Climbers always wonder why their asses are always in a sling. Let's see. Most of the general public think that climbing is "the most dangerous thing that an individual can do." Why is that. Climbing is a calculated, boring, slow, meaningless, activity. Why should it be considered dangerous? If a person was to look at the statistics concerning driving as those compared to climbing, the numbers would be staggering. There are less than thirty deaths each year, in North America, related to all aspects of climbing (rock and alpine). How many hundred of thousands die each year from motor vehicles? I think that the danger related to climbing is in the use of fixed gear. I have started a quest. The quest to clean all cliffs. "If it ain't natural, get rid of it." I often decide which routes I want to climb by the amount of shit that is left on rock faces. Here's the bitch; most people think that I'm stealing! Hey, get off me. 95% of the gear left behind is by climbers who can not complete the climbs that they start; on the descent. 99% of climbing accidents are human error. I'm not out "trophy hunting," I'm trying to clean unnecessary, unsafe, garbage from the cliff. My mission is to make climbing saffer, not remove gear so that I can brag about it. It is my hope that climbers will not use fixed gear. Why do I care about fixed gear? It ain't safe, I tell you! Hear me now, believe me later, "It ain't safe." To prove to you, I present you with this picture. It's my wall of shame. All of the gear on this wall is from some outside climb. I cleaned these pieces, one at a time, saving lives. Some of the pieces, I had to buy from climbers. They didn't think that it was unsafe. Go figure! Oh well, here it is. Sport climbers are the worst. I have so many lapides, biners, slings, etc, from sport climbers that I can't even count. What do I think? "Keep em coming, boys." I love booty.