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Re: Silbury Hill trespassers
Jan 12, 2013, 07:48
VBB wrote:
harestonesdown wrote:
Evergreen Dazed wrote:
Hmmm. An unfailingly intense and contentious topic on TMA. Whilst I don't doubt it's worthwhile posting a link to the story, I think we all know only too well how threads about climbing Silbury tend to go here.
'Famous', in fact, for it's ability to bring mayhem to this community, i'd say.

The forum has been good lately, it would be a shame for this to turn into one of 'those' threads.

Some of us think climbing Silbury is ok and will continue to do it, others don't. We never seem to get any further than that, whether Jim Leary says its causing damage or not!









Absolutely, this is nothing more than another agm for the pointless thread society.



Well I think the astonishing length of this spat free thread says otherwise, as does the unified acceptance that there is an issue with damage caused by climbing, and that that is something that can only be minimised as it is impossible to prevent 100%. What that means is that people that have climbed Silbury or are about to can be brought to recognise that there is a problem, and something needs to be done to protect the monument and get folk to act responsibly. I think many people will think again once they have the message for sure. That is all that can and should be done.


Agree with you 100% VBB with regard to the acceptance by the majority that damage is being caused and also that it is almost impossible to eradicate the problem altogether unless there is a total blanket ban that is enforceable. A sensible and plausible compromise needs to be sought which is exactly what we have been discussing in a friendly and non inflamatory manner with no reason for that to change.
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