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3 climbers face up to 5 years jail time for illegally climbing and "placing 26 bolts" in a World Heritage Site in China
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3 climbers was arrested this week for illegally climbing and bolting the "Python Peak" (Jumang Feng) in northern China. According to local police, they will be charged with "Deliberately Damaging Famous Cultural or Geological Artifact" which, depends on the seriousness of the incident, could face up to 5 years in jail. Any opinions? |
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If we didn’t protect places this world would be crushed under our weight. Bolts aren’t always necessary. This is why trad is rad. Beautiful place.  |
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knowingly breaking the law. Of course they’ll be prosecuted. |
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Assuming the story is as posted -- climbing and bolting on a restricted heritage site (and the linked story suggests that local managers even tried to stop them), then it seems quite reasonable they get charged and even perhaps jail time (noting that up to 5 years often doesn't mean anyone will get anything close to that -- at least in US jurisdictions. Not sure about China.) |
Andy J wrote: Location is more like southern China, approximately 300 miles southwest of Shanghai. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site some years ago. |
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Seems pretty cut and dry... |
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The law is the law but from a hypocrisy standpoint I'm sure there's all sorts of human made shit all over that place, paved trails, gondola, etc. |
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Well they got what they deserved. I am sure everyone knew it was illegal to climb it so it isn't like they didn't know they could get jail time. I know plenty of things myself and friends have climbed in the past but we normally avoid anything with more than a 300-500$ fine for climbing. |
Tradiban wrote: It was the pillar in the photo, from what I can tell in the articles. No gondola that I can see. I mean for fucks sake they not only climbed it but bolted the shit out of it. |
mediocre wrote: I Googled a few photos of the area and I saw a bunch of development. My point is that one man's trash is another man's treasure. |
David Gibbs wrote: I would not like to visit a prison in China, and you don't play around with the justice system there. |
s.price wrote: Word. Since we can all agree on that I am stretching the conversation over to America for the hypocrisy is all over the place. |
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At least it happened in China and they are only looking at 5 years in jail. In North Korea, they shoot you with anti-aircraft guns... |
cragmantoo wrote: 5 years forced labor with the chance of becoming an organ donor after your untimely and mysterious death. |
ViperScale wrote: From reading the article the issue was not the climbing but the bolting. |
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Dumbasses |
Allen Sanderson wrote: No others have been "detained" for attempting to climb it without bolts. So it is likely they were told to stop and kept going, sure the bolts didn't help them though and maybe just added to the time. |
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yeah, Honnold should just solo it and chop them as he goes for some true street cred. what has that bum been up too. He has that humanitarian fund sounds like great publicity! |
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China the land of toxic air and water and unlimited building. A few thousand bribe each they'll be free. |
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Not only bolting, but they also brought a drone, much like this thread... |
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And a dog ? And wacky tabacky? is that one cliff bolt free? I was under the impression that Yangzhou/Guilin was covered w bolts? |
