Crampons on Pete's Farewell

Sorry Greenezo but climbing established rock routes (and I think a route first climbed in 1958 that gets hundreds if not thousands of ascents each summer doesn't need "established" in quotes) is not the future of anything except being a dumbass.

Once again people are mixing up style with ethics. Crampons scratching the hell out of a moderate classic isn't a style issue, it's an ethical one. What you're doing affects everyone who come after you and, in my opinion, the results look like shit. Nick says it's like bolting a crack climb, but I'd equate it more towards going to a popular crack and protecting it with pitons, a lame move guaranteed to change the route for the worse.

Just curious, have you actually been up there this spring and seen the damage?

I feel that establishing a dry tooling climb on rock that has no significant ice is lame and akin to bolting a crack climb. Dry tooling an established rock climb is being a dumb ass punk. Nothing more than vandalism thinking you are cool.