Boulders soiled by pig's fat
Posted by RAMPIKINO on Thursday, June 29, 2006 at 11:33 AM
There is another disappointment in the always busy Val di Mello and this time the reason it is not a power plant nor some doubtful and environmental harmful construction. Now the rocks are suffering the worst punishment, as a slippery pork fat is spread all over the footholds of the most beautiful boulders around the parking.
We are talking of a vast and very important area that includes the Elettronvolt, Strapiombo Veronesi, Grotta, Traverso degli Incontri e Sass de la Pulenta. A play area and a terrain in which the Melloblocco, the biggest European bouldering group, will take place as well as an interesting attraction to those who practice this kind of climbing.The most relevant event, but they say there are non resolved issues between owners and previous administrations, happened on the first weekend of June. Nice and pleasant weather, a couple of ideal days that called upon almost 100 boulderists to the peaks of that valley. A lot of people stated to have never seen so many people bouldering in June. Anyway, all respectful and open to dialogue, even when a shepherd showed up saying that on a short while he would come back to milk the sheeps in the same place where they were climbing. After that, it’s not clear what burst such reaction.
The following morning the Sass de la Pulenta, the meeting place, was already soaked with fat, in fact some historical sites may be ruined forever. A single event, but it seemed to have ended right there. Afterwards, such events took place in the other boulders of the area.
On the wait to understand what kind of repairing work should be done (some hopeful people have already tried to clean the ruined rocks), the local administration has visited the places of the incidents and we hope they will be able to, quickly, come to an agreement with the owners of the land.
Sempre ammesso che chi lo ha fatto sia stato provocato, sempre ammesso che chiunque sia stato prima di darsi a una reazione così drastica abbia provato la strada del dialogo....anche se proprio fosse accaduto che qualche boulderista ne avesse combinata una proprio brutta (sarebbe comunque stato un caso isolato)...anche ammesso tutto ciò, così ha danneggiato tutti..e soprattutto ha danneggiato la valle.
E' un pò come bucare le gomme a tutte le macchine del mondo perchè uno aveva parcheggiato davanti al cancello...
non ha senso..