Polishing it even more

In reply to Pylon King; if you have a look at the picture, you'll see they have very smooth soles with minimal tread - can't see that they're worse than stickies? And he's just a kid, so I don't really think he'll have done much damage.

Fair enough. At the end of the day its not any of my buisiness. However some areas of the Yat have got completely trashed because of top roping in trainers and this makes it far more dangerous for people leading the routes.

Lost cause anyway in this case...more worried about one of the outdoor centres using Vertigo as a top rope on the longstone. Someone should have a word!

Theres several different outdoor centres and youth societies as well as private instructors using Vertigo in the last couple of years sadly.