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Cunning Linguist · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Feb 2007 · Points: 1,200
Cunning Linguist · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Feb 2007 · Points: 1,200

Or this?

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Evan1984 · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Aug 2007 · Points: 30

no ice? Or is it one of those trick photos where its truly a close up of rocky road ice cream?

Edit-haha, i totally thought this was one of those pictures of receding glaciers.

Curtles · · Alabama · Joined Jan 2009 · Points: 0

first pic has a glue-on or glue enchanced hold

Mike Lane · · AnCapistan · Joined Jan 2006 · Points: 880

Sika (flex) is the gray plastic caulk you see filling the gap between a building and a sidewalk. Some idiot is applying it to a rock here, without success either.

BackCountry Sortor · · Ogden, UT · Joined Oct 2009 · Points: 400

Too many ticks to choose from?

Anonymous · · Unknown Hometown · Joined unknown · Points: 0

no one care?

or is that what's right with it?

Ryan Kelly · · work. · Joined Oct 2006 · Points: 2,960
Killis Howard wrote:What's wrong with this picture
The focus, there's no detail at all. It's impossible to tell based on the subject, but the lighting may have been dim requiring slow shutter speeds and results in fuzzy details. You could try either using a tripod, or a flash, or just come back when the lighting is better.
half-pad-mini-jug · · crauschville · Joined Apr 2008 · Points: 1,740

wow, thats a lot of glue, someone must be really bored. that's the ugliest glue job i've ever seen.

Tom Hanson · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2001 · Points: 950

Elf jism.
I've heard the stories, but never believed they were true until I saw your photographic evidence.

Geir www.ToofastTopos.com · · Tucson/DMR · Joined Jun 2006 · Points: 2,751
Tom Hanson wrote:Elf jism. I've heard the stories, but never believed they were true until I saw your photographic evidence.
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Brian Adzima · · San Francisco · Joined Sep 2006 · Points: 560

Satellite photo?

Dirty Gri Gri, or is it GiGi? · · Vegas · Joined May 2005 · Points: 4,115

The first photo is a fossilized Hammerhead shark?

The second photo is fossilized shark droppings?

Greg Barnes · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Apr 2006 · Points: 2,060

You're all wrong! Didn't you notice these are NASA shots?

They are the long-hidden PROOF that the government knows that ALIENS are on MARS!!!!

Seriously though, horrible to see this - glue and climbing should be limited to gluing plastic holds on to your basement wall.

Ryan Kelly · · work. · Joined Oct 2006 · Points: 2,960
Greg Barnes wrote:Seriously though, horrible to see this - glue and climbing should be limited to gluing plastic holds on to your basement wall.
So glue in bolts are bad juju, but expansion bolts are ok? It's so hard to keep track these days.
Greg Barnes · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Apr 2006 · Points: 2,060

This is glue, glue-in bolts are epoxy not glue...

Ahem, woops, I mean this is PROOF of ALIEN CONSTRUCTION on MARS...

Mike Lane · · AnCapistan · Joined Jan 2006 · Points: 880

I'm amazed at the lack of outrage. Sikaflex for fuxsake! Its like this douche is on some kind of anti-rock rampage.

Jody Jacobs · · NE, GA · Joined Jul 2008 · Points: 210

Whats wrong with the picture?

Theres no perspective so its really hard to tell what I'm looking at.

Mike Lane · · AnCapistan · Joined Jan 2006 · Points: 880
RadDawg wrote:Whats wrong with the picture? Theres no perspective so its really hard to tell what I'm looking at.
If you zoom on the 2nd picture you can see branches in the lower left and a bolt hanger a little more than halfway up in the center. You are looking at about 20' of a route with Sikaflex on almost every hold.
There's many layers of whats wrong here, but the careless I-don't-give-a-fuck choice of sikaflex (light gray rubbery stuff) is to me the most telling that guy is a total douche.
Today when you are out and about, look down at where the sidewalk meets a commercial building foundation. Good chance you will see a 1" wide bead of the stuff, then imagine seeing it slapped all over a rock. Appalling, and I'm not even close to a rock purist.
BackCountry Sortor · · Ogden, UT · Joined Oct 2009 · Points: 400

So, why would someone go through the trouble to do this? The only thing I can imagine is to keep climbers off...

Where is this?

Jody Jacobs · · NE, GA · Joined Jul 2008 · Points: 210

No offense intended on the "no perspective" comment. I was having a bad day.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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