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Tomtomtomtom · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2012 · Points: 0
s.price wrote: Ah yes, the transition from limestone to slimestone. Sandblasting would be a bitch but maybe a little muriatic acid brushed on would etch the holds again. Works on cement. Who knows.
It would definately work, but it raise questions concerning ethics, no?
Kirk Miller · · Catalina, AZ and Ilwaco, WA · Joined May 2003 · Points: 1,824

Following the collapse of the earth's eco-system, prolonged nuclear war, plagues, etc., the human population on earth is reduced to a few thousand.
Isolated small groups survive into the 2500's.

Clever Monkeys!

A comet strikes the planet in the year 3024.

Around the year 7000, what's left of humanity has completely devolved into a few lemur like sub species. Bio-diversity begins to return to planet earth.

LeeAB Brinckerhoff · · Austin, TX · Joined Aug 2008 · Points: 10,288
Darren Mabe wrote:first free solo of the Nose
Kind of a scary thought, but really, what do you think Alex Honnold has up his sleeve? I'm kind of waiting for Free Rider to go down, though at the same time I'm NOT. He certainly has the ability but oh so many opportunities for...
Tom-onator · · trollfreesociety · Joined Feb 2010 · Points: 790
s.price wrote: Ah yes, the transition from limestone to slimestone. Sandblasting would be a bitch but maybe a little muriatic acid brushed on would etch the holds again. Works on cement. Who knows.
Tomtomtomtom wrote: raise questions concerning ethics, no?
Gentlemen,
Meet the ESRE&E Remover!
Extreme Slimestone Route Etcher & Ethics Remover
Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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