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Nalle Hukkataival bouldering in the Grampians 30-Sep-2011 At 4:30:21 PM Dave J

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On 30/09/2011 f_abe wrote:
>As someone who has spent many an enjoyable day deep in the vic ranges climbing
>boulders that are unlikely to be climbed again in a hurry, I can safely
>say that the crux of the matter is dragging a pad (sometimes 2 if I'm by
>myself) through the bush. In fact, that's precicely the reason why my last
>few bouldering trips have been spent happily ticking the guide up north...
>If anyone wants to claim something I've 'done' I really don't give a fark.
>If I did I would've posted it on youtube. It's just a goddam rock. If anyone
>wants to write a guide good luck.

Agreed...The only time Ive ever had pangs of maybe I should have documented that was seeing a few problems Id done in the black range with bolts in them. They were nothing special as bolder problems but maybe a bit documenting might have prevented the bolting of a few fairly worthless routes.

>>You could say exactly the same for routes though, why not just lead (or TR) solo everything and >>never claim FAs?

Yep. That might solve a lot of problems... Generally the good stuff would make its way into the public record via word of mouth and the dross would just fade into oblivion.