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Gail Blauer · · Gardiner, NY · Joined Jul 2008 · Points: 1,051

Someone has written, in silver marker, "Leave No Trace?" near the base of Minty and High E. There may be more messages, I just haven\'t found them. Using my best graphology, I would guess that it\'s a female.

Very strange. Anyone else find those messages?

jdrago · · Rosendale, NY · Joined Apr 2013 · Points: 20

Wow people never cease to amaze me.

Tony Lopez · · NJ · Joined Aug 2011 · Points: 715

I've seen about six of them, all the same, on rock and logs near the start of climbs. WTF?
Here's one at the start of Minty, above a chalked up hold.

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Rob D · · Queens, NY · Joined May 2011 · Points: 30

climbed minty yesterday and didn't notice that.

Kevin Heckeler · · Las Vegas, NV · Joined Jul 2010 · Points: 1,616

Mankind will not rest until every square inch of earth looks like a subway terminal.

Paul H · · Pennsylvania · Joined Feb 2013 · Points: 5
JSH wrote:the irony, it kills. AML, have you let a ranger know where you've seen other tags?
Seriously!
stredna · · PA · Joined Aug 2008 · Points: 135

Just saw the same graffiti (Leave No Trace?) on Roseland and Transcon in the Nears! Unreal!

Gail Blauer · · Gardiner, NY · Joined Jul 2008 · Points: 1,051

I don't know if it's been reported to the rangers...I will do that today. Is it marker? or as someone else suggested, liquid chalk? I didn't try to wipe it off.

Meme Guy · · Land of Runout Slab · Joined Sep 2013 · Points: 325

Retarded ass Yankees.

stredna · · PA · Joined Aug 2008 · Points: 135

looks like a paint pen or something similar

M Santisi · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Mar 2014 · Points: 1,879

I climbed High E yesterday and saw the "leave no trace". I initially assumed that it was just chalk but now that you mention it maybe it was a marker.

robert hardage · · Hanover, NH · Joined May 2014 · Points: 0

graffiti in general: i found this article (“removing graffiti from historic masonry”, national park service brief ) to be a helpful resource. it overviews types of marking, types of solvents, and their reactions with certain types of rocks. it’s not a recipe book, so any particular case still requires experimenting, but it approaches the problem from the premise that the rock is a treasure and overpainting is not an option, which is exactly (or should be) a climber’s perspective.

figure out what it is and hit it fast! in my own experience with graffiti (spray paint), i wish i had gotten to it sooner, when i could have erased it entirely, rather than later — i got 90% of the paint off and left a faded but still unattractive trace.

in the case of the gunks: whatever else you do, notify the rangers asap.

SethG · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Aug 2009 · Points: 291

This is outrageous, whoever did it should be ashamed.

jdrago · · Rosendale, NY · Joined Apr 2013 · Points: 20

saw some today in the trapps right by the gill egg boulder problem

jdrago · · Rosendale, NY · Joined Apr 2013 · Points: 20

Tar and feather the culprit if caught?

mitchy B · · nunya gotdamn business. · Joined Aug 2009 · Points: 0

Retarded ass Yankees.
This doesn't really make any sense, it almost sounds as if there is still a little resentment about the south getting their ass kicked in the of War Northern Agression. What if the person doing this from lets say, the south. Then what? blame it on inbreeding i guess.

Meme Guy · · Land of Runout Slab · Joined Sep 2013 · Points: 325
mitchy wrote:Retarded ass Yankees. This doesn't really make any sense, it almost sounds as if there is still a little resentment about the south getting their ass kicked in the of War Northern Agression. What if the person doing this from lets say, the south. Then what? blame it on inbreeding i guess.
The resentment is for the way of life that most northerners live. Full of [mostly]rude assholes living at break neck speed, gun grabbing lunatics, and silly dillys. Had this been in the south I would have said retarded ass rednecks.

Quit being so bitchy, Mitchy.
mitchy B · · nunya gotdamn business. · Joined Aug 2009 · Points: 0

Not being "bitchy" man. Gun grabbing lunatics, living at break neck speed. Hmm, i don't see it, but that could be me. There are alot of assholes up here, but there are alot of asshole everywhere. I don't really feel like ragging on the south right now, i gotta go drop my morning duece.

M Mobley · · Bar Harbor, ME · Joined Mar 2006 · Points: 911

yep, assholes all over. it used to be the NE had too much going on(jobs,money to be made) for people to become drug addicted losers. things have changed for sure, its almost as bad as the deep south now.

anyone know where to get some oxycodone?

for you no-meme guy

Morgan Patterson · · NH · Joined Oct 2009 · Points: 8,945
Taginator

This is the stuff we have used in Adopt-A-Crag events here in CT. The spray on stuff melts right off with this and it's biodegradable.
rgold · · Poughkeepsie, NY · Joined Feb 2008 · Points: 526

Thanks for the advice Morgan.

In coordination with the Mohonk Preserve, I'm going to collect Gunks tagging data and coordinate responses. Please send me all info on tagging you have, and contact me if you would like to be part of the clean-up effort. You can reach me through the MP email facility.

Also, please deny the taggers the pleasure of seeing the effects of their destructive efforts on the internet by just sending me the info and not posting about it.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

Northeastern States
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