Yosemite Bans Use of Rock Climbing Chalk - Gripped Magazine

Yosemite Bans Use of Rock Climbing Chalk - Gripped Magazine

It should come as no surprise to rock climbers that the use of chalk has been banned in Yosemite National Park. The reasons for this are threefold: Firstly, chalk-scrubbing staff reductions. Yosemite employs a dozen highly trained scrubbers to remove excess chalk from rock climbs every year. Unfortunately, there will be no chalk-scrubbing team in 2025 due to the federal government’s efforts to reduce staff numbers in National Parks. No chalk-scr…