At what point do you believe it is ethical, if at all, to reinforce a hold on an outdoor climbing route?
At what point do you believe is it ethical if at all to reinforce holds on an outdoor climbing? Route? Know the ethics question. That's a very good one and I think that is very very personal and everybody else here, two very different is no one, right? Correct view. So for some people reinforcing holds is natural and absolutely fine to do for some people. It isn't for me personally, I think reinforcing holds is Totally fine on outdoor climbs. I mean, it always depends on case to case, but in most cases reinforcing holds is fine. I'd rather have people reinforced holes that might come off. And then, you know, climbs completely changing all the time because potentially Halo flakes are not reinforced by the, I like I said, that depends very much on the situation. It also depends very much on the climbing area, some Some rock. Formations some rock types. Need a lot more reinforcing than others. Great. Usually doesn't need remote of reinforcing Limestone does. So it's a very different from from place to place.
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