuse ever

In reply to Wyre Forest Illuminati:




Hobnail boots and Vaseline all the way.
And I pour my tea straight into my bare hands.

In reply to brixton climber:

Never mind about chalk. What about antihydral?

In reply to Si_G:



Pah! Hands?? You wuss.

In reply to brixton climber:

Are we still allowed chalk inside?

I'm slightly concerned that the only thing between "a training session at the climbing wall" and "a trip to the soft play area" is the use of chalk.

In reply to brixton climber:

you sound like Pat Littlejohn and the clean hand gang from the late seventies !!!!

In reply to brixton climber:
I have a bag tied to my harness but it contains the finest quality bolivian marching powder. It has got me up many a sketchy route.

I have no use for chalk, for it clogs up the nose and confers no psychological benefits at all.

In reply to davidbeynon:

I seem to remember that the better qualities of Bolivian marching powder are only unleashed with the aid of chalk or if not available crushed oyster shell. I should try mixing it up to see if you can extend your powers/ improve your skills. Take it orally to avoid nasal blockages.

In reply to EddInaBox:

So which is worse; a quick spray into the ozone layer and subsequent landfill detritus or a bit of chalk washed off in the rain?

In reply to mike8331:


Not really.....

In reply to cwarby:

I think most of them use butane as a propellent these days. No particular effect on the ozone layer but don't smoke when you put it on.

In reply to brixton climber:


I couldn't agree more. That's why I always smother myself from head to toe in mayonnaise before starting any route, as this proves what a real man I am.

In reply to brixton climber:

Bravo

In reply to krikoman:

it was easy really, but thank you
brixton climber

In reply to Jon Stewart:
I do agree that if you do any climb in southsanstone just wearing mayonnaise on your body, then the grade should change. it will still not make you a Man" but weldone good effort. Chalk is for the Weak in the head.
brixton climber

In reply to cwarby:


The burning of several litres of fossil derived fuel in order to to drive* to the crag, since you ask.

*unless you're flying, and then driving, that would be even worse.

In reply to bouldery bits:


How good is your French grammar then? I'll bet it's not as good as his English?