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meataxe
Apr 1, 2004, 2:58 PM
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Anyone here have experience with a good bio-degradeable water-based
paint? There is an isolated local crag nearby and it has limited
route selections. Basically, it is all climbed-out. I had the
ingenious idea of marking route variations--basically, just
like an indoor gym.
Forgetting about permission for now... I haven't even started working
on that, do you know of a paint or die that would stay in place
only for a few days (or until the next rain). Here, we are talking
limestone, so I don't know if the porousity would be a problem on this
stone. Maybe the idea is better suited to other types of rock.
Any replies appreciated.
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rrrADAM
Apr 1, 2004, 3:01 PM
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Tic marks are bad enough, so why would you want to do this ???
I wouldn't call this an "ingenious idea". :?
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coffeecup
Apr 1, 2004, 3:09 PM
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Is this an April Fool's joke?
HA HA Funny!
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mingleefu
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no matter what kind of paint or surface marking agent one might think of, not all of it would wash away in the rain. you would always be left with speckeled areas that would stain the rock.
Besides, if you were to have it painted only until it rains, why would you want to bother? you would have to have the routes memorized so you could repaint them, but by then- you'd already have the route memorized, so why paint them?
I doubt that enacting this idea would make the locals so excited that you would forever be remembered as a hero.
Abandon this idea.
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tnjim
Apr 1, 2004, 3:18 PM
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Your an idiot
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asandh
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chronicle
Apr 1, 2004, 3:25 PM
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You are an idiot. Or we all are and bit onto a great April Fool's joke.
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socalbolter
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T0 !!!
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hoofers_andy
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overlord
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that is NOT a good idea.
if you want to you can come up with new variations and keep them in your head. but dont paint the rock.
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meataxe
Apr 1, 2004, 10:29 PM
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I wasn't hoping to be controversial here. Let's just say it's a hypothetical question on private land...
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chronicle
Apr 1, 2004, 10:31 PM
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If it's a serious question, then use chalk and put tick marks on the rock. They will stay there until it rains.
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b_fost
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joking? please??
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just go to the gym if you want marked routes. wtf
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coylec
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I hope this is either a bad April Fool's joke or a troll.
Do yourself a favor and click the link in my signature - you might learn something.
coylec
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hosh
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Yeah, And I was thinking, as soon as I was done painting the route with that paint they use in elementary school (and yes, you can get it in bulk and it's non-toxic and water soluble) it'd be a good idea to smear motor oil all over my body and climb at night with a candle instead of a head lamp. I hope that "isolated local crag" is the name of an in-door climbing gym. Why would you want to paint the rock? Part of the fun of climbing out side is route finding... That's like going on a scavenger hunt with a map of how to find what you're looking for. Useless. Or could you imagine how lame an easter-egg hunt would be if you handed out a map to every one looking for the eggs? That takes the fun out of it! Please, PLEASE don't paint the rock. Honestly, it gets people pissed if you use too much chalk and it "stains" the rock. Paint is just a poor choice. Sorry. I'm assuming you're a troll. But if you're actually honest and it's not an april fool's joke, please heed the comments you've gotten here and DON'T paint the rock. Just don't do it.
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dorkmaster
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you are retarded for even thinking about painting the cliffs.
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meataxe
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In reply to: Anyone here have experience with a good bio-degradeable water-based paint? There is an isolated local crag nearby and it has limited route selections. Basically, it is all climbed-out. I had the ingenious idea of marking route variations--basically, just like an indoor gym. Forgetting about permission for now... I haven't even started working on that, do you know of a paint or die that would stay in place only for a few days (or until the next rain). Here, we are talking limestone, so I don't know if the porousity would be a problem on this stone. Maybe the idea is better suited to other types of rock. Any replies appreciated.
OK folks... It's a joke, or it was until I started thinking about that motor oil idea.
It's a tradition, you know...
http://www.rockclimbing.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=330755
But don't worry, I won't do it again for another year. :D
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jcr
Apr 2, 2004, 1:54 AM
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If I went to a crag and an idiot PINTED on the rock to make route variations...... DDAAAAAAMMMMNNN I would KICK his A$$!!!!!!
...nothing personal, by the way...
JC
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zacrobinson
Apr 2, 2004, 1:59 AM
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ha ha that is an awesome joke
i was missing out on some good april fools pranks today
thanks
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jv
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In reply to: Anyone here have experience with a good bio-degradeable water-based paint? There is an isolated local crag nearby and it has limited route selections. Basically, it is all climbed-out. I had the ingenious idea of marking route variations--basically, just like an indoor gym. Forgetting about permission for now... I haven't even started working on that, do you know of a paint or die that would stay in place only for a few days (or until the next rain). Here, we are talking limestone, so I don't know if the porousity would be a problem on this stone. Maybe the idea is better suited to other types of rock.
Well done. Has anyone seen a better troll today?
JV
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timstich
Apr 2, 2004, 3:27 AM
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In reply to: Anyone here have experience with a good bio-degradeable water-based paint? There is an isolated local crag nearby and it has limited route selections. Basically, it is all climbed-out. I had the ingenious idea of marking route variations--basically, just like an indoor gym. Forgetting about permission for now... I haven't even started working on that, do you know of a paint or die that would stay in place only for a few days (or until the next rain). Here, we are talking limestone, so I don't know if the porousity would be a problem on this stone. Maybe the idea is better suited to other types of rock.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/grave.asp
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