Geologists throw wobbler over graffiti on Cliffs of Moher.

[klr]

That's not lack of respect, more sheer bloody lunacy.

Why bother wearing a crash helmet when there's a 600-foot drop?

Assuming of course those photos are kosher and not 'shopped.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Shite talk. It's just a cliff. It's free for all.

So everybody can paint anything anywhere?

[mistermack]

Assuming of course those photos are kosher and not 'shopped.

No, they're genuine. They are quite well known for dangerous mountain biking.
Part of where they were standing has since fallen into the sea !

http://www.herald.ie/news/daredevil-cli ... 58743.html
They're in this youtube vid, about a minute in :

[Faithfree]

I'm a geologist.

Are you wobbling?

I have wobbled atop the Cliffs of Moher on a previous occasion.

What were you doing here then? Account for your movements.

I was lying down and looking down, marvelling at sedimentary sequences, and wondering whether I could fly if I just... And then backing off.

And here's a pic taken that day in 1992.

Another geologist here, and somewhere I have a very similar photo of the Cliffs of Moher, taken in .... 1992.

[Thinking Aloud]

Shite talk. It's just a cliff. It's free for all.

So everybody can paint anything anywhere?

That's my problem with it.

[Clinton Huxley]

I like to walk along the South-West Coastal path in Cornwall, when on holiday. The scenery is very like these cliffs. If I found some scrote daubing the rocks there, I'd pitch him into the sea, and his paint after him.

[Bella Fortuna]

I like to walk along the South-West Coastal path in Cornwall, when on holiday. The scenery is very like these cliffs. If I found some scrote daubing the rocks there, I'd pitch him into the sea, and his paint after him.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Shite talk. It's just a cliff. It's free for all.

So everybody can paint anything anywhere?

That's my problem with it.

The "artist" inflicted his version of "art" on everybody that goes past that spot.

[hadespussercats]

Shite talk. It's just a cliff. It's free for all.

So everybody can paint anything anywhere?

That's my problem with it.

The "artist" inflicted his version of "art" on everybody that goes past that spot.

Well, who's going by that spot? I mean, isn't getting there akin to what the mountain bikers were doing a few posts previous?

Part of what gives graffiti its worth is how difficult it was for the artist to get to the spot they've tagged.

[mistermack]

The trouble with graffiti there is that it's such a beautiful spot. Any manmade art is going to look shit in comparison.
And sure enough it does.

Put it somewhere even more ugly than the art. But in this case, it would take a lot of searching.

Knowing the Irish, someone will go there with some power kit and obliterate it. Hopefully. I might do it myself.
I'm going near there tomorrow, but it's too cold to bother, this time of year.

[klr]

The trouble with graffiti there is that it's such a beautiful spot. Any manmade art is going to look shit in comparison.
And sure enough it does.

Put it somewhere even more ugly than the art. But in this case, it would take a lot of searching.

Knowing the Irish, someone will go there with some power kit and obliterate it. Hopefully. I might do it myself.
I'm going near there tomorrow, but it's too cold to bother, this time of year.

Wait, you're going to be in this neck of the woods tomorrow?

[hadespussercats]

The trouble with graffiti there is that it's such a beautiful spot. Any manmade art is going to look shit in comparison.
And sure enough it does.

Put it somewhere even more ugly than the art. But in this case, it would take a lot of searching.

Knowing the Irish, someone will go there with some power kit and obliterate it. Hopefully. I might do it myself.
I'm going near there tomorrow, but it's too cold to bother, this time of year.

I'm not giving a general endorsement here of defacing natural wonders. But someone went to a lot of effort for this one, and I think it's pretty.

[Clinton Huxley]

This graffiti has no worth, it's the same crap one can see on the side of Tube trains, warehouses, motorway bridges and derelict houses all over the country. It's an egotistical despoilation of an area of scenic beauty. If difficulty enhances the "worth" of such a piece, go and do it on the dome of a nuclear power station or in Helmand province. I might be impressed then.

[mistermack]

The trouble with graffiti there is that it's such a beautiful spot. Any manmade art is going to look shit in comparison.
And sure enough it does.

Put it somewhere even more ugly than the art. But in this case, it would take a lot of searching.

Knowing the Irish, someone will go there with some power kit and obliterate it. Hopefully. I might do it myself.
I'm going near there tomorrow, but it's too cold to bother, this time of year.

Wait, you're going to be in this neck of the woods tomorrow?

I am. To visit my aunt who is dying. She's in St Joseph's in Ennis.
Not a fun trip.

[Thinking Aloud]

The trouble with graffiti there is that it's such a beautiful spot. Any manmade art is going to look shit in comparison.
And sure enough it does.

Put it somewhere even more ugly than the art. But in this case, it would take a lot of searching.

Knowing the Irish, someone will go there with some power kit and obliterate it. Hopefully. I might do it myself.
I'm going near there tomorrow, but it's too cold to bother, this time of year.

I'm not giving a general endorsement here of defacing natural wonders. But someone went to a lot of effort for this one, and I think it's pretty.

Effort, danger and difficulty getting there is absolutely no excuse for defacing areas of natural beauty. Once you set a precedent, it becomes a free-for-all, and suddenly the natural beauty of all the bits of rock face that we can get to ourselves is lost. You can't clean a sedimentary rock-face without taking off the weathered surface layer to reveal the clean rock underneath, which would be as much of a scar as the paint, and for years. The paint kills the lichens and other things that take decades to grow.