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jason kruk
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Jason
Post Re: Cleaning roots
on: November 23, 2006, 01:34

A very effective way to clean roots is by burning them with a small blowtorch, then scraping the ash from the crack.

I find this to be most effective in very dry conditions, such as a fire ban…

How long?  Not long, ’cause what you reap is what you sow!

hippymchipperson
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hippymchipperson
Post Re: Cleaning roots
on: November 23, 2006, 02:20

I’m currently developing a crag in a municipal watershed.  I find it particularly effective to use industrial strength pesticides and herbicides to clean cracks.  Is that wrong?

mike b
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mike b
Post Re: Cleaning roots
on: November 23, 2006, 02:47

Actually if you pour a sufficient amount of gasoline down the route, you can then just light the whole thing on fire and your route will be clean in no time.  Works really well for crack routes where it is hard to scrub inside the crack, but it is also ok for face climbs as long as they are not overhung.

harihari
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chris
Post Re: Cleaning roots
on: November 23, 2006, 08:37

Kevin McLane and other Squamish climbers have started a group of some kind–the name escapes me right now– and one of their mandates is to set up a list of scrub projects in the Sea to Sky area.  They have a website and a list of projects.  You could email him– stone (att) elaho (Dott) ca and get the info there.

Scrubbing is a great idea.  There are several hundred routes in the Sea to SKy alone, many of them worth doing, which have become overgrown.  Calculus Crack, Unfinished SYmphony and others were written off for years until they were cleaned up; now they are once again great routes.

chris stolz

Watch an 18-pitch free route go up at
http://gumbiesoncrack.blogspot.com

jimy
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jimy
Post Cleaning roots
on: November 23, 2006, 08:57

I see from the Gripped homepage that the BMC is encouraging people to clean the vegatation from routes that have become over grown. I think we should do that as well, perhaps even cleaning new routes.  It seems like a very progressive pro climbing stand.

dr. send
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willko
Post Re: Cleaning roots
on: November 23, 2006, 10:20

I’m no botanist, but I think most roots are fine the way they are.

buddysnack
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buddysnack
Post Re: Cleaning roots
on: November 25, 2006, 09:49

Just move to Nova Scotia…you will be busy for a lifetime.

toivo
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toivo
Post Re: Cleaning roots
on: November 27, 2006, 23:08

a divided highway is going through the gatineau park. tolled car traffic is preferred by some managers.

9a
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9a
Post Re: Cleaning roots
on: November 27, 2006, 23:38

I just wish that we had a national body like the BMC that really looked after the interests of climbers. In Ontario we had the Alpine Club siding with dubious Doug Larson research to ensure closure of climbing areas. Its so bad here that every time i go climbing and brush against a tree or some moss i am accused of being an eco terrorist!

Meanwhile they are mining away the Escarpment!

joeyjoey
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joeyjoey
Post Re: Cleaning roots
on: November 30, 2006, 12:48

Is this the official BMC arborist?

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