25 December 2015

The Story of Two Worlds has been glued

Niccolo Ceria comes with the sad news that somebody has glued one hold of David Graham's classic The Story of Two Worlds 8C in Cresciano. Being asked about his opinion based on the fact that the breakage could have meant it would have been easier or harder, Nico answered as follows. I don't care about what it would have happened. It is not a problem if it would have been easier, harder or impossibile. I think If something has to break naturally, it doesn’t need any glue." 8a agrees with Nico that boulders should not be glued. On the other hand, 8a thinks that for the routes with artificial bolts, where often a hammer is used to clean the loose rock, it could sometimes be OK to use glue on an old line, especially as a broken hold can fall on someone's head.
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