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Climbers trashing Lake Huntley 1-Feb-2012 At 8:56:57 AM Phil S

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I don't get it surfinclimb. Are you suggesting that trashing a unique wilderness is OK? Or that it's bound to happen sooner or later so we should all just accept it? I don't accept it! I have not been to the Tindalls yet but when I go I would very much like it to be absolutely pristine.

In terms of user group size, base jumpers represent a tiny proportion of people playing in the bush. Climbers are a larger group. Bushwalkers are absolutely legion. Yet alterations to wilderness initiated by or installed for bushwalkers is pretty well limited to marked tracks, dunnies and the odd camping platform. Climbers cut tracks too. Climbers install bolts (many routes at Lake Huntley are sport routes) which many non-climbers consider offensive. Basejumpers cut tracks and apparently clear swaths of bush for use as landing areas.

It seems to me that the impact of fringe activities in the bush inversely proportional to their size. We all have an impact but shitting next to water sources and leaving rubbish by the pack-load in a wilderness area is deplorable.

On 26/01/2012 surfinclimb wrote:
>Those bushwalkers are a pretty "holier than thall" bunch of tools.

Get off your hypocritical high-horse surfinclimb. When you use language like that you make us all sound like a bunch of tools.