There is the "Leave No Trace" principle where you do not leave anything behind.
This is why you see in trad climbing the lead will place cams and nuts, while the last in the group on that pitch retrieves them.
This is why you see in trad climbing the lead will place cams and nuts, while the last in the group on that pitch retrieves them.
It’s called conservation. It is why we have these places to climb in the first place. These are protected wild places.
I do wonder whether the boulderers find it annoying when a boulder is clearly already solved by the worn, chalk marked hand holds. Probably explains why many seek out new untouched sites to solve first.