Monkeys and Rock Climbing
Monkeys are funny, as well as dangerous.
I have already asked a question about how one should go about camping where there are monkeys around: Camping and Monkeys.
The best advice would be to avoid them if you are unsure about your own safety.
A number of Rock Climbing places in India are habitats for these monkeys, living in the natural caves, playing all day on the edges and cliffs. As a climber, I have always seen that when I am at the base of one such climb, as I approach they panic.
Have other people in the rest of the world had a similar issue? What would you do if you have climbed up a good way and then you find a gang of monkeys up over the wall? Is it wiser to call it a day and retreat?
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Not sure there are many places where monkeys would be an issue, but I suppose the issue is the same with other animals.
In Europe where climbing ethics are often related to environmental ethics and respect of wildlife and nature, it is usual to leave any nesting animal alone and avoid disturbing them.
See the BMC advice for British climbers and birds: https://www.thebmc.co.uk/nesting-birds-advice-for-climbers
Such advice concerns usually birds (because there are little chances to find any other animals there) but the common wisdom would extend that behaviour to other (large) animals. And wasp nests.
As with any ethical issue the limit is not so white and black though, and on long sea cliff climbs it is not rare to encounter a fulmar vomiting on you. The brave climber will usually continue climbing despite the disturbance caused and the stench of the vomit, because his sandwich is up there beyond the bird.
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